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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-5

When the budget of a territorial authority is not voted in real balance, the regional audit chamber, seized by the State representative within thirty days of the transmission provided for in articles…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L1613-5

…s available to trade union organisations, under the conditions set out in article 100 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on the statutory provisions relating to the local civil service, are reimburse…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Provisions specific to certain local public services

Article L1852-5

…analysis and coverage plan, within five years of the publication of the ordonnance n° 2006-173 du 15 février 2006 portant actualisation et adaptation du droit applicable en matière de sécurité civile…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK VII: SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAYOTTE

Article L1711-5

…esources allocated to the Department of Mayotte, pursuant to IV of Article 12 of Ordinance no. 2012-576 of 26 April 2012 extending and adapting the construction and housing code and various laws relat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-5

…is deemed to come under the new commune in its own conditions of status and employment. Article L. 5111-7 is applicable.The new commune is substituted for the suppressed public inter-municipal cooper…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1621-5

I. - Each holder of individual training entitlements within the meaning of this chapter is informed of the amount of entitlements available to him and the top-ups from which he may benefit by accessin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Provisions relating to local authority accountants

Article L1617-5

The provisions of this article also apply to public health establishments. 1° In the absence of any dispute, the individual or collective revenue order issued by the territorial authority or local pub…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Modifications

Article L2112-5

Subject to the provisions of articles L. 3112-1 and L. 3112-2 concerning the boundaries of the départements, decisions relating to the modification of the territorial boundaries of the communes and th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Conciliation delegated to a court-appointed conciliator

Article 129-5

The judge may terminate the conciliation at any time, at the request of a party or on the conciliator's initiative. He may also terminate the conciliation automatically if it appears that the concilia…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Referral by the court of the priority question of constitutionality to the Cour de cassation

Article 126-5

The court is not obliged to refer a priority question of constitutionality involving, on the same grounds, a legislative provision already before the Cour de cassation or the Conseil constitutionnel.…

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