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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Transfer procedures

Article L1424-22

…cles, a national commission settles, on referral from the prefect, within six months, the situation of personnel and property transferred to the fire and rescue service, after consultation, for person…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-22

New communes are eligible for communal equalisation grants under the conditions of ordinary law, subject to Article L. 2334-22-2.New communes that have benefited from the provisions of the second para…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Responsibilities

Article L2122-22

The mayor may, in addition, by delegation of the municipal council, be entrusted, in whole or in part, and for the duration of his term of office:1° To determine and modify the allocation of communal…

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

Article L2121-22

…e for studying questions submitted to the council either by the administration or on the initiative of one of its members.The committees are convened by the mayor, who is the chairman ex officio, with…

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

Article L2123-22

…to those voted by the municipal council within the limits provided for by article L. 2123-23, by I of article L. 2123-24 and by I and III of article L. 2123-24-1, municipal councils:1° 1° Of the comm…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2224-22

The application of the provisions of articles

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-22

The second fraction of the rural solidarity grant is allocated to communes whose per capita financial potential, as defined in article L. 2334-4, is less than twice the average per capita financial po…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-22

To exercise the powers of the arrondissement council, the city council or the Paris council delegates, in the cases and under the conditions that it determines, to the arrondissement council the power…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Administration and municipal services

Article L2542-22

It is forbidden, in these regulations and contracts, to charge any additional fee for presentations and stations at the church, any person having equally the right to be presented there.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article L2512-22

The expenditure and revenue of the Police Prefecture are covered by a special budget.

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