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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2224-11-2

The system of charges that may be levied by communes, départements or regions for the occupation of their public domain by water supply and sewerage works is set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2224-11-6

Municipalities and their public cooperation establishments exercising jurisdiction over drinking water or sanitation may also, as an accessory to this jurisdiction, within the framework of the same op…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2224-11-3

When the delegated contract for a public water or wastewater service requires the operator to carry out asset renewal and major repairs, a provisional works programme is appended to the contract. This…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2224-11-4

The public service delegation contract for water or sanitation requires the delegatee, firstly, to draw up a detailed inventory of the delegator's assets at the end of the contract and, secondly, with…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Assembly of Corsica

Article L4422-9-1

The election of the members of the Standing Committee may be contested under the conditions, in the forms and within the time limits prescribed for contesting the election of councillors to the Assemb…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Assembly of Corsica

Article L4422-5-1

The President of the Assembly of Corsica may decide that the meeting of the Assembly is to be held in several places by videoconference. When the meeting of the Assembly of Corsica is held by videocon…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article L211-14

If the judge setting the compensation considers that the offer made by the insurer was manifestly inadequate, he shall automatically order the insurer to pay into the guarantee fund provided for in ar…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Duties and performance of duties

Article L121-10

The anonymity of the staff of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons responsible for examining asylum applications and conducting personal interviews with applicants is…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Duties and performance of duties

Article L121-11

The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons may carry out decentralised missions in the territories.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Duties and performance of duties

Article L121-12

Each year, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons draws up a report outlining its activities, providing quantitative and qualitative data presented by gender on asylum…

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