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Showing 34313440 of 6833 articles for Art. L 313-7 · CGCT Art. L 2122-22

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Transformation and merger.

Article L5211-41-3

I. - Public establishments for intercommunal cooperation, at least one of which has its own tax status, may be authorised to merge under the following conditions.The proposed perimeter of the new publ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 7: Withdrawal of communes

Article L5842-30-1

The provisions of Section 7 of Chapter VI of Title I of Book II of Part Five mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Powers exercised on behalf of the municipality.

Article L2122-21-1

Where 4° of article L. 2122-22, the municipal council's decision instructing the mayor to sign a specific contract or framework agreement may be taken before the award procedure for this contract or f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-8-1

Until the first renewal of the municipal council following the creation of the new commune, where each of the former communes had fewer than 1,000 inhabitants, the deputies are elected under the condi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-1-1

The provisions of articles L. 2122-2-1, L. 2122-18-1 and L. 2144-2 are not applicable to the City of Paris and the municipalities of Marseille and Lyon.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article L1115-4-1

In the context of cross-border cooperation, local and regional authorities and their groupings may create with foreign local and regional authorities and their groupings a local cross-border cooperati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: LOCAL FINANCE COMMITTEE

Article L1211-4-1

Meeting in a restricted formation, the Local Finance Committee is consulted on the methods of evaluation and on the amount of compensation for transfers of powers between the State and the territorial…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-9-2

In each region, a regional conference for the governance of the policy to reduce the artificialisation of land is established. I.-The composition and number of members of the regional conference for t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions and differentiated exercise of powers

Article L1111-1-1

Locally elected representatives are members of councils elected by universal suffrage to freely administer local authorities under the conditions laid down by law. They exercise their mandate in compl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-9-1

I. - In each region, the territorial conference on public action is responsible for promoting the concerted exercise of the competences of territorial authorities, their groupings and their public est…

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