Article R2122-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
November 5, 2023
In the case provided for in article L. 2122-12, nominations are posted at the town hall.
In the case provided for in article L. 2122-12, nominations are posted at the town hall.
The five-day period within which, in accordance with article L. 2122-13, the election of the mayor and deputy mayors may be declared null and void from twenty-four hours after the election.
The contentious appeal, referred to in article L. 2122-16, lodged against suspension orders and dismissal decrees for mayors and deputy mayors is deemed to be an urgent matter and without costs.
Mayors wear the tricolour scarf with gold fringed tassels in public ceremonies and whenever the performance of their duties may make this distinctive sign of their authority necessary. Deputies wear the tricolour scarf with silver fringed tassels when carrying out their duties as civil registrars and judicial police officers, and when replacing or representing the mayor pursuant to articles L. 2122-17 et L. 2122-18. Municipal councillors wear the tricolour scarf…
The official badge of mayors in the national colours conforms to the following model: “On a background of blue, white and red enamel bearing “MAYOR” on the white and “R.F.” on the blue; surrounded by two boughs Vert, olive to dexter and oak to sinister, all surmounting a lictor beam Argent ensigned by a cock’s head Or bearded and crested Gules. “
The wearing of the official mayors’ badge in the national colours, the use of which is optional, is reserved for mayors in the exercise of their duties and does not dispense with the wearing of the scarf when this is prescribed by the texts in force.
Publication of the mayor’s decrees may be established by a certified statement from the mayor. Notification is established by the interested party’s receipt or, failing this, by the original of the notification kept in the town hall’s archives. The registration in date order of the decrees, acts of publication and notification takes place in the register mentioned in article R. 2121-9 or in a register specific to the mayor’s acts,…
Decisions taken by the mayor by delegation from the town council or by a deputy or town councillor by sub-delegation are recorded in the register of deliberations in date order, under the conditions provided for in article R. 2121-9. The sheets of paper on which these decisions are transcribed bear the name of the commune and the nature of these acts.
The delegation threshold set by the deliberation provided for in 30° of article L. 2122-22 of this code may not exceed 100 euros. After examining the proposals forwarded by the public accountant relating to irrecoverable debts within the meaning of article R. 276-2 du livre des procédures fiscales, the mayor declares the debt to be written off by decree. At least once a year, he reports his decisions to the…
The mayor may, under his supervision and responsibility, and in the absence or impediment of his deputies, by order delegate signature: – to one or more municipal officials for the initialling of the leaves of the registers of deliberations and municipal by-laws, the issue of copies of these registers, the material and conforming certification of the documents and papers presented for this purpose and the legalisation of signatures; – to…
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