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Article L342-1 of the French Tourism Code

In mountain areas, tourism development operations are carried out under the control of a municipality, a group of municipalities or a mixed syndicate of local authorities. Unless it is done on a “régie” basis, implementation is carried out under the following conditions: 1° Each operator must enter into a contract with the commune or grouping of communes or the competent mixed syndicate; 2° Each of the contracts relates to one…

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Article L342-2 of the French Tourism Code

Contracts drawn up for this purpose and, if a contract relates to more than one of the constituent objects, for each of these objects shall stipulate on pain of nullity: 1° The purpose of the contract, its duration and the conditions under which it may be extended or revised ; 2° The conditions for termination, forfeiture and devolution, where applicable, of the assets at the end of the contract as…

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Article L342-3 of the French Tourism Code

In accordance with the provisions ofarticle 34 of order no. 2016-65 of 29 January 2016 on concession contracts, the term of these contracts is adjusted according to the nature and scale of the investments made by the developer or operator. When the residual term of a contract relating to the ski lift service defined in article L. 342-9 is insufficient to allow for the normal amortisation of additional investments requested…

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Article L342-4 of the French Tourism Code

Where the implementation of the development project requires the conclusion of several contracts, the relations between the municipality, group of municipalities or public-private partnership and the various operators are organised by a prior memorandum of understanding, which may set out the general timetable for the project, determine the purpose of the various individual contracts and lay down the general conditions for the construction, management and transfer between the parties of…

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Article L342-5 of the French Tourism Code

When contracts signed before 10 January 1985 are extended or revised, they must be brought into line with the provisions of this section. The conditions for the application of this section shall be defined by decree as necessary.

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Article L342-7 of the French Tourism Code

The term “ski lifts” refers to all public transport equipment for persons by rack railway, by cableway installation falling within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2016/424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on cableway installations and repealing Directive 2000/9/EC, as well as cableway installations used to service mountain refuges referred to in Article 2(2)(d) of the same Regulation.

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Article L342-8 of the French Tourism Code

Articles L. 342-1 to L. 342-5 and the following provisions of the Transport Code apply to ski lifts: a) Chapter I of Title I of Book V of Part One ; b) Title II of Book VI of Part One ; c) Title I of Book II of Part Two; d) Articles L. 1000-2, L. 1111-1, L. 1211-4, L. 1211-5, L. 1221-4, L. 1221-9, L. 1311-3, L. 1311-4, L. 1431-2,…

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Article L342-9 of the French Tourism Code

The ski lift service, where applicable extended to the facilities required for the operation of ski runs, is organised by the communes on whose territory they are located or by their groupings or by the département to which they may entrust by agreement, within the limits of a defined geographical perimeter, the organisation and implementation of the service. The communes or their groupings may, at their request, join forces with…

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