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Article R2224-15-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The period referred to in the second paragraph of II of Article L. 2224-8 is set by the service regulations provided for in Article L. 2224-12. This period may not exceed six weeks from the date on which the municipality receives the request from the owner or the joint owners’ association to carry out the inspection of the connection to the public sewerage system.

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Article R2224-17 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Non-collective sanitation systems must allow the preservation of surface and groundwater quality. The technical specifications applicable to non-collective sanitation systems receiving a gross organic pollution load less than or equal to 1.2 kg are set by joint order of the ministers responsible for health, housing and the environment. The technical requirements applicable to non-collective sanitation systems receiving a gross organic pollution load of more than 1.2 kg are those set…

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Article R2224-18 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – The subscriber file mentioned in Article L. 2224-11-4 implemented for the invoicing of water and sanitation by the delegatee of a public water or sanitation service includes the elements necessary for the preparation of invoices, receipts and accounting documents required for the production of receipts and the recovery of sums due as well as the collection and recovery of taxes and duties attached and the management of the…

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Article R2224-19-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The municipal council or the deliberative body of the public establishment responsible for all or part of the public collective or non-collective sanitation service institutes a sanitation fee for the part of the service it provides and sets the rate. When the sanitation service covers both collective and non-collective sanitation, two separate charges are introduced. The budget attached to the sanitation service or the joint water and sanitation budget established…

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Article R2224-19-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The collective wastewater treatment charge comprises a variable part and, where applicable, a fixed part. The variable part is determined on the basis of the volume of water taken by the user from the public distribution network or from any other source, the use of which generates the discharge of wastewater collected by the wastewater service. This volume is calculated under the conditions defined in articles R. 2224-19-3 and R….

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Article R2224-19-4 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Any person required to connect to the sewerage system and who obtains all or part of their water supply from a source that is not part of a public service must declare this to the town hall. In the event that the use of this water generates the discharge of wastewater collected by the sanitation service, the collective sanitation fee is calculated: – either by direct measurement using metering devices…

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Article R2224-19-5 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The non-collective sanitation fee includes a share intended to cover the costs of checking the design, siting and proper execution and operation of the installations and, where applicable, a share intended to cover the costs of maintaining them. The share representing inspection operations is calculated according to criteria defined by the authority mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 2224-19-1 and taking into account the location, nature and size…

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