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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: OVERSEAS REGIONS

Article L4437-5

Articles L. 4434-1 to L. 4434-4 shall apply in Mayotte from 1 January 2014.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: OVERSEAS REGIONS

Article LO4437-2

For the application to Mayotte of Chapter V of Title III, the reference to the region is replaced by the reference to the Department of Mayotte and the reference to the regional council is replaced by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: OVERSEAS REGIONS

Article L4437-3

The following provisions of Part Four of this Code are not applicable to Mayotte: 1° Book I; 2° In Book II: a) Article

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Amendments to the Articles of Association

Article L5211-17

…public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation may at any time transfer, in whole or in part, to the latter, some of their competencies whose transfer is not provided for by law or by the foundi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Amendments to the Articles of Association

Article L5211-17-1

Powers exercised by a public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation, the transfer of which to the latter is not provided for by law or by the decision establishing it, may, at any time, be retur…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Amendments to the Articles of Association

Article L5211-16

Public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with competence in town planning matters are, on the proposal of the vendors, authorised to acquire, in return for the payment of a life annuity, p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Amendments to the Articles of Association

Article L5211-17-2

…embers of a public establishment of inter-communal cooperation with its own tax system may transfer to the latter, in whole or in part, some of their competences whose transfer is not provided for by…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 3: The family council

Article 1237-1

…the deliberation taken. Within eight days, the Chairman of the Board shall deliver the deliberation to the Registrar or send it to the Registrar by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 3: The family council

Article 1236

Prior to a meeting of a minor's family council, the judge shall hear the minor, or have the minor heard, if the minor is capable of discernment, under the conditions provided for in article 388-1 of t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 3: The family council

Article 1237

…authorising, in accordance with the provisions of article 457 of the Civil Code, the family council to meet and deliberate without its presence is a measure of judicial administration. The members of…

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