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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L5842-4

…The provisions of Section 3 of Chapter I of Title I of Book II of Part Five mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS INVOLVING LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES, GROUPS OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER LEGAL ENTITIES GOVERNED BY PUBLIC LAW

Article L5721-4

The provisions of Title III of Book I of Part Three relating to legality control and the publicity and entry into force of the acts of the departmental authorities are applicable to the mixed syndicat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Territorial Council

Article LO6221-4

Any territorial councillor absent from four consecutive meetings of the territorial council within a period of less than four months without a legitimate excuse accepted by the council shall be declar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Operation

Article L5912-4

…sitting, drawn up by one of the secretaries, are approved at the beginning of the following sitting and signed by the chairman and the secretary.The minutes contain the reports, the names of the membe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Territorial Council

Article LO6321-4

Any territorial councillor absent from four consecutive meetings of the territorial council within a period of less than four months without a legitimate excuse accepted by the council shall be declar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Territorial Council

Article LO6431-4

Any territorial councillor absent from four consecutive meetings of the territorial council within a period of less than four months without a legitimate excuse accepted by the council shall be declar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : The Assembly of French Guyana

Article L7122-4

When the functioning of the Assembly of French Guyana proves impossible, the Government may pronounce its dissolution by reasoned decree taken in the Council of Ministers; it shall inform Parliament o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : The Assembly of Martinique

Article L7222-4

When the functioning of the Assembly of Martinique proves impossible, the Government may pronounce its dissolution by reasoned decree taken in the Council of Ministers; it shall inform Parliament of t…

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

Article L7224-4

…oral Code.II. - Pour l'application des dispositions instituant les incompatibilités entre certains mandats électoraux ou fonctions électives:1° Les fonctions de président du conseil exécutif de Martin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: NATIONAL AGENCY FOR TERRITORIAL COHESION

Article R1231-4

As part of its monitoring and alert role, the agency implements: 1° Observation of urban policy and regional planning policy; > 2° Forward-looking and strategic thinking for territories, particularly…

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