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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the President of the Territorial Council

Article LO6462-11

The decision of the Territorial Council or the Executive Council instructing the President of the Territorial Council to award a specific contract may be taken before the award procedure is initiated.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Standing Committee

Article L7123-11

The standing committee may not deliberate unless an absolute majority of its members are present or represented. The last two paragraphs of Article L. 7122-14 are applicable to the Standing Committee.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Meetings

Article L7222-11

Sessions of the Martinique Assembly are public.However, at the request of five members or its president, the Assembly may decide, without debate, by an absolute majority of the members present or repr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I : Composition and operation of the Local Finance Committee

Article R1211-11

Candidate lists must be lodged with the Ministry of the Interior on a date set by order of the Minister of the Interior. This order also sets the deadline for sending or lodging ballot papers with the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Election of representatives of local authorities and public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status

Article R1213-11

Each ballot paper is placed in a double envelope. The outer envelope shall bear the words "Election of the members of the National Standards Assessment Board", an indication of the electoral college t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation (R).

Article R1221-11

The duties of the Chairman and members of the National Council are free of charge. Travel and subsistence expenses may be allocated to them, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the decree s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article R1232-11

The Agency's regional delegate in the department that is the capital of the region submits an annual report to the Agency's Director General on the work it has done to support local authorities in car…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: National Commission for Decentralised Cooperation (R)

Article R1115-11

The qualified persons mentioned in article R. 1115-8 are appointed for a renewable term of three years by decree of the Prime Minister, two of which are proposed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, on…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Counting of votes and declaration of results (R)

Article R1112-11

For a referendum decided by a department, a census commission, sitting in the departmental capital, totals the results recorded at the level of each commune as soon as the polling closes. It comprises…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Allocation of hearing duties among the citizen assessors

Article R2-11

In accordance with the provisions of Article 10-7, the first president of the court of appeal and the president of the judicial tribunal decide by order on the distribution of the service of hearings…

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