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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative organisation (R)

Article R2221-11

The duties of director are incompatible with a mandate as senator, deputy or representative in the European Parliament. They are also incompatible with a mandate as councillor to the Corsican Assembly…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative organisation (R)

Article R2221-12

The inspection bodies authorised to carry out the checks provided for by article L. 2221-6 are the Inspectorate General of Administration, the Inspectorate General of Finance and the Inspectorate Gene…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial provisions (R).

Article R5211-14

The chapters and articles of the budget of a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation are defined by the decree mentioned in article R. 2311-1. The provisions of article R. 2311-1 relating…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial provisions (R).

Article R5211-18

The audited accounts referred to in article L. 2313-1-1 are audited by a statutory auditor for bodies subject to the obligation to certify their accounts and by the chairman of the body in question fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Procedure applicable to gifts (R).

Article R2242-1

Any notary appointed as custodian of a will containing a legacy in favour of a commune or a communal public establishment is required, as soon as the will is opened, to send the mayor or the represent…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Procedures applicable to gifts (R).

Article R3213-10

Claims concerning legacies in favour of a department or a departmental public establishment, made by the legal heirs, may be submitted to the Minister of the Interior within six months of the opening…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-15-2

Where it is available, the certified information referred to in Article L. 4311-15-1 serves as supporting documents for the fulfilment of the obligations set out in Article L. 4311-15.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Relations between departments and companies (R)

Article R3241-2

The company shall provide the agents appointed by the president of the departmental council, as well as the general inspectorate of finance and the general inspectorate of administration at the Minist…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions (R).

Article R2123-12

The municipality's assumption of responsibility for expenses relating to the exercise of local elected representatives' right to training, under the conditions set out in the articles L. 2123-12 to L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Advisory Council (R).

Article R2113-16

In the associated communes mentioned in article L. 2113-17 as it stood prior to the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectivités territoriales et dans les communes déléguées menti…

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