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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions for the transfer of competences

Article LO6371-3

The collectivity of Saint-Martin is substituted for the State, the region or department of Guadeloupe or the commune of Saint-Martin in their rights and obligations resulting from the contracts and ma…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: The Economic, Social and Cultural Council

Article LO6433-3

The Economic, Social and Cultural Council is consulted by the Territorial Council on the distribution and use of State appropriations intended for investments of interest to the collectivity, on the p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6414-3

The State exercises its rights of sovereignty and ownership over its public and private land, sea and air domains. Subject to France's international commitments and the provisions adopted for their ap…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: Relations with the State representative.

Article LO6431-33

The representative of the State shall ensure that the institutions of the collectivity exercise their powers in a regular manner. When these institutions have failed to take the decisions incumbent up…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6461-3

The deliberations by which the Territorial Council adopts the rules which, in the matters listed in II of Article LO 6414-1, fall within the domain of the law, are adopted by public ballot by an absol…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: Relations with the State representative.

Article LO6431-30

At its request, the president of the territorial council receives from the representative of the State the information necessary for the exercise of its attributions. At its request, the representativ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Publicity and entry into force

Article LO6451-3

Regulatory acts issued by the authorities of the collectivity are published in the Journal officiel de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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

Article LO6431-3

Any member of the territorial council who, without a valid excuse, has refused to carry out one of the duties devolved upon him by the laws shall be declared to have resigned by the administrative cou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Compensation scheme for territorial councillors

Article LO6434-3

The territorial councillor who holds other electoral mandates or who sits in this capacity on the board of directors of a local public establishment or of the Centre national de la fonction publique t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: Relations with the State representative.

Article LO6431-31

Each year, the State representative informs the Territorial Council, through a special report, of the activity of the State services in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. This special report may give rise to a…

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