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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article LO6261-4

…grant, a contribution or remuneration to a third party, excluding staff costs and grants paid to private bodies. Commitment authorisations constitute the upper limit of expenditure that may be commit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition and formation

Article LO6321-7

The provisions of chapitre IV du titre II du livre Ier de la deuxième partie relatives à la période de mobilisation générale et au temps de guerre sont applicables, par analogie, au conseil territoria…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Revenue

Article L6264-7

The collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy benefits from the global equipment allocation for departments.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition and formation

Article LO6321-4

Any territorial councillor absent from four consecutive meetings of the territorial council within a period of less than four months without a legitimate excuse accepted by the council shall be declar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6314-10

The local authority may, by deliberation of the territorial council, adopt a plan for the development of French language teaching designed to take account of the specific cultural and linguistic chara…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Application of laws and regulations in Saint-Martin

Article LO6313-3

…oval of France's international commitments which intervene in the areas of competence of the collectivity; 4° On treaties or agreements, prior to their ratification or approval, which are not among th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article LO6262-12

…evenue of the operating section, the territorial audit chamber, referred to by the State representative, proposes to the local authority the measures necessary to re-establish a balanced budget, withi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article LO6261-10

…for grants whose award is not subject to conditions, the territorial council may decide: 1° To individualise the appropriations in the budget by beneficiary; 2° To draw up, in a statement appended t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article LO6261-1

…erating section and an investment section, both for revenue and expenditure. Certain operations, activities or services shall be individualised within annexed budgets. The budget shall be divided into…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Powers of the Executive Council

Article LO6253-9

The Executive Board may not deliberate unless the majority of its members are present. If, on the day fixed by the notice convening the meeting, the Executive Board does not meet in sufficient number…

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