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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3665-15

The management account drawn up by the accounting officer of Metropolitan Lyon is submitted to the President of the Metropolitan Council to be attached to the administrative account as a supporting do…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3665-5

Each mandate states the local authority, budget, financial year and charge to which the expenditure applies.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3661-6

The articles of the budgets voted by function correspond: a) Investment section: - for allocable expenditure and revenue, to group 90 "Allocated operations", completed by the most detailed subdivision…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3661-9

The cross presentation, by function or by nature, provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 3661-5 is made between the most detailed level of the functional nomenclature and each of the accoun…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3664-4

Programme authorisations and commitment authorisations for unforeseen expenditure constitute chapters, respectively of the investment section and the operating section of budgets voted by nature and b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3661-13

…er produces a statement of outstanding commitments as at 31 December of the financial year just ended. The outstanding balances from the operating section are carried forward to the budget incorporati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Revenue

Article D3662-1

…in the investment section of the budget before the result of the operating section can be determined. For the application of the same article, provisions do not give rise to the entry of appropriatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3665-4

No expenditure made on behalf of the Metropole of Lyon may be paid unless it has first been mandated by the President of the Council of the Metropole from a duly opened appropriation.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3665-14

The management account rendered by the accounting officer of the Lyon metropolitan authority presents the metropolitan authority's accounting position at 31 December of the financial year, including t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3661-4

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. 3661-5, supplemented, for programmes,…

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