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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Paris Fire Brigade (R).

Article R2512-16

…ire brigade carries out its mission in the commune of Paris. It is, for this purpose, at the disposal of the Prefect of Police.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the special grant for school construction and equipment

Article D2564-16

When the beneficiary of the grant has not declared completion of the operation within four years of the date on which the start of execution was declared, the operation is deemed to have been complete…

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

Article D3661-16

I.-For the application of Article D. 3661-15 : a) The population to be taken into account is the sum of the total populations, municipal and counted separately, of the member municipalities of the Lyo…

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

Article R4134-16

Each year, as part of the preparation of the region's budget, the chairman of the regional economic, social and environmental council draws up a proposal for the appropriations required for its operat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Drawing up the plan

Article R4251-16

The president of the regional council shall immediately forward the plan adopted by the regional council to the regional prefect.Within three months of receiving the adopted plan, the regional prefect…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Green Spaces Agency.

Article R4413-16

The agency is subject to the financial and accounting provisions applicable to the Ile-de-France region.

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

Article D4425-16

…n: -for expenditure and revenue that can be broken down, to group 90 "Breakdown of operations", completed by the number of one of the ten functions of the functional nomenclature; specific "RSA" expen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Coordination Committee

Article R4424-16

National companies which carry out an industrial or service activity in Corsica, either directly or through a subsidiary, appoint a delegate to the committee in which representatives of the island's e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation.

Article R4432-16

Under the chairmanship of its oldest member, with the youngest member acting as secretary, each council elects its officers for the first time after voting on the provisions of its rules of procedure…

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

Article R5215-16

…an operation transferred to the urban community, the procedure is continued for the benefit of the latter, which is substituted for the commune in all related acts. The procedure is considered to be…

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