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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-2-1

…formance of the duties of president of a territorial public establishment are less than or equal to 110% of the reference term mentioned in I of article L. 2123-20.The allowances voted by the territor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Transitional provisions

Article L5217-18

As from the general renewal of the municipal councils following the promulgation of Law no. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of territorial public action and the affirmation of metropol…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L5421-5

…e decentralised departments of the State, takes place under the conditions laid down by article L. 311-9 of the Code des relations entre le public et l'administration.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L5411-1

Two or more departmental councils may initiate between themselves, through their presidents, an agreement on objects of departmental utility included in their attributions and which interest both thei…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-9

…ropolitan council between communes is carried out under the conditions provided for in article L. 5211-6-1 of this code. [Provisions declared to be unconstitutional by Constitutional Council decision…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5621-9

…tralised departments of the State, are made available under the conditions laid down in Article L. 311-9 of the Code des relations entre le public et l'administration.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5621-4

…replaces the institutions of common utility grouping the member regions and defined by article L. 5611-1. These institutions are automatically dissolved.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation and powers

Article L5219-1

I. - On 1 January 2016, a public establishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax status, with special status, called the Greater Paris metropolis, is created, bringing together:1° The com…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation

Article L5218-1

I. - Notwithstanding the second paragraph of article L. 5217-1, the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolis brings together all the member municipalities of the Marseille Provence métropole urban community,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: HARMONISING THE COMMERCIAL FABRIC

Article L5224-1

…he organisations concerned, under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 3132-29 of the Labour Code. Reasons for refusal may include failure to comply with the scope of the a…

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