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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Transfers of property, rights and obligations.

Article L5215-30

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat sets the conditions under which the technical services of the urban community provide maintenance for roads temporarily retained by the communes. In addition, in the oth…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions.

Article L5214-23-2

…ions as the allowance paid to the municipalities, in accordance with the provisions of l'article L. 2335-3.The loss of revenue that the communauté de communes suffers as a result of the extension from…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The trade union committee.

Article L5212-7

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 10: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article L5211-58

…f to the deliberative body of the establishment at the closest meeting held pursuant to article L. 5211-11. When a judgement has been handed down, the taxpayer may only appeal or appeal to the Supreme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 9: Informing and involving residents.

Article L5211-46

Any natural or legal person has the right to request communication of the deliberations and minutes of the deliberative bodies of the public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation, the budgets…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition.

Article L5211-43

…yors grouped within electoral colleges determined according to the demographic size of the communes;2° 30% by representatives of public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Special intervention procedures.

Article L5215-27

The urban community may entrust, by agreement with the local authority or authorities concerned, the creation or management of certain facilities or services falling within its remit to one or more me…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation.

Article L5215-4

The urban community is created without a time limit.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Membership of a community of communes in a mixed syndicate.

Article L5214-27

Unless otherwise stipulated, and confirmed by the decision establishing the community of communes, the community of communes' membership of a mixed syndicate is subject to the agreement of the municip…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5212-25

…greater than 10% of the revenue of the operating section, in the case of a commune with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants, and 5% in other cases, each member commune may request the syndicate committee t…

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