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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Adaptation of laws and regulations by the overseas regions

Article LO4435-4

The deliberation provided for in Article LO 4435-2 is transmitted to the Prime Minister and to the State representative in the region. When it relates to the adaptation of a legislative provision, it…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Transformation and merger.

Article L5211-41

When a public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status already exercises, on behalf of the communes that make it up, the competencies set by the present code for another ca…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation

Article L5212-4

The decree of creation fixes the headquarters of the syndicate on the basis of proposals from the communes belonging to the syndicate. It determines, where applicable, the conditions for the participa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Responsibilities.

Article L5211-45

…5212-29, L. 5212-29-1 and L. 5212-30, from a community of communes in application of article L. 5214-26, or an agglomeration community in application of article L. 5216-11 is made up of half of the m…

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

Article L5211-44

The conditions of application of articles L. 5211-42 and L. 5211-43 are set by decree in the Council of State. This decree fixes in particular the total number of members of the departmental commissio…

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

Article L5211-42

A departmental commission for inter-communal cooperation is set up in each department. It is chaired by the State representative in the department. The latter is assisted by a general rapporteur and t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 9: Informing and involving residents.

Article L5211-49

The electors of the communes that are members of a public establishment of inter-communal cooperation may be consulted on decisions that the deliberative body or the president of this establishment ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 9: Informing and involving residents.

Article L5211-46

Any natural or legal person has the right to request communication of the deliberations and minutes of the deliberative bodies of the public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation, the budgets…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Termination of the breach

Article 849-4

…ence his operations as soon as he is notified of the payment of the advance referred to in Article 849-5, unless the judge instructs him to commence his operations immediately.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 910-4

On pain of inadmissibility, raised ex officio, the parties must submit, as early as the submissions mentioned in articles 905-2 and 908 to 910, all their claims on the merits. Inadmissibility may also…

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