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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
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Article L2421-16

In all cases where the municipality grants a lease to a person who, on 4 January 1967, occupied or operated the property in question, that person is not entitled to any compensation other than that re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Responsibilities.

Article L2541-16

The municipal council has the right to submit to the representative of the State in the department wishes on matters concerning the municipality or certain parts of the municipality as well as complai…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Water and sanitation

Article L2564-16

For the application to Mayotte of the third paragraph of Article L. 2224-7-1, the reference to 2013 is replaced by the reference to 2015.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Police.

Article L2512-16

The duties of City of Paris police officers and Paris surveillance officers, and the conditions under which they carry them out, are defined by the provisions of Title III of Book V of the Internal Se…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Communal property and establishments

Article L2544-16

Objections to decisions of the mayor or decisions of the municipal council concerning the use of public institutions and establishments of the commune or the enjoyment of communal property are, insofa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article L2531-16

The mayor of a municipality that received, for the previous financial year, an allocation from the solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region provided for in article L. 2531-12 sub…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2542-16

It is expressly forbidden for any other persons whatever their functions to exercise the right mentioned in article L. 2542-15.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Local services

Article L2573-16

The articles L. 2144-1 and L. 2144-3 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Deliberations.

Article L3121-16

A departmental councillor unable to attend a meeting may give a voting delegation for that meeting to another member of the departmental assembly. A departmental councillor may receive only one delega…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of departmental mandates

Article L3123-16

The maximum allowances voted by the departmental councils for the actual performance of the duties of departmental councillor are determined by applying to the reference term mentioned in article L. 3…

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