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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-15

…3° An aggregated presentation of the results for the last known financial year for the main budget and the local authority's ancillary budgets. This document is attached to the administrative account…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-16

…tions set out in article L. 3121-17. Transmitted by the local authority to the State representative and to the local authority's accountant in support of the administrative account are the certified a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-1

The budget of the Metropole of Lyon is the act by which the annual revenue and expenditure of the local authority are forecast and authorised. The budget voted on must be balanced in terms of expendit…

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

Article L4310-1

…n with regard to the operation of the local authority, the policies it pursues within its territory and the guidelines and programmes likely to improve this situation and contribute to achieving the s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Establishment and missions.

Article L4631-1

…occupational social service is set up in all establishments usually employing at least two hundred and fifty employees.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Definition and status.

Article R121-1

…ness who carries out a regular professional activity in the business without receiving remuneration and without having the status of partner within the meaning of the article 1832 of the Civil Code.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5621-1

…ogether several regions with a continuous territory. An interregional agreement may associate an island region or the territorial collectivity of Corsica with one or more neighbouring regions.The inte…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5721-1

The syndicat mixte is a public establishment.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter I: Status and missions

Article R1231-1

…placed under the supervision of the ministers responsible for regional planning, local authorities and urban policy..

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and constitution

Article R2131-1

The union's articles of association are deposited at the town hall of the locality where the union is established. The mayor communicates these articles of association to the public prosecutor.

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