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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter II: Inter-municipal cooperation

Article L5832-2

…1-3 ; 6° Les articles L. 5211-57 et L. 5211-59 ; 7° The second and third paragraphs of article L. 5212-20 ; 8° Les articles L. 5212-24 à L. 5212-24-2 ; 9° Les articles L. 5214-1 à L. 5214-29 ; 10° Les…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Creation

Article L5842-14

I. - The articles L. 5212-1 to L. 5212-5 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - 1° For the application of Article L. 5212-2, the second sentence reads a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Modification of the initial conditions of membership and operation

Article L5842-18

The articles L. 5212-27, L. 5212-29 to L. 5212-32 are applicable in French Polynesia.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Financial provisions

Article L5622-4

The provisions of articles L. 4313-1 and L. 4313-2 are applicable to interregional cooperation establishments. The places where the documents are made available to the public are the head office of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation

Article L5842-16

I. - The articles L. 5212-15 to L. 5212-17 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II. - For the application of Article L. 5212-15, after the words "or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter II: Inter-municipal cooperation

Article L5832-3

…e department on any request for the withdrawal of a syndicate of communes pursuant to articles L. 5212-29, L. 5212-29-1 and L. 5212-30, or of a communauté de communes pursuant to article L. 5214-26, i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Financial provisions

Article L5722-2

The provisions of article L. 5212-21 and article L. 5212-21-1.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and operation

Article L5843-2

…2 of 21 February 1996 L. 5721-6 Order no. 2021-1310 of 7 October 2021 L. 5721-6-1 law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 L. 5721-6-2 law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 L. 5721-6-3 law no. 2015-991 of 7 August 201…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Bodies

Article L5842-21

…daptations provided for in II. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5214-7 law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 L. 5214-8 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 II. - In the last paragraph of Article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Financial provisions

Article L5722-7

The joint association referred to in article L. 1231-10 of the Transport Code may levy a payment intended to finance mobility services in an urban area of at least 50,000 inhabitants and in the multip…

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