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Article L5912-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The Congress of Departmental and Regional Elected Representatives and Mayors meets at the request of the General Council or Regional Council, on an agenda determined by deliberation taken by a majority of the votes cast by the members of the assembly. The notice convening the meeting is sent to the members of the Congress of Departmental and Regional Elected Representatives and Mayors at least ten clear days before the day…

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Article L5912-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Sessions of the Congress of Elected Departmental and Regional Representatives and Mayors are public. However, at the request of five members or the Chairman, the Congress of Elected Departmental and Regional Representatives and Mayors may decide, without debate, by an absolute majority of the members present or represented, that it shall meet in camera. Without prejudice to the powers that the President of the Congress of Elected Departmental and Regional…

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Article L5912-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The chairman alone is responsible for policing the congress of departmental and regional elected representatives and mayors. He may have any individual disturbing the peace expelled from the auditorium or arrested. In the event of a crime or misdemeanour, he will draw up a report and the matter will be referred immediately to the public prosecutor. .

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Article L5912-4 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The minutes of each sitting, drawn up by one of the secretaries, are approved at the beginning of the following sitting and signed by the chairman and the secretary. The minutes contain the reports, the names of the members who took part in the discussion and an analysis of their opinions. The minutes of the sittings of the congress of elected departmental and regional representatives and mayors are published. They…

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Article L5913-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

When the conditions for its meeting are met in accordance with the provisions of article L. 5912-1, the congress of departmental and regional elected representatives and mayors is convened and chaired, in the first half of each year, by the president of the general council and, in the second half, by the president of the regional council. In the event of impediment, the President of the General Council or the…

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Article L5913-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The Assembly from which the President is elected provides the Congress of Departmental and Regional Elected Representatives and Mayors with the resources necessary for its operation: these resources must in particular enable it to provide secretarial services for its meetings. The Congress of Departmental and Regional Elected Representatives and Mayors is responsible for providing the secretarial services for its meetings.

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Article L5914-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

When the congress of departmental and regional elected representatives and mayors meets, articles L. 3123-1 to L. 3123-6 , L. 4135-1 to L. 4135-6 and L. 2123-1 to L. 2123-8 apply respectively to general councillors, regional councillors and mayors or, where applicable, their replacements pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 5911-1.

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Article L5915-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The Congress of departmental and regional elected representatives and mayors deliberates on any proposal for institutional change, any proposal relating to new transfers of powers from the State to the department and region concerned, as well as any change in the distribution of powers between these local authorities.

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Article L5915-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The proposals mentioned in article L. 5915-1 are forwarded, within a period of fifteen clear days, to the General Council and the Regional Council which, before deliberating, must consult the departmental economic and social council and the council for culture, education and the environment. They are also forwarded to the Prime Minister.

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Article L5915-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The general council, the regional council and the municipal councils deliberate on the proposals of the congress of departmental and regional elected representatives and of mayors. The deliberations adopted by the general council and the regional council are forwarded to the Prime Minister by the president of the assembly concerned.

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