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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
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Article L5421-7

When an interdepartmental institution or body mentioned in Article L. 5421-1 meets the conditions set out in Article L. 5721-2, it may be transformed into a mixed syndicate. This transformation is dec…

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

Article L5219-8

Par dérogation à l'article L. 5217-12, the Greater Paris metropolitan area benefits from a global operating grant equal to the sum of the following two components:1° An inter-municipality grant, calcu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Termination of indivision.

Article L5222-6

Decrees in the Council of State shall, where necessary, lay down the detailed rules for the application of this chapter.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Intercommunal agreements, conventions and conferences

Article L5221-2

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: The Metropolitan Conference of Mayors

Article L5218-10

A development council brings together representatives of the economic, social, cultural and associative sectors of the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolitan area. It is freely organised. It is consulted…

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

Article L5219-8-1

…s article is applicable to the tax on commercial surfaces provided for in the article 3 of law no. 72-657 of 13 July 1972 instituting measures in favour of certain categories of elderly traders and cr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Intercommunal agreements, conventions and conferences

Article L5221-1

Two or more municipal councils, deliberative bodies of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation or mixed syndicates may initiate between themselves, through their mayors or presidents, an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Transfers of costs and resources between the region or department and the metropolitan authority

Article L5217-17

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

Article L5219-5

…d in the city contract;d) Signing the inter-municipal agreement referred to in Article 8 of Law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 on programming for the city and urban cohesion ;2° Construction, develo…

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

Article L5219-2-1

…lic 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 territorial council for the actual performance of the duties of…

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