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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5212-26

…of energy consumption or the reduction of polluting or greenhouse gas emissions, fonds de concours may be paid between a syndicate referred to in article L. 5212-24 and the member municipalities or p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: The Metropolitan Conference of Mayors

Article L5218-10

…the design and evaluation of local policies to promote the sustainable development of the area. It may give its opinion or be consulted on any other issue relating to the metropolis.An annual activit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6251-4

…assessment and collection of taxes, duties, fees and charges instituted by the Territorial Council may be subject by the latter to fines, increases, interest or compensation for late payment applied…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of mandates at the Assembly of French Guyana

Article L7125-24

…torial collectivity of French Guyana includes official accommodation, the assembly of French Guyana may determine by deliberation the terms under which this accommodation is allocated to him or her. W…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of security interests

Article R24

Under Article 138, the investigating judge may order the person under investigation to set up, within a period that he or she determines, one or more personal or real sureties intended to guarantee th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of measures

Article R15-33-49

…for by article R. 15-33-40-1, where the proposed measures have been accepted, the public prosecutor may appoint a delegate or mediator for the purpose of implementing the measures decided upon and mon…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to requests for information issued by the French services

Article R49-36

…ssible in an automated data processing system, the services and units mentioned in Article 685-9-31 may ask the competent service of the requested State to forward the information to them, in urgent c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-14-3

…received within this period, or if the magistrate does not order the deletion, the interested party may appeal to the president of the investigating chamber within ten days by registered letter. If th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article D46-5

…the request of the public prosecutor or the civil party. The public prosecutor and the civil party may specify this three-month period in their initial application. They may also extend the period by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing of vocational training

Article L6523-2-3

For the application in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon of article L. 6332-14 : 1° The levels of support for apprentices…

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