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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions and differentiated exercise of powers

Article L1111-6

…oupings who sit on the decision-making bodies of another grouping of local and regional authorities 2° To representatives of local and regional authorities or their groupings who sit on the decision-m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter IIa: Mediation

Article L1112-24

…itorial authority or a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with its own tax system: 2° A person who holds an elected public office or is an agent within one of the groupings of which t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-10

…ions or their unions.II.The region may contribute to the financing of the projects mentioned in 1°, 2°, 5° and 8° of I of article L. 211-7 of the Environment Code, of regional interest, for which the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-9-2

…précitée, la conférence régionale de gouvernance réunit : 1° Fifteen representatives of the region; 2° Five representatives of the public establishments mentioned in Article L. 143-16 of the town plan…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article L1115-5

…lowing cases: 1° The agreement implements a previous international agreement approved by the State; 2° The purpose of the agreement is to implement a regional cooperation programme drawn up under the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions and differentiated exercise of powers

Article L1111-5

…of a law and applicable to all natural persons as well as legal persons under private or public law;2° Technical requirements and procedures provided for by a law or a decree adopted in application of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: THE NATIONAL STANDARDS ASSESSMENT BOARD

Article L1212-1

…t State administrations, Parliament and local and regional authorities.It comprises:1° Two deputies;2° Two senators;3° Four regional councillors elected by the college of presidents of regional counci…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Financial autonomy

Article LO1114-1

…horities mentioned in the third paragraph of Article 72-2 of the Constitution are: 1° The communes; 2° The departments to which the Department of Mayotte, the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REFUGEE STATUS

Article L511-7

…at the presence in France of the person concerned constitutes a serious threat to State security; > 2° The person concerned has been convicted at last instance in France, in a Member State of the Euro…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Personal interview

Article L531-12

…a decision recognising the applicant as a refugee on the basis of the information in its possession;2° Medical reasons, lasting and beyond the control of the person concerned, prevent the interview fr…

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