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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article D3311-8

…documents and reports produced by the department on a voluntary basis or provided for by a legislative or regulatory text.This report includes, with regard to the five sustainable development goals m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Supervision of the administration of bequeathed or donated property (R).

Article R3213-11

…a department or a departmental public establishment is required, as soon as the will is opened, to give notice thereof to the president of the departmental council and to the accountant of the departm…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Electronic transmission of documents subject to legality control.

Article R3132-1

…or the application of these provisions, the words "the commune" and "the mayor" are replaced respectively by the words "the department" and "the president of the general council".

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Gas distribution and transport (R).

Article R3333-13

…ksites on gas transmission network and public gas distribution network structures, as well as on individual gas pipelines, are set by the departmental council under the conditions laid down in article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article R3313-3

Summary data is appended to the preliminary budget and to the administrative account to which it relates. In addition, the data resulting from the last administrative account voted on the date of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article D3311-9

…te in particular to pay and career paths, the promotion of parity in the context of training initiatives, gender diversity in the various sectors and job categories, the balance between professional a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Relations between departments and companies (R)

Article R3241-1

Any company bound to a department or departmental public establishment by a financial agreement involving periodic settlements of accounts is required to provide the contracting authority with detaile…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions (R).

Article R3231-1

Companies or organisations that may receive loans or loan guarantees from the départements are subject to the control provided for in articles R. 3241-1 to R. 3241-6.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Supervision of the administration of bequeathed or donated property (R).

Article R3213-12

Any mandate conferred, subsequent to the delivery or the sending into possession of a legacy, by the legal representative of a department or a departmental public establishment, with a view to adminis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Reimbursement of expenses incurred in the exercise of a special mandate

Article R3123-20

…ting the conditions and procedures for the payment of expenses incurred by the temporary travel of civil servants of the State. The reimbursement of the expenses mentioned in the first paragraph of th…

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