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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1232-3

The term of office of the Chairman of the Board of Directors is three years. This term of office may be renewed once.The age limit applicable to him/her is set at seventy-five years. The Board of Dire…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Request for a formal position

Article R1116-3

The period referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 1116-1 at the end of which the silence kept by the representative of the State is deemed to be the absence of a formal position runs from t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Election of representatives of local authorities and public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status

Article R1213-3

The four representatives of the départements and their alternates are elected by the college of the presidents of the departmental councils in a single-round majority list ballot, with complete lists…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Financial and accounting provisions

Article R1233-3

Revenue and imprest accounts may be set up under the conditions laid down in the decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 relating to the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodies.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I : Composition and operation of the Local Finance Committee

Article R1211-3

The representatives of the presidents of the departmental councils are elected by the college of the presidents of the departmental councils in a single-round majority list ballot, with the submission…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Judicial police officers of the national police force

Article R15-31

Judicial police officers and agents assigned to the Paris and Versailles regional judicial police directorates are competent to carry out their duties on all public transport lines, stations, stops an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Judicial police officers of the national police force

Article R15-30

…the list of which is set by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Interior.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R15-38

…the president of the examining chamber, on the proposal or after the assent of the public prosecutor.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R15-36

After taking all the steps he or she deems useful, the doyen of the investigating judges or the president of the investigating chamber communicates the request to the president of the court or to the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R15-37

The general assembly of sitting and prosecuting magistrates of the court or court of appeal, on the report of the magistrate to whom the application is made, decides on the authorisation by a majority…

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