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

Article L3311-1

The departmental budget is the act by which the department's annual revenue and expenditure are forecast and authorised. The departmental budget is drawn up in an operating section and an investment s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3241-1

…ng to the finances of the departmental and territorial fire and rescue services are those laid down:1° By Titles I and II of Book III of Part Three with the exception of the first paragraph of article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Transactions

Article L3213-5

The departmental council decides on transactions concerning the rights of the department.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Scope

Article L3213-2-1

When the départements, their groupings and their public establishments make amicable property acquisitions in accordance with the rules of civil law, or when the acquisition takes place by auction, th…

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

Article L3131-4

…communication of the acts taken on behalf of the department which are not mentioned in article L. 3131-2. The State representative may only refer them to the administrative court, within two months o…

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

Article L3131-1

…n accordance with the conditions set out in this article and, for the acts mentioned in article L. 3131-2, as soon as they have been transmitted to the representative of the State in the department in…

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

Article L3123-25

Retirement pensions already liquidated and rights acquired before 30 March 1992 by elected departmental representatives continue to be honoured by the institutions and bodies with which they were cons…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Guarantees granted in the exercise of a professional activity.

Article L3123-6

…may be pronounced due to absences resulting from the application of the provisions of articles L. 3123-1 and L. 3123-2 on pain of nullity and damages to the elected representative. Reinstatement or r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Guarantees granted in the exercise of a professional activity.

Article L3123-5

The time of absence provided for in articles L. 3123-1 and L. 3123-2 is treated as an actual period of work for the purposes of determining the period of paid leave as well as with regard to all right…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Shareholdings in companies

Article L3231-6

…is the production of renewable energy or renewable or low-carbon hydrogen as defined in article L. 811-1 of the Energy Code, through facilities located in its territory or in neighbouring territories.…

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