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Section 2: Determination by the overseas departments of the rules applicable in their territory in a limited number of matters falling within the scope of the law or regulations

Article LO3445-9 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Under the conditions and subject to the reservations provided for in this chapter, the departmental councils of Guadeloupe and Mayotte may be empowered to lay down the rules applicable in the territory of their department in a limited number of matters that may fall within the scope of the law or regulations, subject to the provisions of the fourth and sixth paragraphs of Article 73 of the Constitution.

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Article LO3445-10 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The request for empowerment to lay down a rule applicable within the territory of the department is adopted by reasoned deliberation of the departmental council taken by an absolute majority of its members. This deliberation mentions the matter likely to be the subject of the empowerment provided for in article LO 3445-9. It sets out the specific local features justifying the request for authorisation and specifies the nature and purpose…

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