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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENTAL AUTHORITIES

Article L3132-4

Decisions and deliberations by which départements and their groupings waive, either directly or by means of a contractual clause, the right to bring any liability action against any natural or legal p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Aid for specific purposes

Article L3232-4

The département may, after consultation with the municipal council of the commune in which the business concerned is located, award subsidies to existing businesses whose purpose is to operate cinemas…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article L3312-4

I. - Budget allocations for capital expenditure may comprise programme authorisations and payment appropriations.Programme authorisations constitute the upper limit of expenditure that may be incurred…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Contributions and taxes other than those provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L3333-4

…es not include the amount of the latter or that of the communal tax provided for in article L. 2333-49. The departmental tax is collected by the department as in the case of turnover tax under the con…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L3334-4

…equalisation allocation made up of the urban equalisation allocation provided for in article L. 3334-6-1 and the minimum operating allocation provided for in article L. 3334-7.From 2005, the annual i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY OF ALSACE

Article L3431-4

The European Collectivity of Alsace may offer optional teaching of regional language and culture on its territory, throughout schooling, in accordance with the procedures defined by the agreement refe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article L3511-4

The articles L. 3334-16, L. 3334-16-1, L. 3334-16-2 and L. 3443-2 are not applicable to Mayotte.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK VI: LYON METROPOLITAN AREA

Article L3621-4

Parrogation à l'article L. 3121-9, le conseil départemental du Rhône peut se réunir dans la commune où siège le conseil de la métropole de Lyon.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: ORGANISATION

Article L3631-4

The President of the Metropolitan Council is elected by secret ballot, by an absolute majority of the members of the Metropolitan Council. If this election is not obtained after the first two ballots,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Conditions of application of the second and third paragraphs of article 73 of the Constitution to the overseas departments

Article LO3445-4

The deliberation provided for in Article LO 3445-2 is transmitted to the Prime Minister and to the State representative in the department. When it relates to the adaptation of a legislative provision,…

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