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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article L2113-22-2

…al councils following their creation, new municipalities whose creation order has been issued as of 2 January 2022 benefit, in respect of each of the parts of the special allocation provided for in ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-12-2

…cipal council of the new commune from among its members, under the conditions set out in Article L. 2122-7. By way of derogation, the mayor of the former commune in office at the time of the creation…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-11

…within a new commune automatically entails for each of them:1° The institution of a delegated mayor;2° The creation of an annex to the town hall in which civil status records relating to events occurr…

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

Article L2113-9-1

The articles L. 2113-2 to L. 2113-9-1 A are applicable to the extension of a new commune to one or more communes.Section 3 of this chapter remains applicable to a new commune extended to one or more c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Powers exercised on behalf of the State.

Article L2122-27

…ive of the State in the department: 1° For the publication and enforcement of laws and regulations; 2° For the enforcement of general safety measures; 3° For the special functions assigned to him by t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Powers exercised on behalf of the municipality.

Article L2122-26

In the event that the mayor's interests conflict with those of the commune, the town council shall appoint another of its members to represent the commune, either in court or in contracts.

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

Article L2122-1

In each commune there is a mayor and one or more deputy mayors elected from among the members of the municipal council.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Responsibilities

Article L2121-32

Each year, the town council draws up the list of taxpayers likely to be appointed as members of the local direct tax commission, in accordance with article 1650 of the General Tax Code.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Responsibilities

Article L2121-31

The town council approves the administrative accounts presented to it annually by the mayor. It hears, discusses and approves the management accounts of the tax collectors unless they are finally sett…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Responsibilities

Article L2121-30

…e numbering of houses and other buildings as part of the reference data provided for in article L. 321-4 of the Code of Relations between the Public and the Administration. The procedures for applying…

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