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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

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
TITLE III: THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY OF ALSACE

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 1: Guarantees granted to holders of regional mandates

Article L4135-8

Civil servants governed by Titles I to IV of the general civil service statute shall, at their request, be placed on secondment to carry out one of the mandates mentioned in article L. 4135-7.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article L3663-8

The local commission in charge of assessing the costs and resources transferred from the Rhône department prepares, within eighteen months of the creation of the Lyon metropolitan authority, a report…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE REGION IN RELATION TO PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Article L4251-8

I. - For the implementation of the outline plan, the region may conclude an agreement with one or more public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status, a territorial an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL

Article L4231-8

The President, by delegation of the Regional Council, may be entrusted, for the duration of his term of office, with taking any decision concerning the preparation, award, performance and settlement o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Assembly of Corsica

Article L4422-8

At its first meeting, the Assembly, chaired by its oldest member, with the two youngest members acting as secretaries, shall elect its Chairman from among its members by secret ballot. As an exception…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article L4312-8

The president of the regional council presents the administrative account annually to the regional council, which debates it under the chairmanship of one of its members.The president of the regional…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Financial provisions

Article L4425-8

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Conditions of application to the overseas regions of the second and third paragraphs of Article 73 of the Constitution

Article LO4435-8

The provisions of a legislative nature of a deliberation taken on the basis of the authorisation provided for in article LO 4435-6 may only be amended by a law if the law expressly so provides. Simila…

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