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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to certain transfers of powers (R)

Article R1614-72

…nder the conditions provided for above, the appropriations entered in the State budget in the general decentralisation grant in respect of school transport are delegated each year to the prefects in p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to certain transfers of powers (R)

Article R1614-74

The right to compensation for 1984 is initially the subject of a provisional assessment on the basis of estimates made by the prefect, after consulting the competent authorities for the organisation o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to certain transfers of powers (R)

Article R1614-70

The right to compensation corresponding to expenditure borne by the State for school attendance grants and for transport costs for severely disabled pupils and students domiciled in the department, nu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I

Article R1615-7

Allocations from the value-added tax compensation fund are notified by the prefect.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Legal system for acts taken by municipal authorities

Article R2131-7

The prefect or sub-prefect may request, in order to exercise the legality control, that additional documents be provided.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: MUNICIPAL ASSETS

Article R2241-7

The price of real estate acquisitions made out of court in accordance with the rules of civil law or after exercising the right of pre-emption on behalf of municipalities and their public establishmen…

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

Article R2224-7

Non-collective sanitation zones may be set up in those parts of a municipality where the installation of a wastewater collection system is not justified, either because it is not in the interest of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article D2333-7

The amount of the communal share of the excise duty on electricity is notified to the local authorities concerned by order of the Prefect, based on the calculation elements drawn up by the Directorate…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Taxes specific to resorts

Article R2333-71

Payment is made by the mayor by applying the rate set by the municipal council for the tax and the tax base due to the municipality under the conditions of article R. 2333-73. It gives rise to the iss…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article D2311-7

For municipalities and their public administrative establishments that have opted to vote their budget by function, the budget items correspond:a) Investment section:- for operations that can be broke…

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