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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article L2342-2

The mayor keeps accounts of expenditure commitments in accordance with the conditions laid down by a joint order of the Minister of the Interior and the Minister responsible for the budget, issued aft…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article L2411-2

The property and rights of the section are managed by the town council and the mayor. When it is formed pursuant to Article L. 2411-3, the syndicate commission and its chairman exercise the management…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-27

The special allocation for housing teachers provided for in article L. 2334-26 is divided into two parts:- the first part is paid to the communes to compensate for the expenses relating to the accommo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Advances and loans

Article L2337-2

…lishments that decide to take out a medium or long-term loan. Advances are repaid from the proceeds of the loan to be taken out and bear interest at the rate of that loan.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article L2343-2

The forms of municipal accounting are determined by decree in the Council of State.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-23

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall lay down the detailed rules for the application of this paragraph.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: REAL ESTATE SUBJECT TO AN EXCLUSIVE RIGHT OF USE

Article L2421-2

For the purpose of conducting a census of parcels of land mentioned in article L. 2421-1, the mayor of the commune shall draw up, for each of these parcels, a statement : 1° Indicating its cadastral d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-21

A joint committee made up of an equal number of representatives of the borough mayor and the mayor of the municipality or the mayor of Paris, appointed from among the elected councillors, defines the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-26

…t mayor and his deputies are responsible, in the arrondissement, for the powers vested in the mayor of the commune or the mayor of Paris in matters of civil status, school matters relating to complian…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-23

The articles L. 2131-1 to L. 2131-6 and L. 2131-8 are applicable, subject to the provisions below, to the deliberations of the arrondissement councils, with the exception of those taken in application…

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