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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Economic aid

Article R3231

…ructures of representative trade union organisations, pursuant to Article 10 of Act no. 2000-321 du 12 avril 2000 modifiée relative aux droits des citoyens dans leurs relations avec les administration…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Commitment and common provisions (R)

Article R3341-1

In accordance with the provisions of Article 1 of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, the fundamental principles contained in Title I of the said dec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Scope

Article R3213-5

When the price of acquisitions of real estate, real property rights or businesses made under the rules of ordinary law by the départements and their public establishments gives rise to reinvestment in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Departmental share of excise duty on electricity

Article D3333-2

The amount of the departmental 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 Directo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article R3313-2

…that it benefits from aid granted by the support fund created by the article 92 of Finance Act 2013-1278 of 29 December 2013 for 2014, this local authority may deduct from this outstanding debt the am…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Authorising officer's accounts (R)

Article D3342-8

…ative account, on which the General Council is called to deliberate in accordance with article L. 3312-5, presents by separate column and in the order of the chapters and articles of the budget: In re…

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

Article R3334-0-1

For the application of article L. 3334-3:1° The income taken into account is the last known reference tax income;2° The average per capita income of all the départements is equal to the sum of the inc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5 : Fees payable for occupancy of the public domain by water and sewerage works

Article R3333-18

…orks is determined by the departmental council under the conditions provided for by article R. 2333-121.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Procedures applicable to gifts (R).

Article R3213-10

Claims concerning legacies in favour of a department or a departmental public establishment, made by the legal heirs, may be submitted to the Minister of the Interior within six months of the opening…

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

Article D3311-5

…he most detailed subdivision of the nomenclature defined by the decree provided for in article L. 3312-2, supplemented, for programmes, by the programme number and, for operations on behalf of third p…

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