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Showing 66116620 of 60719 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 1-4-2009 n° 07-21.833

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Budget (R)

Article R2221-43

The budget is presented in two sections: - in the first, operating transactions are forecast and authorised; - in the second, investment transactions are forecast and authorised.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Budget (R)

Article R2221-47

Budget appropriations in the operating section of the budget not committed at the close of the financial year may not be carried over to the budget for the following financial year. Expenditure in the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Monitoring of operations (R).

Article R2213-47

Where, in exceptional circumstances, certain provisions of this sub-section encounter difficulties in application, the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for Health shall provide for them by m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 10: Miscellaneous provisions (R).

Article R2213-43

Where, in exceptional circumstances, certain provisions of this sub-section encounter difficulties in application, the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for Health shall provide for them by m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 9: Exhumation (R).

Article R2213-42

Exhumations are carried out either outside cemetery opening hours to the public, or during these opening hours, in a part of the cemetery closed to the public. When the body is to be reburied in the s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Natural gas distribution

Article D2224-48

The natural gas distribution organisations mentioned in I of Article L. 111-53 du code de l'énergie communicate to the conceding authority, before 1st June each year, an annual report outlining the op…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Natural gas distribution

Article D2224-49

The information contained in the report relates to the entire concession perimeter; it is established where necessary on the basis of a data allocation method that is detailed in the report. The repor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Supervision of the administration of bequeathed or donated property (R).

Article R2242-4

Any mandate conferred, subsequent to the delivery or sending into possession of a legacy, by the legal representative of a commune or communal public establishment, with a view to administering or liq…

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

Article R2331-4

In application of 9° of article L. 2331-8, the temporary local surcharges levied under the conditions laid down by the law of 15 September 1942 relating to the levying of temporary local surcharges on…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article R2336-4

For the application of II of article L. 2336-5, the allocation reverting to the public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation corresponds to the allocation calculated for the inter-municipal ent…

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