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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Changes relating to powers.

Article L5211-17-1

…h of its member municipalities under the conditions provided for in 4 of 3° of B of III of article 85 of law no. 2005-1719 of 30 December 2005 on finance for 2006. The return of competences is pronoun…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Changes in scope and organisation.

Article L5211-18

I. - Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 5215-40, the perimeter of the public intercommunal cooperation establishment may subsequently be extended, by order of the State representative(s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Changes relating to powers.

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
Subsection 2: Changes in scope and organisation.

Article L5211-20

…n deliberates on changes to the articles of association other than those referred to in articles L. 5211-17 to L. 5211-19 and other than those relating to the dissolution of the establishment. As from…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Changes relating to powers.

Article L5211-17-2

…e conditions set out in the second to fifth paragraphs and in the last two paragraphs of article L. 5211-17. The deliberations mentioned in the second paragraph of the same article L. 5211-17 define,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Changes in scope and organisation.

Article L5211-19

…ept in the case of an urban community or a metropolis, under the conditions laid down in article L. 5211-25-1, with the consent of the deliberative body of the establishment. In the absence of an agre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Merger

Article L5212-27

…the proposed perimeter adopted, in compliance with the objectives set out in I and II of article L. 5210-1-1 and the guidelines defined in III of the same article, by the departmental commission(s) fo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Market transparency

Article L762-10

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 451-1-1 Ordinance no. 2015-1576 of 3 December 2015 L. 451-1-2 Law no. 2014-1662 of 30 December 2014 L…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Job security contract

Article D1233-49

…20% of the total educational cost of each of the training courses provided for in article L. 1233-65, with the exception of transport, meal and accommodation costs.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
A. - Common provisions

Article D142-1

Convicted offenders may not be granted a temporary absence from prison while serving a security period.

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