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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article R3312-1

The departmental council chooses to vote the department's budget by nature or by function.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5 : Fees payable for occupancy of the public domain by water and sewerage works

Article R3333-18

The fee payable each year to a department for the occupation of the departmental public domain by water and sewerage service works is determined by the departmental council under the conditions provid…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Supervision of the administration of bequeathed or donated property (R).

Article R3213-14

From the time of delivery or sending into possession, the revenue or expenditure transactions affecting the assets bequeathed to a department or departmental public establishment are carried out under…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article R3312-11

If the administrative account has not been adopted by the date of the vote on the budget for the following financial year, when the result of the operating section, the financing requirement or, where…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Operating revenue

Article R3332-1

The fees to be received for analysis and testing costs in the departmental laboratories are set by the departmental council.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Royalties payable for oil pipelines (R).

Article R3333-17

The fee payable to a département for the occupation of its public domain by pipelines transporting hydrocarbons or chemical products is set by deliberation of the département council after consulting…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R3221-1

…nditure payable by the department or chargeable to its budget may only be incurred by the president of the departmental council. Contracts, where applicable, are entered into by the president of the d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Dotation départementale d'équipement des collèges (Departmental grant for secondary school facilities)

Article R3334-17

The share of the departmental equipment grant for collèges allocated to all the departments in each region is determined each year in such a way as to take into account, up to 70%, the capacity of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Commitment and common provisions (R)

Article R3341-1

In accordance with the provisions of Article 1 of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, the fundamental principles contained in Title I of the said dec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Rural equipment support

Article R3232-1

…y benefit from technical assistance made available by the department, instituted by article L. 3232-1-1: 1° Communes considered as rural pursuant to I of article D. 3334-8-1, excluding those whose per…

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