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

Article L3211-1

The departmental council, through its deliberations, regulates the affairs of the department in the areas of competence assigned to it by law.It is competent to implement any aid or action relating to…

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

Article L3441-1

The Departments of Guadeloupe, Mayotte and Reunion exercise the powers which the laws, in their provisions not contrary to those of this Title, attribute to all the Departments.

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

Article L4131-1

The regions are administered by a regional council elected by direct universal suffrage.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article L4321-1

Sont obligatoires pour la région:1° Les dépenses relatives au fonctionnement des organes délibérants et à l'entretien de l'hôtel de la région;2° Les dépenses relatives aux indemnités de fonction prévu…

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

Article L4411-1

The Ile-de-France region is subject to the provisions of Part One and Books I to III of this Part, subject to the provisions of this Title.

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

Article L4331-1

The revenue available to the region is entered in the operating and investment sections.

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

Article L4311-1

The regional budget is the act by which the region's annual revenue and expenditure are forecast and authorised. The budget voted must be balanced in terms of expenditure and revenue. The region's bud…

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

Article L4421-1

As of 1 January 2018, the collectivity of Corsica constitutes a collectivity with special status within the meaning of Article 72 of the Constitution, in place of the territorial collectivity of Corsi…

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

Article L4431-1

The regions of Guadeloupe and Réunion constitute territorial communities. They shall be subject to the non-contradictory provisions of Part One and Books I to III of this Part subject to the provision…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions

Article 861-1

The court may, in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 446-1, exempt a party who so requests from attending a subsequent hearing. In this case, the judge organises exchanges between the par…

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