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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Democratisation and transparency.

Article L5211-39-1

In order to ensure better organisation of services, in the year following each general renewal of the municipal councils, the president of the public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation with…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Relations between public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status and their member municipalities

Article L5211-11-3

The creation of a conference of mayors is compulsory in public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status, except where the bureau of the public establishment already incl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Democratisation and transparency.

Article L5211-39-2

In the event of the attachment of a commune to a public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status under the conditions provided for in article L. 5210-1-2, the creation of s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-35-1

I. - As from 1st January 2001, notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 2332-2, before its budget is voted, the newly-created public establishment of intercommunal cooperation subject to the provi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-28-3

…ation with its own tax system and its member municipalities may decide, by concordant deliberations of the deliberative body of the public establishment and of the municipal councils, adopted by a maj…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Transformation and merger.

Article L5211-41-3

I. - Public establishments for intercommunal cooperation, at least one of which has its own tax status, may be authorised to merge under the following conditions.The proposed perimeter of the new publ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-3

The allocation of grants is decided separately from the budget vote. However, for grants for which there are no conditions of award, the Metropolitan Council may decide:1° To individualise the appropr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5721-6-3

…ommune may be authorised by the State representative in the department, after receiving the opinion of the departmental commission for intercommunal cooperation meeting in the formation provided for i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 7: Withdrawal of communes

Article L5842-30-1

The provisions of Section 7 of Chapter VI of Title I of Book II of Part Five mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Regional cooperation

Article L7153-3-1

The territorial collectivity of French Guiana may join, as a member or associate member, a regional development bank or a financing institution of which France is a regional member, associate member o…

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