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French General Code of Local Authorities

French General Code of Local Authorities
- Legislative part
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  - PART ONE: GENERAL PROVISIONS
    
    BOOK I: GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF DECENTRALISATION
    
    TITLE I: FREE ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES
    
    CHAPTER I: Principle of free administration
    
    Section 1: Provisions relating to the ethics officer for local elected representatives
    Article R1111-1-AArticle R1111-1-BArticle R1111-1-CArticle R1111-1-D
    
    Section 2: Delegation of powers
    Article R1111-1Article R1111-1-1
    
    Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers
    Article D1111-2Article D1111-3Article D1111-4Article D1111-5Article D1111-6
    
    CHAPTER II: Voter participation in local decision-making
    
    Section 1: Local referendum
    Article R1112-1
    
    Subsection 1: Voter information and referendum campaign (R)
    Article R1112-2Article R1112-3Article R1112-4Article R1112-5
    
    Subsection 2: Preparations for the vote and voting (R)
    Article R1112-6Article R1112-7
    
    Subsection 3: Counting of votes and declaration of results (R)
    Article R1112-8Article R1112-9Article R1112-10Article R1112-11Article R1112-12
    
    Subsection 4: Criminal penalties (R)
    Article R1112-15Article R1112-16Article R1112-17
    
    Section 2: Consultation of electors
    Article R1112-18
    
    CHAPTER III: Experimentation
    
    CHAPTER IV: Financial autonomy
    
    CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities
    
    Section 1: Public interest groups (R)
    Article D1115-1Article D1115-2Article D1115-3Article D1115-4Article D1115-5
    
    Section 2: National Commission for Decentralised Cooperation (R)
    Article R1115-8Article R1115-9Article R1115-10Article R1115-11Article R1115-12
    
    CHAPTER VI : Request for a formal position
    Article R1116-1Article R1116-2Article R1116-3Article R1116-4Article R1116-5
    
    BOOK II: NATIONAL BODIES RESPONSIBLE FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND THEIR GROUPINGS
    
    TITLE I: THE LOCAL FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EVALUATION OF STANDARDS
    
    CHAPTER I : Composition and operation of the Local Finance Committee
    Article R1211-1Article R1211-2Article R1211-3Article R1211-4Article R1211-5
    
    CHAPTER II : Composition and operation of the consultative commission on the assessment of costs
    
    Section 1: Composition
    Article R1212-1Article R1212-2Article R1212-3
    
    Section 2: Operation
    Article R1212-4Article R1212-5Article R1212-6Article R1212-7Article R1212-8
    
    CHAPTER III : Composition and operation of the National Standards Assessment Council
    
    Section 1: Composition
    Article R1213-1
    
    Subsection 1: Election of representatives of local authorities and public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status
    Article R1213-2Article R1213-3Article R1213-4Article R1213-5Article R1213-6
    
    Subsection 2: Appointment of State representatives
    Article R1213-18
    
    Section 2: Operation
    
    Subsection 1: General provisions
    Article R1213-19Article R1213-20Article R1213-21Article R1213-22Article R1213-23
    
    Subsection 2: Examination of draft standards
    Article R1213-27Article R1213-28
    
    Subsection 3: Assessment of existing regulatory standards
    Article R1213-29Article R1213-30
    
    TITLE II: THE NATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL FOR LOCAL ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES
    
    SINGLE CHAPTER
    
    Section 1: Composition and operation of the Conseil national de la formation des élus locaux (R)
    
    Subsection 1: Composition (R).
    Article R1221-1Article R1221-2Article R1221-3
    
    Subsection 2: Operation (R).
    Article R1221-4Article R1221-5Article R1221-6Article R1221-7Article R1221-8
    
    Section 2: Conditions for issuing, suspending or revoking approval for bodies providing training for local elected representatives (R)
    Article R1221-12Article R1221-13Article R1221-14Article R1221-15Article R1221-16
    
    Section 3: Composition and operation of the Steering Committee
    Article R1221-23Article R1221-24Article R1221-25Article R1221-26Article R1221-27
    
    TITLE III: NATIONAL AGENCY FOR TERRITORIAL COHESION
    
    Chapter I: Status and missions
    Article R1231-1Article R1231-2Article R1231-3Article R1231-4
    
