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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External fire protection

Article L2225-4

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the conditions of application of this chapter.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Gifts and bequests

Article L2242-3

Communal public establishments accept and refuse donations and legacies made to them.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Declaration of a plot as abandoned

Article L2243-1

When, in a commune, buildings, parts of buildings, private roads with a public right of way, installations and land without a habitual occupant are clearly no longer maintained, the mayor initiates th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Household and other waste

Article L2224-16

The mayor defines the rules relating to the collection of waste collected pursuant to articles L. 2224-13 and L. 2224-14 according to its characteristics. He shall impose separate collection arrangeme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Halls, markets and public weights

Article L2224-26

No person other than these employees or servants may, within the precincts of the markets, halls and ports, exercise the profession of weigher, measurer and gauge, on pain of confiscation of the instr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Urban rainwater management

Article L2226-1

Urban rainwater management corresponding to the collection, transport, storage and treatment of rainwater in urban areas constitutes an administrative public service under the responsibility of the mu…

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

Article L2241-6

When the mayor conducts a public auction on behalf of the municipality, he is assisted by two members of the municipal council designated in advance by the council or, in the absence of such designati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Declaration of a plot as abandoned

Article L2243-4

The expropriation of buildings, parts of buildings, private roads with a public right of way, installations and land that have been declared to be in a state of manifest abandonment may be pursued und…

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

Article L2311-3

I - Budget allocations for capital expenditure may comprise programme authorisations and payment appropriations. Programme authorisations constitute the upper limit of expenditure that may be incurred…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget

Article L2312-3

…0,000 inhabitants or more is voted either by nature or by function. If it is voted by nature, it includes a functional presentation; if it is voted by function, it includes a presentation by nature. T…

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