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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-18

…cil or Paris council and the arrondissement council, and, where applicable, amended in the same forms.In the event of disagreement between the city council or the Paris council and the arrondissement…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-16

…ecision by the municipal council or the Paris council taken under the conditions set out in article L. 2511-36.The arrondissement council manages local facilities, subject to the provisions of article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-15

…emption rights, as well as to the deliberation provided for in the penultimate paragraph of article L. 211-4 of the town planning code, when they concern the territorial jurisdiction of the arrondisse…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-19

…ality or the City of Paris must be represented by virtue of the provisions applicable to these bodies..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-11

…rondissement council may be convened at the request of the mayor of the commune or the mayor of Paris. The mayor of the commune or the mayor of Paris is heard, at his request, by the arrondissement co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-14

The city council or the Paris council consults, within the time limits set out in article L. 2511-13, the arrondissement council on the amount of subsidies that the city council or the Paris council p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-12

…The City Council or the Paris City Council sets the conditions for publicising questions and answers.At the request of the arrondissement council, the City Council or the Paris City Council debates a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-17

…er's agreement, the management of any facilities or services of the municipality or the City of Paris. These delegations end automatically at the next renewal of the municipal council or the Paris cou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-13

…ssues its opinion within the time limit set by the Mayor of the municipality or by the Mayor of Paris. Except in the case of an emergency duly recorded by the municipal council or the Paris council, t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-10

Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the rules relating to the deliberations and operation of municipal councils and the rules that apply to municipal councils in the exercise of their powers sh…

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