    Chapter II: Organisation and operation
    
    Section 1: Organisation
    
    Subsection 1: Board of Directors
    Article R1232-1Article R1232-2Article R1232-3Article R1232-4Article R1232-5
    
    Subsection 2: Managing Director
    Article R1232-8
    
    Section 2: Operation
    Article R1232-9Article R1232-10Article R1232-11
    
    Chapter III: Resources and means
    
    Section 1: Financial and accounting provisions
    Article R1233-1Article R1233-2Article R1233-3
    
    Section 2: Multi-annual intervention and financial participation agreements
    Article R1233-4
    
    Section 3: National Coordination Committee
    Article R1233-5
    
    Section 4: Social Management Committee
    
    Subsection 1: General provisions
    
    Paragraph 1: Composition and mandate of employee representatives
    Article R1233-6Article R1233-7Article R1233-8Article R1233-9Article R1233-10
    
    Paragraph 2: Responsibilities
    Article R1233-16Article R1233-17
    
    Paragraph 3: Operation and resources
    Article R1233-18Article R1233-19Article R1233-20Article R1233-21Article R1233-22
    
    Subsection 2: Health, safety and working conditions committee
    
    Paragraph 1: Composition and mandate of employee representatives
    Article R1233-25Article R1233-25-1Article R1233-25-2
    
    Paragraph 2: Responsibilities
    Article R1233-25-3
    
    Paragraph 3: Operation and resources
    Article R1233-25-4
    
    Subsection 3: Employee Rights Commission
    
    Paragraph 1: Composition and mandate of employee representatives
    Article R1233-26Article R1233-26-1
    
    Paragraph 2: Responsibilities
    Article R1233-26-2
    
    Paragraph 3: Operation and resources
    Article R1233-26-3Article R1233-26-4Article R1233-26-5Article R1233-26-6
    
    Section 5: Citizens' reserve for territorial cohesion
    Article D1233-28Article D1233-29Article D1233-30
    
    TITLE IV: THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR FUNERAL OPERATIONS
    
    SINGLE CHAPTER
    Article D1241-1Article D1241-2Article D1241-3Article D1241-4Article D1241-5
    
    BOOK III: ASSETS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES, THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS AND GROUPINGS
    
    TITLE I: GENERAL SCHEME
    
    SINGLE CHAPTER
    
    Section 1: Emphyteutic administrative lease
    Article R1311-1
    
    Section 2: Authorisation to occupy the public domain constituting rights in rem
    
    Section 3: Consultation with the State
    Article R1311-3Article R1311-4Article R1311-5
    
    Section 4: Miscellaneous provisions
    Article R1311-6Article R1311-7Article R1311-8Article R1311-9
    
    TITLE II: SPECIAL RULES IN THE EVENT OF A TRANSFER OF COMPETENCE
    
    SINGLE CHAPTER
    
    BOOK IV: LOCAL PUBLIC SERVICES
    
    TITLE I: GENERAL PRINCIPLES
    
    Preliminary chapter: General rules applicable to concession contracts
    Article R1410-1Article R1410-2
    
    CHAPTER I : Public service delegations
    Article R1411-1Article D1411-3Article D1411-4Article D1411-5Article R1411-6
    
    CHAPTER II: Direct management of public services
    Article R1412-1Article R1412-2Article R1412-3Article R1412-4
    
    CHAPTER III : Participation of residents and users in public services
    
    TITLE II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO CERTAIN LOCAL PUBLIC SERVICES
    
    CHAPTER I: Local authority cultural services
    
    Section 1: Archives
    Article D1421-1Article D1421-2Article D1421-3
    
    Section 2: Libraries
    Article D1421-4Article D1421-5Article D1421-5-1
    
    Section 3: Archaeology
    Article D1421-6Article D1421-7
    
    Section 4: Historic buildings
    Article D1421-8
    
    CHAPTER IV: Fire and rescue services
    
    Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services
    Article R1424-1Article R1424-1-1Article R1424-1-2
    
    Sub-section 1: Fire and rescue service administrative board and fire and rescue service administrative and technical committee (R)
    
    Paragraph 1: Elections (R)
    Article R1424-2Article R1424-3Article R1424-4Article R1424-5Article R1424-6
    
    Paragraph 2: Operation of the Board of Directors (R)
    Article R1424-16Article R1424-17
    
    Paragraph 3: Administrative and technical committee of the fire and rescue services (R)
    Article R1424-18
    
