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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-8

Prior to the vote on the first budgetary deliberation following its renewal, the metropolitan council shall draw up its budgetary and financial regulations.The metropolitan authority's budgetary and f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-5

The budget of the metropolitan authority is voted either by nature or by function. If the budget is voted by type, it also includes a cross-referenced presentation by function; if it is voted by funct…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-2

Prior to the debates on the draft budget, the president of the metropolitan council shall present a report on the situation with regard to sustainable development concerning the operation of the metro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-7

…yment credits constitute the upper limit of expenditure that may be ordered or paid during the year to cover commitments contracted under the corresponding programme authorisations.The balanced budget…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-9

…of the budget, liquidate and mandate investment expenditure and operating expenditure corresponding to the authorisations opened during previous financial years, within the limit of an amount of payme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-3

…ever, for grants for which there are no conditions of award, the Metropolitan Council may decide:1° To individualise the appropriations per beneficiary in the budget; or2° To draw up, in a statement a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2411-1

…y resulting from the cross-border merger; 8° Staff representative of an external company, appointed to the health, safety and working conditions committee of an establishment comprising at least one c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Pharmacies for internal use.

Article L5126-1

…et the pharmaceutical needs of the patients cared for by the establishment, service or organisation to which they belong, or within a regional hospital grouping or a health cooperation grouping in whi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-15

…nal acts on an occasional basis, after having declared themselves as service providers, are subject to the provisions of Article 111 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 and to the regulatory…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the transmission by the French judicial authorities of decisions relating to judicial supervision to the competent authorities of another Member State of the European Union

Article 696-62

Once it has informed the judicial authority that it recognises the decision to place the person under judicial supervision, the competent authority of the executing State becomes solely competent to e…

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