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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Responsibilities

Article L3444-1

The departmental councils of the overseas departments are consulted on draft laws, ordinances or decrees containing provisions for adapting the legislative regime and administrative organisation of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L3441-7

…use local semi-public companies and semi-public companies governed by the loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 précitée, pour la mise en œuvre des actions engagées dans le cadre des compétences qui leur son…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-1

The budget of the Metropole of Lyon is the act by which the annual revenue and expenditure of the local authority are forecast and authorised. The budget voted on must be balanced in terms of expendit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Lyon Metropolitan Area

Article L3641-8

The metropolis of Lyon is automatically substituted, for the competences set out in articles L. 3641-1 et L. 3641-2, to the syndicat de communes or the syndicat mixte whose perimeter is identical to i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: TERRITORIAL LIMITS AND CHIEF TOWN

Article L3621-1

The territorial limits of metropolitan Lyon set out in Article L. 3611-1 are modified by law, after consultation with the metropolitan council, the municipal councils of the interested communes and th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Revenue

Article L3543-1

For their application in Mayotte, articles L. 3332-1, L. 3332-2 and L. 3332-3 are worded as follows:"Art. L. 3332-1.-Fiscal revenue in the operating section includes the proceeds of taxes of all kinds…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L3441-2

The departmental council of each overseas department may submit proposals to the Government with a view to the conclusion of international commitments concerning regional cooperation between the Frenc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-16

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 3661-15 are sent to the local authority. They are communicated by the local authority to the elected members of the Metropolitan Lyon…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-3

…er, for grants for which there are no conditions of award, the Lyon Metropolitan Council may decide:1° To individualise the appropriations per beneficiary in the budget; or2° To draw up, in a statemen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3611-7

In the Rhône departmental district and unless otherwise provided, public establishments, public utility establishments, professional orders and associations whose existence is provided for by law or r…

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