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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article L3661-12

When the investment section of the budget shows a surplus after taking over the results, the local authority may transfer this surplus to the operating section in the cases and conditions defined by d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article L3661-15

…e included in one or more local publications, the total circulation of which shall cover the entire territory of the Metropole of Lyon.A decree shall set out the conditions for the application of this…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article L3661-16

…ncil who request them, under the conditions provided for in article L. 3121-18, as well as to any interested party, under the conditions set out in article L. 3121-17. Transmitted by the local authori…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article L3661-1

…nditure of the local authority are forecast and authorised. The budget voted on must be balanced in terms of expenditure and revenue.The Lyon metropolitan authority's budget is drawn up in an operatin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK III: REGIONAL FINANCES

Article L4310-1

…t situation 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 achie…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article L4341-1

…s of expenditure commitments in accordance with the conditions laid down by joint order of the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for the Budget issued after consultation with the Local Financ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: General principles relating to insurance mediation

Article R512-1

In order to carry out the business of insurance or reinsurance distribution, intermediaries and intermediaries on an ancillary basis in the categories mentioned in 1° to 4° of I of article R. 511-2 ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L3311-1

…For the application of this Title, the number of employees and the crossing of the threshold are determined in accordance with the procedures set out in I of article L. 130-1 of the Social Security C…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L3331-1

…made in this Title to the number of employees, this number and the crossing of the threshold are determined in accordance with the procedures set out in Article L. 130-1 of the Social Security Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L3321-1

…Title apply to private-law employers and their employees. A decree in the Council of State shall determine the public establishments of the State of an industrial and commercial nature and the compan…

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