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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Tax revenue and fees

Article L3662-2

I. - Taxes and levies collected by way of assessment, on behalf of the Metropole de Lyon, are allocated monthly, in the amount of one twelfth of their total amount, as provided for in the budget for t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Responsibilities

Article L3444-6

In the overseas departments, the departmental council is asked to give its opinion, before 31 December each year, on the general guidelines for programming State housing aid for the following year.The…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Metropolitan Conference of Mayors

Article L3633-2

A coordination body is created between the Lyon metropolitan authority and the municipalities located on its territory, called the "metropolitan conference of mayors", within which any subjects of met…

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

Article L3441-6

The departmental councils of the overseas departments may submit to the Government any proposal for France to join the regional bodies mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 3441-3.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article LO3511-3

For the application to Mayotte of chapitre V du titre IV du livre IV de la troisième partie, la référence au département est remplacée par la référence au Département de Mayotte.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I : The Metropolitan Council

Article L3631-2

The Metropolitan Council sits in Lyon. However, it may meet at any other location in the metropolitan area.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Conditions for exercising metropolitan mandates

Article L3632-2

The Metropolitan Council sets the allowances of its members by deliberation within three months of its first installation.When the Metropolitan Council is renewed, the deliberation setting the allowan…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the Metropolitan Council and its President

Article L3642-1

The Metropolitan Council regulates the affairs of the Lyon Metropolitan Area through its deliberations.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Tax revenue and fees

Article L3662-3

I. - A general financial protocol is drawn up between the Lyon Urban Community and the Rhône Department. It specifies the conditions for the distribution, between the co-contracting parties, of the pr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Adaptation of laws and regulations by overseas departments

Article LO3445-1

Under the conditions and subject to the reservations set out in this chapter, the departmental councils of Guadeloupe, Mayotte and Reunion may be empowered to adapt laws and regulations within the ter…

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