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Article L2121-15 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

At the beginning of each of its meetings, the Town Council appoints one or more of its members to act as secretary.

It may add to this secretary or these secretaries auxiliaries, taken from outside its members, who attend the meetings but do not take part in the deliberations.

The minutes of each meeting, drawn up by the secretary or secretaries, are closed at the beginning of the following meeting, and signed by the mayor and the secretary or secretaries.

The minutes of each meeting, drawn up by the secretary or secretaries, are closed at the beginning of the following meeting, and signed by the mayor and the secretary or secretaries.

The minutes of each meeting, drawn up by the secretary or secretaries, are closed at the beginning of the following meeting, and signed by the mayor and the secretary or secretaries.
It contains the date and time of the meeting, the names of the Chairman, the members of the Town Council present or represented and the secretary or secretaries of the meeting, the quorum, the agenda for the meeting, the resolutions adopted and the reports on the basis of which they were adopted, requests for a special ballot, the results of the ballots specifying, in the case of public ballots, the names of the voters and the direction of their vote, and the substance of the discussions during the meeting.

In the week following the meeting, the Mayor and the secretary or secretaries of the meeting must sign the minutes of the meeting.
In the week following the sitting at which they were adopted, the minutes are published permanently and free of charge in electronic form on the municipality’s website, where one exists, and a paper copy is made available to the public.

The original copy of the minutes, together with any supporting documents, is made available to the public free of charge on the municipality’s website.
The original copy of the minutes, whether drawn up on paper or in digital form, is kept under conditions that ensure its durability.

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Article L2121-15

Au début de chacune de ses séances, le conseil municipal nomme un ou plusieurs de ses membres pour remplir les fonctions de secrétaire.

Il peut adjoindre à ce ou ces secrétaires des auxiliaires, pris en dehors de ses membres, qui assistent aux séances mais sans participer aux délibérations.

Le procès-verbal de chaque séance, rédigé par le ou les secrétaires, est arrêté au commencement de la séance suivante, et signé par le maire et le ou les secrétaires.


Il contient la date et l’heure de la séance, les noms du président, des membres du conseil municipal présents ou représentés et du ou des secrétaires de séance, le quorum, l’ordre du jour de la séance, les délibérations adoptées et les rapports au vu desquels elles ont été adoptées, les demandes de scrutin particulier, le résultat des scrutins précisant, s’agissant des scrutins publics, le nom des votants et le sens de leur vote, et la teneur des discussions au cours de la séance.


Dans la semaine qui suit la séance au cours de laquelle il a été arrêté, le procès-verbal est publié sous forme électronique de manière permanente et gratuite sur le site internet de la commune, lorsqu’il existe, et un exemplaire sur papier est mis à la disposition du public.


L’exemplaire original du procès-verbal, qu’il soit établi sur papier ou sur support numérique, est conservé dans des conditions propres à en assurer la pérennité.

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