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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Adaptation of laws and regulations by overseas departments

Article LO3445-6-1

…or in the first paragraph of this article is sent to the Prime Minister and to the State representative in the department. Article LO 3445-5 shall apply to this deliberation. It is published in the Jo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Responsibilities

Article L3444-6

In the overseas departments, the departmental council is asked to give its opinion, before 31 December each year, on the general guidelines for programming State housing aid for the following year.The…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Tax revenue and fees

Article L3662-2

I. - Taxes and levies collected by way of assessment, on behalf of the Metropole de Lyon, are allocated monthly, in the amount of one twelfth of their total amount, as provided for in the budget for t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-15

…authority in the form of benefits in kind or subsidies. This document is attached to the administrative account only;3° An aggregated presentation of the results for the last known financial year for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-6

…taff expenditure. In this case, the President of the Lyon Metropolitan Council informs the deliberative assembly of these credit movements at its next meeting..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: PROPERTY AND STAFF

Article L3651-2

…department on the date of this transfer.These transfers are carried out free of charge and do not give rise to the payment of the contribution provided for in article 879 of the General Tax Code nor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article LO3511-1

As of the first meeting following the renewal of its deliberative assembly in 2011, the departmental collectivity of Mayotte is erected into a collectivity governed by the article 73 of the Constituti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3451-2

…ental institution referred to in article L. 3451-1 may be responsible for all or part of the collective sanitation and stormwater management of municipalities located within the territory of the dépar…

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

Article L3441-8

In the overseas departments, the State representative in the department exercises the powers conferred on the prefect of the defence zone by I of article L. 1424-36-1. The provisions of II and III of…

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

Article L3441-4

…he authorities of the Republic may then, subject to compliance with its international commitments, give power to the President of the Departmental Council for the purpose of signing the agreement.

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