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Showing 29612970 of 62763 articles for Art. Arrêté DEVL1507007A of 23-3-2015

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Exercise by a taxpayer of actions belonging to the department

Article R3133-3

An appeal to the Conseil d'Etat shall, on pain of forfeiture, be lodged within one month of either the expiry of the period allowed to the administrative court to rule or the notification of the refus…

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

Article R3311-3

…et implementation period is limited to the same year to which that budget applies for the mandating of expenditure and the issuing of revenue vouchers. However, this period includes an additional peri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article R3312-3

In application of article L. 3312-4, for départements and their public establishments, the investment section of the budget may include programme authorisations and the operating section may include c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article R3313-3

…it relates. In addition, the data resulting from the last administrative account voted on the date of the presentation of the primitive budget are included in an appendix to the latter.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum operating grant.

Article R3334-3

…deducting a sum equal to double the ratio, increased by 10%, between the total municipal population of the overseas departments, the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and the collec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Revenue from the investment section

Article D3332-3

For application of article 8° of L. 3332-3, the difference between the sale value of a fixed asset and its net book value must be recorded in the investment section of the budget before the operating…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article D3321-3

For the application of 8° of article L. 3332-2, the département may neutralise the depreciation allowance for equipment subsidies paid and for administrative and school buildings reduced by the amount…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental investment harmonisation conference (R)

Article D3142-3

Mayors and presidents of groups of communes are elected by proportional representation with the highest average. Voting takes place on complete lists, without the addition or deletion of names, and wi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Relations between departments and companies (R)

Article R3241-3

…e accounts mentioned in article R. 3241-1 are also examined by an audit commission, the composition of which is set by a deliberation of the departmental council or the council of the establishment.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Scope

Article R3213-3

The chairman of the departmental council draws up the state of the departmental furniture. Inventories are drawn up for each part of the departmental furniture; they record entries and withdrawals. Th…

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