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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Regional Economic and Social Council

Article D4134-32

To set the maximum time of absence to which are entitled, pursuant to Article L. 4134-7-1, elected representatives who are civil servants governed by titles II, III or IV of the general civil service…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Authorising officer's accounts

Article D4342-3

The payment order must contain all the names and descriptions necessary to enable the accounting officer to recognise the identity of the creditor.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article D4311-3

For budgets voted by nature, the budget article corresponds to the most detailed subdivision of the nomenclature defined by the decree provided for in article L. 4312-2, supplemented by the transactio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article D4321-3

The region may neutralise the depreciation allowance for equipment subsidies paid and the depreciation allowance for administrative and school buildings less the amount of the annual write-back of equ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-33

The certified accounts referred to in article L. 4425-19 are certified by an auditor for bodies subject to the obligation to certify their accounts and by the chairman of the body concerned, for bodie…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-3

The budget implementation period is limited to the year to which this budget applies for the authorisation of expenditure and the issue of revenue orders.However, this period includes an additional pe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article D6261-3

The chapters of budgets voted by nature correspond:a) Investment section:- to each of the two-digit accounts in classes 1 and 2 open to the nomenclature by nature, with the exception of the accounts "…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Badges

Article D6222-3

The wearing of the official insignia of the President of the Territorial Council in the national colours, the use of which is optional, is reserved for the President of the Territorial Council in the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local referendum

Article D6232-3

Posters with a propaganda purpose or character that include a combination of the three colours: blue, white and red are prohibited.

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

Article D5843-3

I.-Article R. 5722-1 is applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II.-For the application of Article R. 5722-1, the words: "The provisions of Book III of Part Two"…

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