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Showing 15211530 of 6833 articles for Art. L 313-7 · CGCT Art. L 2122-22

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Policy

Article L2542-4

…rejudice to the powers of the representative of the State in the department by virtue of 9° of Article 2 of Section III of the Decree of 22 December 1789, the police matters entrusted to the vigilance…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Policy

Article L2542-9

The conditions under which field wardens may be recruited are defined by the provisions of Chapter III of Title II of Book V of the Internal Security Code.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2542-19

In communes where there is no company and no market for burials, the method of transporting bodies is regulated by the representative of the State in the department and the municipal councils. The tra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Communal property

Article L2542-26

The provisions of title IV of book II of the present part are applicable to the communes of the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin with the exception of those of the first paragraph of ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Communal property

Article L2542-27

As an exception to the provisions of article L. 2223-17, on an exceptional basis, when a thirty-year, fifty-year, hundred-year or perpetual plot, granted before 11 November 1918 to persons who, on 22…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Economic and social measures

Article L2542-30

Where, in a société anonyme created prior to 7 December 1969, a municipality is a member or chairman of the board of directors, a member of the management board or a member or chairman of the supervis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2564-9

Article L. 2121-32 is applicable in Mayotte from 1st January 2014.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Funeral operations

Article L2564-14

For the application in Mayotte of the second paragraph of Article L. 2223-28, after the words: "under the supervision of the mayor", the following words are added: "provided that funeral operations ca…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Rescue and fire-fighting.

Article L2512-19

The State contributes to the operating expenses of the Paris fire brigade, including maintenance, repairs and barracks rent. Within the double limit of the allocations entered in the State budget and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Legal system for acts taken by municipal authorities and contentious actions

Article L2541-25

The mayor, in an emergency, may, without the prior authorisation of the municipal council, bring and defend possessory actions and perform any legal act necessary to preserve the rights of the municip…

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