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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: LOCAL FINANCE COMMITTEE

Article L1211-1

A local finance committee is created, made up of members of the parliamentary assemblies and elected representatives of the regions, départements, communes and their groupings, as well as representati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-13

In communes of 3,500 inhabitants or more, documents relating to the operation of delegated public services, which must be submitted to the commune pursuant to public service delegation agreements, wit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-15

The provisions of article L. 1411-13 are applicable to the départements. The place where these documents are made available to the public is the departmental headquarters. These documents may also be…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-17

The provisions set out in articles L. 1411-15 and L. 1411-16 also apply to public establishments for interdepartmental cooperation, public establishments for interregional cooperation and mixed syndic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-10

The provisions of articles L. 1411-1 to L. 1411-9 apply to groupings of territorial authorities and to other public establishments of these authorities.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-16

The provisions of article L. 1411-13 are applicable to the regions. The place where these documents are made available to the public is the regional headquarters. These documents may also be made avai…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-1

Territorial authorities, their groupings or their public establishments may entrust the management of a public service for which they are responsible to one or more economic operators by means of a pu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-18

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-19

The deliberative assemblies of local authorities and their groupings decide on the principle of any delegation of public services to a local public company or a single-operations semi-public company,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-14

The provisions of Article L. 1411-13 apply to the public administrative establishments of municipalities with 3,500 inhabitants or more, to the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation an…

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