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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1321-5

When the previously competent local authority was the lessee of the assets made available, the local authority benefiting from the transfer of competencies succeeds to all of its rights and obligation…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Common provisions relating to fire and rescue services

Article L1424-4-1

A National Conference of Fire and Rescue Services is set up under the Minister for Civil Protection. It comprises a Member of Parliament and a Senator, representatives of the State, at least a quarter…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article L1424-6

A joint order by the prefect and the chairman of the fire and rescue service's board of directors sets out, after consulting the board of directors, the organisation of the departmental service.In the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article L1424-7

A departmental risk analysis and coverage plan draws up an inventory of the risks of all kinds to the safety of people and property faced by the fire and rescue services in the department, and determi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-24-1

The Board of Directors comprises a minimum of fifteen members and a maximum of thirty members. Its composition is determined in accordance with the provisions of article L. 1424-26. The seats are divi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Resources and means

Article L1233-5

I.-The staff of the Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoires comprises: 1° State civil servants; 2° Non-tenured public-sector employees; > 3° Employees governed by the French Labour Code. II.-A…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Authorisation to occupy the public domain constituting rights in rem

Article L1311-6-1

…s, constructions and installations may only be mortgaged to guarantee loans taken out by the holder of the authorisation with a view to financing the construction, modification or extension of works,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-19

The deliberative assemblies of local authorities and their groupings decide on the principle of any delegation of public services to a local public company or a single-operations semi-public company,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Public contracts

Article L1414-3

I. - Where the majority of the members of a consortium are local authorities or local public establishments other than a public social or medico-social establishment or a public housing office, a tend…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Libraries

Article L1421-4

The rules relating to municipal and inter-municipal libraries are laid down by the provisions of Titles I and II of Book III of the Heritage Code.

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