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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-16

The summary data on the financial situation of the metropolis, provided for in 1° of the first paragraph of Article L. 5217-10-14, include the following ratios:1° Actual operating expenditure/populati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition and formation

Article D6221-1

The election of the territorial council shall take place in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 1 to R. 97 and to Articles R. 118 to R. 128 of the Electoral Code and under the follow…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-14

…ficer produces the statement of outstanding commitments as at 31 December of the financial year ended. Outstanding balances from the operating section are carried forward to the budget incorporating t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-15

…surplus from the investment section into the operating section as soon as the primary budget is voted.In all cases, the takeover is accompanied by a deliberation of the metropolitan council specifying…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-18

The statements appended to the budget documents pursuant to Article L. 5217-10-14 are as follows:I. - Statements appended to the budget and the administrative account :1° Tables summarising the status…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-19

The audited accounts referred to in article L. 5217-10-15 are audited by a statutory auditor for bodies subject to the obligation to certify their accounts, and by the chairman of the body concerned f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition and formation

Article D6321-1

The election of the territorial council shall take place in accordance with the procedures laid down in Articles R. 1 to R. 97 and to articles R. 118 to R. 128 of the Electoral Code and under the foll…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Psychiatric care procedure

Article D3844-1

The provisions of Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter I, Chapters II and III of Title I and Chapters II and III of Title II of Book II of this Part shall apply in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Tests of knowledge.

Article D4111-1

The tests to verify the knowledge referred to in I of article L. 4111-2, which are written and anonymous, comprise :1° A test of fundamental knowledge ;2° A test of practical knowledge.The organisatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation and administration.

Article D4622-16

…ay set up an occupational health and prevention service, notwithstanding the provisions of articles D. 4622-5, D. 4622-9 and D. 4622-12. The creation of this service is authorised by the regional dire…

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