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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: THE PRESIDENT, STANDING COMMITTEE AND BUREAU OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL

Article L4133-9

The election of the members of the Standing Committee may be contested under the conditions, in the forms and within the time limits prescribed for contesting the election of regional councillors.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL

Article L4231-9

Unless otherwise stipulated in the delegating resolution, the President may sub-delegate the powers conferred by the Regional Council under the conditions set out in article L. 4231-3.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Assembly of Corsica

Article L4422-9

…ho is an ex officio member. It also comprises fourteen councillors to the Assembly, including two vice-presidents. Members of the Standing Committee other than the President are elected by list ballot…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article L4312-9

…the following financial year. The decision to allocate taken by the Regional Council shall be produced in support of the budgetary decision to take back this result.The deficit result from the operat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Planning and sustainable development

Article L4424-9

…nment and its economic, social, cultural and tourist development, which guarantees territorial balance and respects the principles set out in article L. 101-2 of the town planning code.It sets out the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the overseas regions in relation to economic development and regional planning

Article L4433-9

Territorial coherence schemes and, in the absence of a territorial coherence scheme, local town planning plans, equivalent documents and local maps, as well as national park charters and regional natu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Financial provisions

Article L4425-9

…itted for the execution of investments. They remain valid for an unlimited period until they are cancelled. They may be revised. Payment appropriations constitute the upper limit of expenditure that m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Bodies

Article L5211-9

…iberative body of the public establishment of intermunicipal cooperation. He is the authorising officer for the expenditure and prescribes the execution of the revenue of the public establishment of i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Conditions of application to the overseas regions of the second and third paragraphs of Article 73 of the Constitution

Article LO4435-9

…in a limited number of matters that may fall within the scope of the law or regulation, with the exception of those listed in the fourth paragraph of article 73 of the Constitution.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: OVERSEAS REGIONS

Article L4434-9

The share of the equalisation allowance for the regions mentioned in Article L. 4332-8 received by the overseas regions is determined by applying to the total amount of the equalisation allowance thre…

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