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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-20

A councillor unable to attend a meeting may give a colleague of his choice written authority to vote on his behalf. The same municipal councillor may hold only one proxy. A proxy may be revoked at any…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-28

I. - In the municipal councils of municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, the operation of the groups of elected representatives may be the subject of deliberations without the decisions re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-27

In municipalities with more than 3,500 inhabitants, councillors not belonging to the municipal majority who so request may have the loan of shared premises free of charge. An implementing decree deter…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-25

Within one week, the list of deliberations examined by the town council is displayed at the town hall and posted on the town's website, where available..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-23

The deliberations are recorded in date order in a register kept under conditions defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. They are signed by the mayor and the secretary or secretaries of the meeting.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Unforeseen expenditure

Article L2322-2

The credit for unforeseen expenditure is used by the mayor. At the first meeting following the authorisation of each expenditure, the mayor reports to the town council, with supporting documents, on t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles.

Article L2141-2

People who have ceased their professional activity may join or continue to join a professional union of their choice.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Union dues.

Article L2142-2

Union fees may be collected within the company.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Additional responsibilities in companies with fewer than three hundred employees.

Article L2143-22

In undertakings with fewer than three hundred employees and in establishments belonging to such undertakings, the trade union delegate is, by right, the trade union representative on the social and ec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Professional secrecy.

Article L2143-21

Trade union representatives are bound by professional secrecy in all matters relating to manufacturing processes.

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