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Article L2511-19 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The arrondissement council appoints, from among its members, the representatives of the municipality or the City of Paris on bodies whose scope of action is limited to the arrondissement and on which the municipality or the City of Paris must be represented by virtue of the provisions applicable to these bodies. .

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Article L2511-20 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Housing allocated by the municipality or the City of Paris and located in the arrondissement is allocated half by the arrondissement mayor and half by the mayor of the municipality or by the mayor of Paris. After consulting the arrondissement councils, the municipal council or the Paris council may draw up a list of priority rehousings giving rise to the allocation of housing by the mayor of the municipality or…

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Article L2511-21 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

A joint committee made up of an equal number of representatives of the borough mayor and the mayor of the municipality or the mayor of Paris, appointed from among the elected councillors, defines the general conditions for admission to and use of the facilities mentioned in articles L. 2511-16 and L. 2511-17. The joint committee sits at the arrondissement town hall. In the event of a tie, the arrondissement mayor…

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Article L2511-22 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

To exercise the powers of the arrondissement council, the city council or the Paris council delegates, in the cases and under the conditions that it determines, to the arrondissement council the power to prepare, award, execute and settle contracts for works, supplies and services that may be awarded without prior formalities due to their amount. When this delegation is granted to a borough, it is thereby given to all the…

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Article L2511-23 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The articles L. 2131-1 to L. 2131-6 and L. 2131-8 are applicable, subject to the provisions below, to the deliberations of the arrondissement councils, with the exception of those taken in application of section 2 of this chapter and the opinions issued by these councils. The deliberations of the arrondissement councils are sent to the mayor of the commune or to the mayor of Paris. The latter shall forward them…

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Article L2511-24 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Associations take part in municipal life. In each arrondissement a borough initiative and consultation committee is created. This committee brings together representatives of local associations or members of national federations or confederations who so request and who carry out their activities in the arrondissement. During at least one meeting per quarter, the representatives of these associations participate, if they so request, in the debates of the arrondissement council, in an…

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Article L2511-25 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The borough council is chaired by the borough mayor. The arrondissement mayor is elected from within the arrondissement council. The offices of mayor of the municipality or of mayor of Paris and of arrondissement mayor are incompatible. The election of the arrondissement mayor following the general renewal of the municipal council or of the Paris council takes place eight days after that of the mayor of the municipality or of…

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Article L2511-25-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

In arrondissement councils, the limit set in article L. 2511-25 may be exceeded with a view to the creation of deputy posts with primary responsibility for one or more neighbourhoods, although their number may not exceed 10% of the legal number of members of the arrondissement council. The deputy with primary responsibility for a neighbourhood deals with any issue of primary interest to the neighbourhood. He/she ensures that residents are…

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Article L2511-26 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The arrondissement mayor and his deputies are responsible, in the arrondissement, for the powers vested in the mayor of the commune or the mayor of Paris in matters of civil status, school matters relating to compliance with compulsory schooling and the application of the provisions of the national service code. The arrondissement mayor and his deputies are civil registrars in the arrondissement. However, the mayor of the commune or the…

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Article L2511-27 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The mayor of the commune or the mayor of Paris may, under his or her supervision and responsibility, by decree, delegate signing authority to the director general of services of the mayor’s office or of the City of Paris and to the heads of communal services. The arrondissement may, under the same conditions, delegate signing authority to the director general of services of the arrondissement mayor’s office. The arrondissement may…

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