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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article D2342-6

No expenditure may be disbursed unless it has first been authorised by the mayor from an appropriation that has been duly opened.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article D2342-5

Expenditure may only be paid from the appropriations allocated to each of them; these appropriations may not be used by the mayor for other expenditure.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article D2342-12

A certified copy of the administrative account, as approved by the municipal council and examined by the prefect or sub-prefect, is sent by the accounting officer to the regional audit office, as part…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article D2342-9

Beneficiaries of payment orders issued in settlement of sums owed by the commune may obtain payment of the sums shown on these vouchers as long as the claim has not been extinguished by the forfeiture…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article R2342-1

…nce with the provisions of Article 1 of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, the fundamental principles contained in Title I of the said decree are ap…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article R2342-4

Products of communes, communal and inter-communal public establishments and any public body resulting from an agreement between communes or between communes and any other public body or public establi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article D2342-8

Mayors remain responsible, under their own responsibility, for the remittance to beneficiaries of mandates ordered by them and payable in cash.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article D2342-3

…g of each year the mayor has a period of one month to proceed with the issue of collection vouchers and mandates corresponding to rights acquired and services rendered during the previous year or year…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article D2342-10

Expenditure commitment, authorisation and settlement operations are recorded in the administrative accounts, in accordance with the procedures laid down by order of the Minister for the Interior and t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article D2342-7

Any mandate shall state the financial year and the appropriation to which the expenditure applies; it shall be accompanied, for the establishment of the debt and the regularity of the payment, by the…

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