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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Municipal police

Article L2212-2-2

…ions on the right-of-way of roads on which he exercises the traffic police pursuant to article L. 2213-1 in order to guarantee the safety and convenience of passage, the costs relating to the operatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Municipal police

Article L2212-2

…municipal police is to ensure public order, safety, security and health. It includes in particular: 1° Anything that concerns the safety and convenience of passage in the streets, quays, squares and p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2132-4

Any party who has obtained a conviction against the municipality shall not be liable for any charges or contributions imposed for the payment of costs and damages resulting from the proceedings.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2132-2

The mayor, by virtue of the municipal council's decision, represents the municipality in legal proceedings.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Publicity and entry into force

Article L2131-4

Acts taken by communal authorities on behalf of the State and acts governed by private law are not subject to the provisions of this chapter and remain governed by their own provisions..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Publicity and entry into force

Article L2131-2

…ate in the département or to his delegate in the arrondissement, under the conditions set out in II:1° The deliberations of the town council or decisions taken by delegation of the town council pursua…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L2123-12-1

…of three years. It is financed by a compulsory contribution, the rate of which may not be less than 1%, deducted from the functional allowances received by council members under the conditions set out…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantees granted at the end of the term of office

Article L2123-11-2

…he general renewal of the members of the municipal council, any mayor in a municipality of at least 1,000 inhabitants or any deputy mayor in a municipality of at least 10,000 inhabitants who has recei…

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

Article L2123-10

…t their request, in a secondment position to carry out one of the mandates mentioned in article L. 2123-9.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Other policies

Article L2213-29

The mayor supervises, from a health point of view, the state of streams, rivers, ponds or pools of water..

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