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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities.

Article R2513-12

Administrative or technical staff from the city of Marseille may assist with the administrative and training support tasks entrusted to the military personnel responsible for running the battalion. Th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the special grant for school construction and equipment

Article D2564-12

Acknowledgement of the completeness of the application and a waiver granted on the basis of II of article D. 2564-11 do not constitute a decision to award the grant. An application for a grant is deem…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to elected employees (R).

Article R3123-12

…ncil who is an employee must, where he wishes to take the training leave referred to in article L. 3123-11, submit his request in writing to his employer at least thirty days in advance, specifying th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Litigation by the municipality.

Article D2573-12

I. - The articles R. 2132-1 to 2132-4 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of the provisions of article R. 2132-3,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article D3312-12

A. - The report provided for in Article L. 3312-1 includes the following information: 1° The budgetary guidelines envisaged by the department relating to projected changes in expenditure and revenue,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Supervision of the administration of bequeathed or donated property (R).

Article R3213-12

Any mandate conferred, subsequent to the delivery or the sending into possession of a legacy, by the legal representative of a department or a departmental public establishment, with a view to adminis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Gas distribution and transport (R).

Article R3333-12

The fees payable to the départements for the occupation of their public domain by gas transmission and distribution structures, as well as by individual gas pipelines, are set by the département counc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Accounting

Article D3665-12

The President of the Metropolitan Council of Lyon shall provide the accounting officer of the metropolis, duly summarised on an issue slip, with a copy in form of all leases, contracts, judgments, wil…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to elected employees (R).

Article R4135-12

Any member of a regional council who is an employee must, where he wishes to take the training leave referred to in article L. 4135-11, submit his request in writing to his employer at least thirty da…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D3661-12

The cumulative result defined in II of article D. 3661-11 is allocated, when it is a surplus: 1° As a priority, to reserves to cover the financing requirement of the investment section arising at the…

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