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Showing 12311240 of 65818 articles for Art. L 225-248 · Loi 2023-171 of 9 March 2023

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Powers of the Regional Council

Article L4433-4-9

The plan contract concluded between the State and the region of Guadeloupe is completed by a specific chapter for the commune of Saint-Barthélemy and a specific chapter for the commune of Saint-Martin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The Chairman.

Article L5211-9-2

I. - A. - Without prejudice to article L. 2212-2, of the present code and by derogation from article L. 1311-2 and the second paragraph of article L. 1331-1 of the public health code when a public int…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-9

When the investment section or the operating section of the budget includes either programme authorisations and payment appropriations, or commitment authorisations and payment appropriations, the Pre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-9-1

Each territorial council is made up of a number of councillors determined pursuant to III and IV of article L. 5211-6-1.In each commune, the metropolitan councillor or councillors of the commune are d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Meetings

Article L7122-9-1

The President may decide that the meeting of the Assembly of French Guiana shall be held in several places, by videoconference. When the meeting of the assembly of French Guiana is held by videoconfer…

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

Article L71-111-9

The president of the assembly of French Guiana shall present the administrative account annually to the assembly of French Guiana, which shall debate it under the chairmanship of one of its members.Th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Meetings

Article L7222-9-1

The President may decide that the meeting of the Assembly of Martinique is to be held in several places by videoconference. When the meeting of the Martinique Assembly is held by videoconference, the…

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

Article L72-101-9

The President of the Executive Council of Martinique presents the administrative account annually to the Assembly of Martinique, which debates it under the chairmanship of one of its members.The Presi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-9

I. - The presence in an athlete's sample of any of the substances on the prohibited list referred to in the last paragraph of this article, their metabolites or markers, is prohibited. It is the respo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Economic, social, environmental and trade union training leave

Article L2145-9

Jobseekers may participate in economic, social and environmental training courses and trade union training courses within the limits of the periods of twelve and eighteen days per annual period laid d…

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