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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Administration and municipal services

Article L2542-19

In communes where there is no company and no market for burials, the method of transporting bodies is regulated by the representative of the State in the department and the municipal councils. The tra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article L2512-19

…the police prefecture during the financial year in question, the State's contribution is equal to 25%. 100 of the following expenditure entered in the special budget of the Police Prefecture: 1° Remu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising departmental mandates

Article L3123-19

Departmental council members may receive a travel allowance and reimbursement of the subsistence expenses they incur to take part in meetings of the departmental council, committees and bodies of whic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Conditions for exercising regional mandates

Article L4135-19

…at home that they have incurred as a result of attending the meetings referred to in Article L. 4135-1. This reimbursement may not exceed, per hour, the hourly amount of the minimum growth wage. They…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE REGION IN RELATION TO PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Article L4251-19

…n part or in full, in accordance with the procedures laid down for its preparation in articles L. 4251-13 à L. 4251-16.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Executive Council and the Chairman of the Executive Council

Article L4422-19

The Executive Council is composed of a president assisted by ten executive councillors.For the application of all the provisions instituting incompatibilities between certain electoral mandates or ele…

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

Article L4425-19

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 4425-18 are transmitted to the Corsican regional authority. They are communicated by the Corsican regional authority to the elected m…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Enforcement of the judgment and compensation for damages

Article 849-19

In all acts relating to the court's reparation of damages and the forced execution of the judgment, the plaintiff in the action shall specify, in addition to the particulars provided by law, on pain o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VII: Review in civil matters

Article 1031-19

The debates shall take place under the conditions laid down in Articles 1016, 1017, 1018 and 1019.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section Ia: Intervention of the guardianship judge in matters of legal administration

Article 1180-19

The civil fine provided for in Article 387-6 of the Civil Code may not exceed 10,000 euros.

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