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Article L2122-5 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Agency employees involved in municipal accounting, the assessment, collection or control of all taxes and duties may not be mayors or deputy mayors, nor may they perform their duties, even temporarily, in all municipalities in their department of administrative residence that are located within the jurisdiction of their department of assignment.

The same incompatibility applies in all the municipalities of the department to which they are assigned to senior Treasury accountants and heads of departmental services of the administrations mentioned in the first paragraph.

It also applies in all the municipalities of the region or regions to which they are assigned to regional directors of public finance and heads of regional services of the administrations mentioned in the first paragraph.

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Article L2122-5

Les agents des administrations ayant à connaître de la comptabilité communale, de l’assiette, du recouvrement ou du contrôle de tous impôts et taxes ne peuvent être maires ou adjoints, ni en exercer même temporairement les fonctions, dans toutes les communes qui, dans leur département de résidence administrative, sont situées dans le ressort de leur service d’affectation.

La même incompatibilité est opposable dans toutes les communes du département où ils sont affectés aux comptables supérieurs du Trésor et aux chefs de services départementaux des administrations mentionnées au premier alinéa.

Elle est également opposable dans toutes les communes de la région ou des régions où ils sont affectés aux directeurs régionaux des finances publiques et aux chefs de services régionaux des administrations mentionnées au premier alinéa.

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