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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Dissolution.

Article L5214-28

…ther at the reasoned request of the majority of these municipal councils by order of the representative(s) of the State in the department(s) concerned;b) Or, where the communauté de communes has opted…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Powers.

Article L5214-16-1

…territorial community or public establishment. Under the same conditions, these territorial collectivities and public establishments may entrust the communauté de communes with the creation or manage…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Dissolution.

Article L5214-29

A community of communes that has not carried out any activity for at least two years may be dissolved by order of the representative(s) of the State in the department(s) concerned following the opinio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Compulsory purchase

Article 2534

For the purposes of their publication, distraint orders relating to lots depending on an immovable subject to the status of co-ownership are deemed not to relate to the share of the common parts inclu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-23

The Minister of the Interior (Directorate General of the National Police and Directorate General of the National Gendarmerie) is authorised to implement automated processing of personal data, known as…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-29-1

…ctims: 1° Agents of the departments mentioned in article R. 234-3 of the Internal Security Code, individually designated and authorised by the director to whom they report, under the conditions set ou…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-25

The data collected in the context of article R. 40-24 may only concern the following categories: 1° Persons in respect of whom there is serious or corroborating evidence during a preliminary investiga…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-28

I. - Shall have access to all or, by reason of their attributions, part of the data mentioned in

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-29

…authorised in accordance with the procedures set out in 1° and 2° of I of Article R. 40-28 ; 2° Individually designated and specially authorised agents of the specialised intelligence services mentio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-30

…ecord including the identifier of the author, the date and time of the operation and its administrative or judicial nature. This data is kept for six years.

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