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Showing 22112220 of 56651 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 1-10-1997 n° 1361

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Responsibilities

Article R2122-10

The mayor may delegate to one or more permanent civil servants of the municipality all or part of the functions he performs as a civil registrar, except those provided for in Article 75 of the Civil C…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-10

When the body is transported before committal outside the commune of the place of death or deposit, a copy of the declaration of transport is immediately sent, by any means, to the mayor of the commun…

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

Article R2224-10

Communes all or part of whose territory is included in a sanitation agglomeration whose populations and economic activities produce wastewater with a gross organic pollution load of more than 120 kg p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External fire protection

Article R2225-10

Operational reconnaissances of fire water points intended to check their operational availability are carried out by the departmental fire and rescue service, after prior information has been provided…

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

Article R2311-10

The budget of the Caisse des écoles is drawn up in the operating and investment sections, both in terms of revenue and expenditure. It is presented by type.

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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 R2333-10

The local tax on outdoor advertising is liquidated by the administration of the municipality or public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation that collects it, on the basis of the declarations…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article R2336-10

I. - A resource indicator is hereby created for the inter-municipal groupings and isolated communes of French Polynesia which corresponds to the sum of:a) The flat-rate allocation of the global operat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article D2342-10

Expenditure commitment, authorisation and settlement operations are recorded in the administrative accounts, in accordance with the procedures laid down by order of the Minister for the Interior and t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article D2411-10

The head office of the union commission is set at the town hall of the chief town of the commune to which the section belongs.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-10

If the sentenced person resides in a jurisdiction other than that of the court that handed down the sentence, the public prosecutor at that court shall directly send a copy of the decision(s) to the t…

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