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Showing 45514560 of 6833 articles for Art. L 313-7 · CGCT Art. L 2122-22

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Credit for hours worked

Article R2123-8

The increase in the duration of the hours credit provided for in Article L. 2123-4 may not exceed 30% per elected member.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantees granted at the end of the term of office

Article R2123-11-6

Beneficiaries are obliged to inform us immediately of any change in their situation with regard to the amount of resources they receive.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions (R).

Article R2123-12

The municipality's assumption of responsibility for expenses relating to the exercise of local elected representatives' right to training, under the conditions set out in the articles L. 2123-12 to L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Control of legality of public contracts

Article R2131-6

Amendments to public contracts are forwarded to the prefect or sub-prefect accompanied, where appropriate, by the deliberations authorising them.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation.

Article D2121-12

The arrangements for the layout and use of the shared premises made available to councillors not belonging to the municipal majority, pursuant to article L. 2121-27, are set by agreement between them…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Powers exercised on behalf of the State.

Article R2122-11

When the mayor plans to allocate a communal building other than the communal home for the celebration of marriages, he shall inform the public prosecutor beforehand by sending him his draft allocation…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to elected representatives who are public servants (R).

Article R2123-19

Any member of a town council, governed by Titles I to IV of the general civil service regulations must, when he wishes to benefit from the training leave provided for in article L. 2123-13, submit his…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Provisions applicable during periods of general mobilisation and wartime.

Article R2124-3

The formal notice sent by the prefect to the mayor or president of the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation, in the cases provided for in article L. 2124-3, may be made either by lette…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Control of legality of public contracts

Article R2131-5

The transmission to the prefect or sub-prefect of public contracts of municipalities and their public establishments other than public health establishments includes the following documents: 1° A copy…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER (R).

Article R2151-1

I. - The persons taken into account in the population categories defined below are persons residing in the dwellings of a municipality, those residing in communities as defined in V and VI of this art…

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