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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6352-12

…re known. The provisions of this article do not apply to the contracts referred to in article LO 6352-11 than when the President of the Territorial Council has not received the delegation provided for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article LO6362-12

…authority the measures necessary to re-establish a balanced budget, within one month of this referral. When the local authority's budget has been subject to the recovery measures provided for in the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6461-12

The Territorial Council may submit to the Minister responsible for Overseas Territories, through the intermediary of the State representative, proposals for the amendment of legislative or regulatory…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L7122-12

The chairman alone is responsible for policing the assembly.He may have any individual who disturbs order expelled from the auditorium or arrested.In the event of a crime or misdemeanour, he draws up…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L7222-12

The chairman alone is responsible for policing the assembly.He may have any individual who disturbs order expelled from the auditorium or arrested.In the event of a crime or misdemeanour, he draws up…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Executive Council and the Chairman of the Executive Council

Article L7224-12

The President of the Executive Council has sole responsibility for administration. He delegates by decree, under his supervision and responsibility, the exercise of part of his functions to each Execu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Local referendum

Article R1112-12

The commission shall decide any questions that may arise, apart from any complaints, from the counting of the ballot papers, shall make any necessary rectifications and shall proclaim the results in p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: THE LOCAL FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EVALUATION OF STANDARDS

Article R1211-12

Each ballot paper is placed in a double envelope; the outer envelope must bear the words "Election of the members of the Local Finance Committee", the indication of the electoral college to which the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition

Article R1213-12

A central census commission is set up under the minister responsible for local and regional authorities. It is chaired by a Conseiller d'Etat appointed by the Vice-President of the Conseil d'Etat and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the appointment and training of citizen assessors

Article R2-12

Before taking up their duties, citizen assessors undergo a one-day training course on the workings of the criminal justice system and the duties they will be required to perform. The training also inc…

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