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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Publicity and entry into force

Article LO6241-3

Acts taken in the name of the collectivity and other than those mentioned in article LO 6241-2 are enforceable by operation of law as soon as they have been published in the Official Journal of Saint-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Executive Council

Article LO6222-12

Executive Council meetings are chaired by the President of the Territorial Council.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Executive Council

Article LO6222-11

The President of the Territorial Council convenes the Executive Council whenever he/she deems it useful.

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

Article LO6221-4

Any territorial councillor absent from four consecutive meetings of the territorial council within a period of less than four months without a legitimate excuse accepted by the council shall be declar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : The application of laws and regulations in Saint-Barthélemy

Article LO6213-2

I. - Laws and, when they are published in the Official Journal of the French Republic, administrative acts come into force in Saint-Barthélemy on the date they set or, failing that, the day after thei…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Role of the Congress of Departmental and Regional Elected Representatives and Mayors

Article L5915-3

The general council, the regional council and the municipal councils deliberate on the proposals of the congress of departmental and regional elected representatives and of mayors.The deliberations ad…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : The Chairman

Article L5913-2

The Assembly from which the President is elected provides the Congress of Departmental and Regional Elected Representatives and Mayors with the resources necessary for its operation: these resources m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Administration of assets owned jointly by several municipalities.

Article L5816-2

If several communes have undivided ownership of property or rights, it may, at the request of one of the communes, be set up by order of the State representative in the département a syndicate commiss…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Financial provisions

Article L5722-7-1

…hen they are competent for the organisation of mobility.Mixed syndicates mentioned in articles L. 5711-1 and L. 5721-2 of this code with jurisdiction over mobility may, by reasoned decision, reduce or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L5711-6

…f its creation, a public-private association resulting from a merger in application of Article L. 5711-2 may be authorised by the representative(s) of the State in the department(s) concerned to withd…

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