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

Article LO6321-3

Any member of the territorial council who, without a valid excuse, has refused to carry out one of the duties devolved upon him by the laws shall be declared to have resigned by the administrative jud…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions for the transfer of competences

Article LO6271-2

Lease contracts relating to buildings leased by the State, the region or department of Guadeloupe or the commune of Saint-Barthélemy and assigned to the exercise of powers transferred to the collectiv…

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

Article LO6262-1

In the event that the local authority's budget has not been adopted before 1 January of the financial year to which it applies, the president of the territorial council is entitled, until the adoption…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article LO6261-9

The financial operations of the services of the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy that do not have legal personality and whose essential activity consists of producing goods or rendering services that…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article LO6261-7

The surplus from the operating section generated in respect of the financial year ended, together with the previous result carried forward, is allocated in full as soon as the nearest budgetary decisi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Deliberations.

Article L6321-19

Any person has the right to request access to the deliberations and minutes of public meetings of the territorial council, the deliberations and acts of the executive council, the budgets and accounts…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Powers of the Executive Council

Article LO6253-1

The Executive Council adopts the draft resolutions to be submitted to the Territorial Council. It makes, on the proposal of the President of the Territorial Council, the regulations necessary to imple…

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

Article LO6252-17

The President of the Territorial Council or his representative participates, at his request, within the French delegation, in negotiations with the European Union and the European Community relating t…

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

Article LO6251-12

The Territorial Council may submit to the Minister responsible for Overseas Territories, via the State representative, proposals to amend the legislative or regulatory provisions in force, applicable…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Meetings.

Article LO6321-10

The Territorial Council meets at the initiative of its President, at least once every three months, at the local authority's headquarters. In years when the Territorial Council is renewed, the first m…

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