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Showing 11511160 of 55089 articles for Art. CA Bordeaux 2-3-2022 n° 18/04413

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5212-18

The budget of the syndicat de communes provides for the expenses of creating and maintaining the establishments or services for which the syndicat is formed.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Transitional provisions

Article L5217-18

…sions relating to the metropolises mentioned in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 5211-10 are applicable to the public establishments for intercommunal cooperation with their own tax status provided…

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

Article LO6262-18

…er will rule on the expenses relating to the de facto management of which it will assess the justifications presented.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the President of the Territorial Council

Article LO6252-18

…ublic establishments, in matters falling within the authority's remit. Within this framework, the local authority may join a public body governed by foreign law or participate in the capital of a lega…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the President of the Territorial Council

Article LO6352-18

…mit. Within this framework, it may join a public body governed by foreign law or participate in the capital of a legal entity governed by foreign law. Once concluded, these agreements are submitted to…

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

Article LO6362-18

…er will rule on the expenses relating to the de facto management of which it will assess the justifications presented.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV bis : The Great Customary Council of the Amerindian and Bushinenge populations

Article L7124-18

…he allowances paid to the customary and traditional authorities and the terms and conditions of allocation is subject to consultation with the great customary council.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I : Composition and operation of the Local Finance Committee

Article R1211-18

Expenses relating to the election of representatives of regional councils, departmental councils, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation and communes, as well as the travel expenses of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Protection of the identity of certain officials involved in criminal proceedings

Article R2-18

…hange of duties within the department or unit does not alter the conditions under which the officer carries out his duties or the nature of the acts usually recorded..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Placement in an anti-seizure bracelet

Article R24-18

The warning distance separating the victim from the person placed under judicial supervision, expressed as a whole number of kilometres, may not be less than one kilometre or more than ten kilometres.…

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