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

Article D2321-12

Annual repayments on loans are apportioned in the year in which the facility is commissioned for annual repayments falling due before the year in which the facility is commissioned and as they fall du…

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

Article D2321-10

The expenditure provided for in article D. 2321-8, whether financed from own resources or by borrowing, include under investments: 1° For establishments existing on 19 September 1971 or those under co…

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

Article D2321-13

The expenditure provided for in article D. 2321-8, whether financed from own resources or by borrowing, include under operations: 1° In municipal establishments: - expenditure on the replacement of fu…

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

Article D2321-14

In the absence of an agreement reached between the local authorities and groupings of communes concerned before 1st November, the costs for the following year are apportioned under the following condi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain employees whose remuneration normally includes the provision of food or accommodation.

Article D141-7

Hotel, café and restaurant staff receive a salary calculated on the basis of forty-three hours paid at the rate of the minimum growth wage, the salary thus established corresponding to a weekly attend…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 343

With the exception of actions brought before the Cour de cassation, the challenge or dismissal on grounds of legitimate suspicion may be proposed by the party himself or by his agent.The agent must be…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 3: Provisions relating to Mayotte.

Article L363-1

The provisions of Titles I to III and Title VII of this Book apply under the following conditions: 1° For the application of article L. 313-1, articles L. 3331-1, L. 3331-2, L. 3332-11, L. 3335-3 and…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to Mayotte.

Article R363-3

For the application of article D. 332-6, the references to articles L. 411-1 and R. 412-16 of the Forestry Code are replaced respectively by those to articles L. 411-1 and R. * 412-14 of the Mayotte F…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to Mayotte.

Article R363-2

For the purposes of this book, the words "préfet de région" or "préfet de département" are replaced by the word "préfet".

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to Mayotte.

Article R363-5

References made by the provisions of this book applicable in Mayotte to provisions that do not apply there are replaced by references to provisions with the same purpose applicable locally.

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