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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: The office

Article L3122-8

The chairman and members of the standing committee who have been delegated pursuant to article L. 3221-3 form the bureau.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Shareholdings in companies

Article L3231-8

Where, in a public limited company, a département is a member or chairman of the board of directors, a member of the management board or a member or chairman of the supervisory board, the civil liabil…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Charges for the transport and distribution of electricity and gas and the transport of hydrocarbons and chemicals by pipeline

Article L3333-8

The system of fees payable to the départements for the occupation of their public domain by electricity and gas transmission and distribution works and by specific electricity and gas lines or pipelin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I : The Metropolitan Council

Article L3631-8

The duties of the President of the Metropolitan Council are incompatible with those of the President of a Regional Council or the President of a Departmental Council.The duties of the President of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L3441-8

In the overseas departments, the State representative in the department exercises the powers conferred on the prefect of the defence zone by I of article L. 1424-36-1. The provisions of II and III of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Adaptation of laws and regulations by overseas departments

Article LO3445-8

The provisions of a legislative nature of a deliberation taken on the basis of the authorisation provided for in article LO 3445-6 may only be amended by a law if the law expressly so provides. Simila…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Lyon Metropolitan Area

Article L3641-8

…modified.The statutes of the unions concerned existing on the date of promulgation of Law no. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of territorial public action and the affirmation of metrop…

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

Article L3661-8

Prior to the vote on the first budget deliberation following its renewal, the Lyon Metropolitan Council draws up its budgetary and financial regulations.The local authority's budgetary and financial r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3431-8

Unless otherwise decided by its departmental council, the European Collectivity of Alsace is subject to the budgetary and accounting framework defined in articles L. 5217-10-1 to L. 5217-10-15 and L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Equalisation of tax resources

Article L3662-8

The financial potential calculated in accordance with Article L. 3334-6 for both the Lyon metropolitan authority and the Rhône department takes into account the amount of the metropolitan compensation…

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