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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article R3313-6

The audited accounts referred to in article L. 2313-1-1 are audited by a statutory auditor for bodies subject to the obligation to certify their accounts, and by the chairman of the body in question,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article R3313-2

For the application of article R. 3313-1 : 1° The population to be taken into account is the total population, municipal and counted separately, as it results from the last known census on the date of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Relations between departments and companies (R)

Article R3241-3

…blishment with more than 75,000 euros in operating revenue, the accounts mentioned in article R. 3241-1 are also examined by an audit commission, the composition of which is set by a deliberation of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R3221-1

Any expenditure 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…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental investment harmonisation conference (R)

Article D3142-3

Mayors and presidents of groups of communes are elected by proportional representation with the highest average. Voting takes place on complete lists, without the addition or deletion of names, and wi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Service vouchers

Article D3123-22-2

To be eligible for the financial assistance provided by article L. 3123-19-1, the elected representatives concerned must produce any document justifying the use of a universal employment-service vouch…

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

Article R3333-17

…ment from the operator, the fee payable each year may not exceed the ceiling set by article R. 2333-114 and updated by article R. 2333-117.

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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
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article R3313-8

The documents mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 3313-1 are made available online on the department's website, where it exists, under conditions guaranteeing:1° Their full accessibility and…

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

Article R3312-11

…forecast are carried forward, under the conditions set out in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 3312-6, the entries in the budget are justified by the production in the appendix of a forecast result…

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