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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Decentralised organisation of metropolitan services

Article L5218-3

The Metropolitan Council will deliberate on the territorial organisation of its services by 1 July 2022 at the latest.The Metropolitan Council will deliberate on the territorial organisation of its se…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Financial provisions

Article L5722-3

The balance sheet of acquisitions and disposals carried out by mixed syndicates is submitted each year for deliberation by the deliberative body. This balance sheet is appended to the administrative a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
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Article L5741-3

I. - When the perimeter of the territorial and rural balance cluster corresponds to that of a territorial coherence scheme, the cluster may be entrusted, by the public establishments of inter-communal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5721-3

Municipalities, départements, territorial chambers of commerce and industry and public establishments may group together in the form of syndicates for the operation, by means of an agreement, of publi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Administration of assets owned jointly by several municipalities.

Article L5816-3

Each municipal council appoints from among its members, by secret ballot, the number of delegates set by the instituting decision. The members who obtain the highest number of votes are appointed. The…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Role of the Congress of Departmental and Regional Elected Representatives and Mayors

Article L5915-3

The general council, the regional council and the municipal councils deliberate on the proposals of the congress of departmental and regional elected representatives and of mayors.The deliberations ad…

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

Article LO6241-3

Acts taken in the name of the collectivity and other than those mentioned in article LO 6241-2 are enforceable by operation of law as soon as they have been published in the Official Journal of Saint-…

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

Article LO6221-3

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 jud…

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

Article LO6221-30

The representative of the State shall be heard by the territorial council at its request. He/she shall be provided with the agendas of the meetings as well as the documents sent to the territorial cou…

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

Article LO6221-34

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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