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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article L1115-1

…Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015.To this end, local authorities and their groupings may, where appropriate, enter into agreements…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Consultation of electors

Article L1112-19

Expenses relating to the organisation of the consultation of electors constitute a compulsory expense of the territorial authority that decided on it. Expenses resulting from electoral assemblies held…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Consultation of electors

Article L1112-17

The deliberative assembly of the local authority decides on the principle and procedures for organising the consultation. Its deliberation expressly states that this consultation is only a request for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Voter information, election campaign and voting operations

Article LO1112-13

…Book I of the Electoral Code shall apply to local referendums, with the exception of Articles L. 88-1, L. 95 and L. 113-1 (1° to 5° of I, II and III). For the application of these provisions, the text…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Voter information, election campaign and voting operations

Article LO1112-9

…ign" instead of : "candidate" and : "list of candidates". The prohibitions set out in Article L. 50-1, the third paragraph of Article L. 51 and article L. 52-1 of the Electoral Code are applicable to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Voter information, election campaign and voting operations

Article LO1112-8

An information pack on the subject of the referendum decided by the territorial authority is made available to the public under the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions and differentiated exercise of powers

Article L1111-2

…design or development of these policies, in accordance with the procedures laid down in article L. 131-1 of the Code of relations between the public and the administration.The communes, départements…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1221-2

The National Council for the Training of Locally Elected Representatives is assisted by a Steering Committee. Made up of local elected representatives, experts and qualified personalities, it is respo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: LOCAL FINANCE COMMITTEE

Article L1211-4

The mission of the Local Finance Committee is to provide the Government and Parliament with the analyses required to draw up the provisions of the Finance Bill concerning local authorities.Each year,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article L1115-1-1

…nd sanitation services or public electricity and gas distribution services may, within the limit of 1% of the resources allocated to the budgets of these services, carry out cooperation actions with f…

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