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

Article R2241-5

When the price of one of the acquisitions mentioned in Article R. 2241-4 gives rise to reinvestment in securities, the public accountants shall remit the funds to the investment service provider other…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Gifts and bequests

Article R2242-5

Notices or documents intended for the accounting officer of the municipality or municipal public establishment are sent through the intermediary of the private receiver of finance to which this accoun…

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

Article D2311-5

For budgets voted by nature, the budget article corresponds to the most detailed subdivision of the nomenclatures defined by the interministerial decree referred to in article D. 2311-2, supplemented,…

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

Article R2321-5

Allocations to provisions made under the conditions defined in articles R. 2321-2 and R. 2321-3 also constitute compulsory expenditure for the caisses des écoles.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Loan guarantees

Article R2252-5

Companies or organisations which, by virtue of the regulations in force, may receive loans or loan guarantees from municipalities are subject to the control provided for by the articles R. 2222-1 to R…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax

Article R2333-55

The flat-rate tourist tax rate is displayed at the town hall and is available to anyone who wishes to see it.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article D2342-5

Expenditure may only be paid from the appropriations allocated to each of them; these appropriations may not be used by the mayor for other expenditure.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Advances and loans

Article R2337-5

…advances must be supported by any documents required to justify the needs of the borrowing municipalities or establishments, to describe their financial situation and to establish the possibilities o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article D2343-5

The management account is submitted by the municipality's accountant to the mayor to be attached to the administrative account as a supporting document and used for the final settlement of income and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article R2511-5

Concordant decisions by the municipal council and all the arrondissement councils set out, within the framework of the regulations in force, the terms and criteria according to which the mayor of the…

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