French General Code of Local Authorities
In forceI.-The acts adopted by the municipal authorities are enforceable by operation of law as soon as they have been brought to the attention of the interested parties in accordance with the conditions laid down in the present article and, for the acts mentioned in article L. 2131-2, as soon as they have been transmitted to the representative of the State in the department or to his delegate in the arrondissement as provided for by this article.
The mayor may, under his responsibility, certify the enforceability of an act.
The mayor may, under his responsibility, certify the enforceability of an act as soon as it has been brought to the attention of the interested parties in accordance with the conditions laid down in the present article.
The mayor may, under his own responsibility, certify the enforceability of an act.
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II -Individual decisions taken by municipal authorities are notified to the persons concerned.
III -Regulatory acts and decisions taken by municipal authorities are notified to the persons concerned.
III -Regulatory acts and decisions of neither a regulatory nor an individual nature are published in electronic form, under conditions laid down by decree in the Council of State, such as to guarantee their authenticity and to ensure that they are made available to the public permanently and free of charge.
IV -In derogation of the provisions of Article 4 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
IV - By way of derogation from the provisions of III, in municipalities with less than 3,500 inhabitants, regulatory acts and decisions that are neither regulatory nor individual are made public:
Either by posting
1° Either by posting;
or
2° Either by publication on paper, under conditions set by decree in the Council of State;
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3° Or by publication in electronic form, in accordance with the conditions set out in III.
The municipal council chooses the method of advertising applicable in the municipality. It may change this choice at any time. In the absence of a deliberation on this point, the provisions of III are applicable.
In the event of the creation of a commune of 3,500 inhabitants or more by the merger of communes, none of which exceeded this threshold, the municipal council of the new commune has the option of making the choice provided for in this IV for a period of six months from the publication of the prefectoral decree creating the new commune. At the end of this period, the provisions of III apply.
V.-In the event of an emergency, an act which, by virtue of the provisions of III or IV, must be published by electronic means or on paper comes into force as soon as it has been posted and, if it is subject to the provisions of article L. 2131-2, sent to the representative of the State in the department or to his delegate in the arrondissement.
In the event of an emergency, an act which, by virtue of the provisions of III or IV, must be published by electronic means or on paper comes into force as soon as it has been posted and, if it is subject to the provisions of article L. 2131-2, sent to the representative of the State in the department or to his delegate in the arrondissement.
However, the normally required publication is carried out as soon as possible, and this is the only way in which the period for appealing against the decision can start to run.
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VI - When a person requests a paper copy of a document published in electronic form, the mayor will provide it. The mayor is not obliged to comply with requests that are unreasonable, particularly in terms of their number or their repetitive or systematic nature.
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