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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions

Article L2511-45

…adopted or adopted it.The execution balance of the special statement referred to in article L. 2511-41 is carried forward ipso jure.The municipal council or the Paris council decides on the account of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions

Article L2511-40

The city council or the Paris council shall each year, pursuant to the provisions of articles L. 2511-36-1, L. 2511-39 and L. 2511-39-1 the procedures for distributing the sums intended for the alloca…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Name and territory of the municipality

Article L2573-4

The articles L. 2114-1 to L. 2114-3 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia, subject to the insertion, in article L. 2114-1, after the words: "decree of the Conseil d'Etat," of the words: "…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Financial provisions

Article L2513-4

The pay and various allowances received by officers, petty officers, quartermasters and sailors belonging to the marine fire brigade and the services attached to it are determined by the regulations a…

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

Article L2541-4

An exception is made to the rule in the first paragraph of article L. 2121-17 : 1° When, convened a second time to deliberate on the same subject, the number of councillors present is not, this time a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Communal sections with separate assets

Article L2544-4

Deliberations of the municipal council relating to a section of a commune are enforceable only after approval by the representative of the State in the département, when their purpose is: 1° The colle…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Resignation and dissolution

Article L3121-4

Any member of a departmental council who, without a valid excuse, has refused to carry out one of the duties devolved upon him by the laws shall be declared to have resigned by the administrative cour…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate.

Article L3123-4

Decrees in the Council of State set out the terms and conditions for applying articles L. 3123-2 and L. 3123-3.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Publicity and entry into force

Article L3131-4

The State representative may, at any time, request communication of the acts taken on behalf of the department which are not mentioned in article L. 3131-2. The State representative may only refer the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3241-4

The budgets of public services of an industrial or commercial nature operated by a public authority, leased out or under a concession, must have revenue and expenditure in balance.

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