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Article L2243-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The mayor will issue a provisional report stating that a plot of land is in a state of manifest abandonment, after the plot has been identified and a search has been made in the property register or land registry for the owners, holders of rights in rem and other interested parties. The provisional report of manifest abandonment is posted for three months at the town hall and on the sites…

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Article L2243-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

At the end of a period of three months from the completion of the publicity measures and notifications provided for in Article L. 2243-2, the mayor shall draw up a final report stating that the plot of land is in a state of manifest abandonment; this report shall be made available to the public. The mayor refers the matter to the municipal council, which decides whether to declare the parcel…

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Article L2243-4 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The expropriation of buildings, parts of buildings, private roads with a public right of way, installations and land that have been declared to be in a state of manifest abandonment may be pursued under the conditions set out in this article. The mayor puts together a file presenting the simplified public acquisition project, as well as a summary assessment of its cost, which is made available to the public, for…

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Article L2251-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The State is responsible for the conduct of economic and social policy and the defence of employment. However, subject to respect for the freedom of trade and industry and the principle of equality of citizens before the law, the municipality may intervene in economic and social matters under the conditions set out in this chapter and in article L. 2253-1.

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Article L2251-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

When private initiative is lacking or insufficient to ensure the creation or maintenance of a service required to meet the needs of the population in a rural area or in a municipality comprising one or more priority neighbourhoods for urban policy, the municipality may entrust responsibility for creating or managing it to an association governed by the loi du 1er juillet 1901 relative au contrat d’association or to any other…

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Article L2251-3-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Municipalities and their groupings may award operating grants to the local structures of representative trade union organisations under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. The organisations thus subsidised are required to submit a report to the town council detailing the use of the subsidy.

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Article L2251-4 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The municipality may award subsidies to existing companies whose purpose is to operate cinemas under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. These subsidies may only be awarded to establishments which, regardless of the number of screens, achieve a weekly average of less than 7,500 admissions or which are classified as arthouse under conditions set by decree. Subsidies may also be awarded to these same companies for the…

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