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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: The mayor

Article L2541-19

The mayor administers communal affairs insofar as the intervention of the municipal council is not required. He prepares the deliberations of the municipal council. He alone is responsible for their e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budget and accounts

Article L2564-19

The report on the budget guidelines mentioned in article L. 2312-1 presents a progress report on the measures set out in the convergence plan covering the territory of the municipality.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2542-19

In communes where there is no company and no market for burials, the method of transporting bodies is regulated by the representative of the State in the department and the municipal councils. The tra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Rescue and fire-fighting.

Article L2512-19

The State contributes to the operating expenses of the Paris fire brigade, including maintenance, repairs and barracks rent. Within the double limit of the allocations entered in the State budget and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Information.

Article L3121-19

At least twelve days before the meeting of the departmental council, the chairman sends the departmental councillors a report, in whatever form, on each of the matters to be submitted to them. The rep…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2573-19

I.-The provisions of Chapter III of Title I of Book II of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of departmental mandates

Article L3123-19

Departmental council members may receive a travel allowance and reimbursement of the subsistence expenses they incur to take part in meetings of the departmental council, committees and bodies of whic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Information.

Article L4132-19

Each year the President reports to the Regional Council, in a special report, on the situation of the region, the state of implementation of the regional plan, and the activity and financing of the va…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of regional mandates.

Article L4135-19

Regional council members may receive a travel allowance and reimbursement of the subsistence expenses they incur to take part in meetings of the regional council, committees and bodies of which they a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER Ia : The regional plan for economic development, innovation and internationalisation

Article L4251-19

The regional economic development, innovation and internationalisation plan may be revised, in part or in full, in accordance with the procedures laid down for its preparation in articles L. 4251-13 à…

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