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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of fire and rescue services in Alsace

Article L1424-93

Each fire and rescue service in Alsace is administered by a board of directors made up of representatives of the European Collectivity of Alsace, the communes and the public establishments for inter-c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1431-4

I. - The board of directors of the public establishment for cultural or environmental cooperation is made up of:1°A majority of its members are representatives of local authorities or their groupings,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LOCAL PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL COOPERATION

Article L1441-1

A municipality or a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation may set up, with the State, a local public establishment for educational cooperation responsible for mobilising and coordinatin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LOCAL PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL COOPERATION

Article L1441-2

Local public establishments for educational cooperation are public establishments of an administrative nature created by order of the State representative, on the proposal of the commune or public est…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Purpose

Article L1521-1

Municipalities, départements, regions and their groupings may, within the scope of the powers conferred on them by law, set up local semi-public companies which associate them with one or more private…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition of capital

Article L1522-3

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L224-2 of the French Commercial Code, share capital must be at least equal to 225,000 euros for companies whose purpose is the construction of buildings for r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Intervention procedures

Article L1523-6

When a local semi-public company whose purpose is the construction or management of social housing is faced with difficulties due to a serious and lasting imbalance in the property programmes referred…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Provisions relating to the public establishment for the protection of Mediterranean forests

Article L1424-62

The Board of Directors deliberates on matters relating to the management of the public institution. It votes its budget. The budgetary and accounting rules of this establishment are set by joint order…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of fire and rescue services in Alsace

Article L1424-96

The Board of Directors is chaired by the President of the Departmental Council of the European Collectivity of Alsace or one of the members of the Board of Directors appointed by the President of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial contributions to the fire and rescue service budget from municipalities, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation and the European Collectivity of Alsace

Article L1424-98

In compliance with the competitive tendering rules set out in the public procurement code, the Collectivité européenne d'Alsace may carry out, on behalf of and at the request of one of the public esta…

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