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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6461-14

The Territorial Council may submit proposals to the Government with a view to the conclusion of international commitments concerning regional cooperation between the French Republic, the United States…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: Relations with the State representative.

Article LO6431-32

The representative of the State may, within fifteen days of it being forwarded to him or her, ask the Territorial Council or the Executive Council, as the case may be, by means of a reasoned order, fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: Relations with the State representative.

Article LO6431-31

Each year, the State representative informs the Territorial Council, through a special report, of the activity of the State services in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. This special report may give rise to a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition and formation

Article LO6431-1

…aration obligations applicable to the persons mentioned, respectively, in 2° and 3° of I of Article 11 of Law no. 2013-907 of 11 October 2013 on transparency in public life.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER ONE: Capital and subdivisions of the local authority

Article LO6421-1

The administrative centre of the community shall be determined by decree, after consultation with the territorial council.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6414-5

Under the conditions defined by the regulations enacted by the local authority, subject to the transfer of the resources required to exercise these powers, the communes may intervene in town planning…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6414-1

…s and regulations in force to the départements and regions, with the exception of those relating to:1° The construction and general and technical maintenance as well as the operation of collèges and l…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article LO6363-1

Expenditure that is compulsory for communes, départements and regions and any other expenditure linked to the exercise of a transferred competence are compulsory for the local authority..

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

Article LO6362-16

…refers the matter to the territorial audit chamber under the conditions set out in article LO 6362-13. The State representative then automatically makes the payment within fifteen days of receiving t…

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

Article LO6362-15

The provisions of articles LO 6362-13 and LO 6362-14 are not applicable to the registration and payment of compulsory expenditure resulting, for the local authority and its public establishments, from…

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