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

Article L1611-3-1

…stitutions or finance companies within the following limits and subject to the following conditions:1° The loan is denominated in euros or foreign currencies. In the latter case, in order to ensure th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Special provisions

Article L1525-1

…1 concerning the majority shareholding of local authorities and their groupings are not applicable: 1° To semi-public companies set up under the Decree-Laws of 5 November and 28 December 1926 and crea…

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

Article L1611-2-1

…rt of the tasks entrusted to mayors as agents of the State, the municipalities are responsible for: 1° Receiving and entering applications for national identity cards and passports and issuing these d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-1

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity grant for the equipment of local authorities and their groupings affected by climatic or geological events

Article L1613-6

I. - A budget allocation is instituted entitled "solidarity allocation in favour of the equipment of local authorities and their groupings affected by climatic or geological events". This grant contri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: SEMI-PUBLIC COMPANIES WITH A SINGLE OPERATION

Article L1541-2

…operator shareholder(s) and the award of the contract to the single-operations semi-public company set up shall be carried out by a single public invitation to tender complying with the procedures app…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: SEMI-PUBLIC COMPANIES WITH A SINGLE OPERATION

Article L1541-1

…orial authorities may create, with at least one economic operator shareholder, selected after a competitive tendering process under the conditions defined in Article L. 1541-2, a single-operations sem…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Special provisions

Article L1525-3

The provisions of this Title shall not apply:1° To sociétés anonymes d'habitations à loyer modéré and sociétés de crédit immobilier referred to in Articles L. 422-4 du code de la construction et de l'…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the fire and rescue service of the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy

Article L1424-88

…tive of the State.Under the authority of the representative of the State, he/she is responsible for:1° The operational management of the fire brigade;2° The management of prevention actions falling wi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition of capital

Article L1522-1

…ontribution shares, issued by these companies.Shareholdings are subject to the following conditions:1° The company takes the form of a public limited company governed by Book II of the French Commerci…

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