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Showing 17211730 of 14329 articles for Art. CE 8-11-1978 n° 8603

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-11

Water entering a wastewater collection system must, except in the case of unusual situations, particularly those due to heavy rainfall, be subjected to treatment before being discharged into the natur…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article R2333-11

…ising media with a form for declaring the advertising media listed in article L. 2333-7, in accordance with the model set by joint order of the minister responsible for local authorities, the minister…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article D2321-11

The proportion of capital expenditure financed by own resources is spread over a period of fifteen years in equal annual instalments. For expenditure prior to the facility being brought into service,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article R2311-11

…of the investment section recorded at the end of the financial year is made up of the outturn balance corrected by the outstanding commitments. The outturn balance of the investment section correspon…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article R2334-11

…ms allocated for the benefit of the municipality, according to a distribution key expressed as a percentage of these sums and which is defined by joint deliberations of the two authorities. These deci…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article D2342-11

The administrative account, on which the municipal council is called to deliberate in accordance with article L. 2121-31, presents, by separate column and in the order of the chapters and articles of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article R2335-11

…res is subject to an annual flat-rate assessment by the distributor, verified by the technical service responsible for inspection. Consumption thus determined gives rise to the application of the tari…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article R2336-11

I. - The allocation accruing to the inter-municipal groupings in Mayotte, calculated in accordance with article R. 2336-7, is distributed between these same inter-municipal groupings on the basis of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Issuing and enforcing financial penalties pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 24 February 2005

Article D48-11

The financial penalty or a certified copy thereof and the certificate shall, subject to the provisions of the second subparagraph, be forwarded directly by the competent authority of the issuing State…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-11

Applications by the sentenced person for the imposition or modification of one of the measures covered by the provisions of Article 712-4 shall be the subject of a written request addressed to the sen…

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