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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Consultation of electors

Article L1112-16

I.-In a commune, one tenth of the electors registered on the electoral roll and, in other territorial communities, one twentieth of the electors, may request that the organisation of a consultation on…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Financial autonomy

Article LO1114-3

For each category of local authority, the share of own resources is calculated by comparing the amount of own resources with the amount of their total resources, excluding loans, resources correspondi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: LOCAL FINANCE COMMITTEE

Article L1211-1

A local finance committee is created, made up of members of the parliamentary assemblies and elected representatives of the regions, départements, communes and their groupings, as well as representati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: THE NATIONAL STANDARDS ASSESSMENT BOARD

Article L1212-4

The procedures for applying this chapter shall be specified by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions and differentiated exercise of powers

Article L1111-5

…s:1° Technical requirements and procedures provided for by a law or a decree adopted in application of a law and applicable to all natural persons as well as legal persons under private or public law;…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Voter information, election campaign and voting operations

Article LO1112-14

The regularity of the local referendum may be challenged under the conditions, in the forms and within the time limits prescribed for complaints against the election of members of the deliberative ass…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article L1115-6

…centralised Cooperation is created, which will draw up and keep up to date a report on the external action of local and regional authorities. It promotes coordination between the State and local and r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Experimentation

Article LO1113-3

The representative of the State may request that an appeal against the decision referred to in article LO 1113-2 be suspended; the decision shall then cease to have effect until the administrative cou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article L1115-4-1

In the context of cross-border cooperation, local and regional authorities and their groupings may create with foreign local and regional authorities and their groupings a local cross-border cooperati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article L1115-5

A territorial authority or grouping of territorial authorities may not enter into an agreement with a foreign State, except in the cases provided for by law or where the agreement is intended to enabl…

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