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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Failure to adopt or transmit the budget (R)

Article R1612-16

…e State representative refers a matter to the regional audit chamber, in accordance with article L. 1612-2, it shall attach to this referral all the information and documents referred to in articles D…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Control of budgetary acts (R).

Article R1612-14

Without prejudice to the provisions of article R. 1612-18, the opinions and decisions of the regional audit chamber may be communicated to third parties as soon as the first meeting of the deliberativ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: List of essential information to be provided by the State representative (R).

Article D1612-7

…as the ceiling rates that are enforceable against the region pursuant to the provisions of article 1636 B septies du code général des impôts;- le montant de la dotation de compensation de la taxe pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: List of essential information to be provided by the State representative (R).

Article D1612-3

Before 15 March, the president of the general council and, where applicable, the presidents of the cooperation bodies, send the prefect a copy of the notification they have sent to the municipal counc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Accounting and financial provisions

Article D1611-18

The mandate shall specify in particular:1° The nature of the operations to which the mandate relates;2° The duration of the mandate and the conditions of its possible termination;3° The powers of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Vocational training and apprenticeships (R).

Article R1614-13

The standardised forms and information referred to in Article R. 1614-11 are set, after consulting the committee for the coordination of regional apprenticeship and continuing vocational training prog…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R1613-8

…ive assesses the amount of damage whose repair is eligible for the allocation defined in article L. 1613-6.After making an initial assessment of the damage, the State representative may request, withi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Absence or insufficiency of appropriations required to cover compulsory expenditure (R)

Article R1612-37

Within one month of notification of the formal notice referred to in article R. 1612-35, the local authority or public establishment concerned shall open the necessary appropriations. The correspondin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Failure to balance the budget (R)

Article R1612-25

…l budget, sent to the regional audit chamber, in accordance with the second paragraph of article L. 1612-9 has not been adopted in real balance, the representative of the State shall refer the matter…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Electronic transmission of budget documents to the State representative

Article D1612-15-1

…ctronic transmission to the State representative takes place within the deadlines set by article L. 1612-8 of this code.Budget documents are transmitted electronically in the format of the computerise…

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