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

Article LO1114-4

…l authorities, the share of own resources does not comply with the rules laid down in article LO 1114-3, the necessary provisions shall be adopted, at the latest, by a finance law for the second year…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: General provisions

Article LO1112-4

The deliberation deciding to organise a local referendum adopted by the deliberative assembly of a territorial community other than the commune is notified, within fifteen days of its receipt, by the…

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

Article L1115-4

…resentative under the conditions set out in articles L. 2131-1, L. 2131-2, L. 3131-1, L. 3131-2, L. 4141-1 and L. 4141-2. The articles L. 2131-6, L. 3132-1and L. 4142-1 are applicable to this agreemen…

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

Article L1211-4

The mission of the Local Finance Committee is to provide the Government and Parliament with the analyses required to draw up the provisions of the Finance Bill concerning local authorities.Each year,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Experimentation

Article LO1113-4

The general and impersonal acts of a territorial authority derogating from legislative provisions mention their period of validity.They are published, for information, in the Official Journal.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Emphyteutic administrative lease

Article L1311-4

The provisions of articles L. 1311-2 and L. 1311-3 are applicable to public establishments of territorial authorities and to groupings of such authorities.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Public contracts

Article L1414-4

Any draft amendment to a public contract resulting in an increase of more than 5% in the overall amount shall be submitted to the tendering committee for its opinion. When the deliberative assembly is…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Common provisions relating to fire and rescue services

Article L1424-4

…ational regulations comprise three parts:-one section specific to the intervention perimeter of the Marseille marine firefighters battalion, drawn up by the latter and approved by the State representa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Libraries

Article L1421-4

The rules relating to municipal and inter-municipal libraries are laid down by the provisions of Titles I and II of Book III of the Heritage Code.

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

Article L1411-4

…ng the opinion of the consultative commission for local public services provided for in article L. 1413-1. They take their decision in the light of a report presenting the document containing the char…

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