, Julien Cattiaux for their helpful comments and discussions. Part of this work was supported by the French national program FRAISE-LEFE/INSU, Melody-PRC-ANR, Eupheme, FUSIMET (PEPS I3A), DAMOCLES-COST-ACTION on compound events. Finally, the insightful remarks from the reviewer have greatly

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