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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L72-101-13

The approved budget and administrative accounts are made public.The place where they are made available to the public is the local authority's town hall.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L72-101-1

…udget of the territorial authority of Martinique is the act by which the authority's annual revenue and expenditure are forecast and authorised. The budget voted must be balanced in terms of expenditu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L72-101-15

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 72-101-14 are forwarded to the local authority.They are communicated by the local authority to the elected members of the Assembly of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L72-101-11

…results, the Assembly of Martinique may transfer this surplus to the operating section in the cases and under the conditions laid down by decree.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L72-101-14

Appendices to the budget documents include:1° Summary data on the financial situation of the local authority;2° A list of assistance granted by the local authority in the form of benefits in kind or s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L72-101-10

…ted in full at the earliest budgetary decision following the approval of the administrative account and, in any event, before the close of the following financial year. The allocation decision taken b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D71-111-10

…tion recorded at the end of the financial year is made up of the outturn balance corrected for outstanding commitments.The outturn balance of the investment section corresponds to the difference betwe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D71-111-18

The statements annexed to the budget documents pursuant to article

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D71-111-11

…poses of appropriation, it is combined with the previous result carried forward, excluding any outstanding commitments.Outstanding commitments from the operating section at the end of the financial ye…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D71-111-15

…f the territorial collectivity of French Guyana provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 71-111-14 include the following ratios:1° Actual operating expenditure/population;2° Proceeds from di…

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