    Subsection 2: Management of the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service (R)
    Article R1424-19
    
    Paragraph 1: The Departmental Director and Deputy Departmental Director of Fire and Rescue Services
    Article R1424-19-1Article R1424-20
    
    Paragraph 2: Group leaders
    Article R1424-20-1
    
    Paragraph 3 : The volunteer fire-fighting officer, contact for volunteers
    Article R1424-20-2
    
    Subsection 3: The gender equality and anti-discrimination officer and the safety and security officer
    Article D1424-20-3Article D1424-20-4Article D1424-20-5
    
    Subsection 4: Departmental fire brigade (R)
    Article R1424-21Article R1424-22Article R1424-23Article R1424-23-1Article R1424-23-2
    
    Subsection 5: Health department
    Article R1424-24Article R1424-25Article R1424-26Article R1424-27Article R1424-28
    
    Sub-section 6: Accounting and financial organisation of the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service (R)
    Article R1424-29Article R1424-30Article R1424-31Article R1424-32Article R1424-32-1
    
    Subsection 7: Investment aid fund for departmental and territorial fire and rescue services
    Article D1424-32-3Article D1424-32-4Article D1424-32-5Article D1424-32-6Article D1424-32-7
    
    Section 2: Local fire and rescue services
    Article R1424-33Article R1424-33-1Article R1424-34Article R1424-35Article R1424-36
    
    Section 3: Operational organisation of fire and rescue services (R)
    Article R1424-38
    
    Subsection 1: Fire and rescue centres (R)
    Article R1424-39Article R1424-40Article R1424-41
    
    Subsection 2: Operational implementation within the department (R)
    Article R1424-42Article R1424-43Article R1424-44Article R1424-45Article R1424-46
    
    Subsection 3: Operational implementation outside the département (R)
    Article R1424-47Article R1424-50
    
    Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions
    Article R1424-51Article R1424-52Article R1424-53Article R1424-54Article R1424-55
    
    Section 5: Special provisions
    
    Sub-section 1: Provisions specific to the Bouches-du-Rhône department
    Article R1424-56
    
    Subsection 2: Provisions specific to the Rhône department and the Lyon metropolitan area
    Article R1424-57
    
    Sub-section 3: Provisions specific to Corsica
    Article R1424-58
    
    Section 6: National Fire and Rescue Services Conference
    
    Subsection 1: Composition of the national conference
    Article R 1424-59Article R 1424-60Article R 1424-61
    
    Subsection 2: Operation of the national conference
    Article R 1424-62Article R 1424-63Article R 1424-64Article R 1424-65Article R 1424-66
    
    CHAPTER V: Transfers of personnel and property for the installation of departmental fire and rescue services (R)
    Article R1425-1Article R1425-2
    
    Section 1: The Departmental Advisory Committee (R)
    
    Subsection 1: Composition and operation (R)
    Article R1425-3Article R1425-4Article R1425-5Article R1425-6Article R1425-7
    
    Subsection 2: Powers (R)
    
    Paragraph 1: Opinion on agreements for the transfer of personnel and property (R)
    Article R1425-13Article R1425-14
    
    Paragraph 2: Setting the amount of compulsory fire and rescue expenditure before the agreements come into force (R).
    Article R1425-15Article R1425-16Article R1425-17
    
    Section 2: Referee (R)
    Article R1425-18Article R1425-19Article R1425-20Article R1425-21
    
    Section 3: National Commission (R)
    
    Subsection 1: Composition and operation (R)
    Article R1425-22
    
    Subsection 2: Settlement of transfers by the Commission (R)
    Article R1425-23Article R1425-24Article R1425-25
    
    CHAPTER VI : Provision of mobile radio network infrastructure
    Article R1426-1Article R1426-2Article R1426-3Article R1426-4
    
    TITLE III: PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS FOR CULTURAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION
    
    SINGLE CHAPTER
    
    Section 1: General provisions
    Article R1431-1Article R1431-2Article R1431-3
    
    Section 2: Organisation and operation
    
    Subsection 1: The Board of Directors
    Article R1431-4Article R1431-5Article R1431-6Article R1431-7Article R1431-8
    
    Subsection 2: The Director
    Article R1431-10Article R1431-11Article R1431-13Article R1431-14Article R1431-15
    
    Section 3: Financial and accounting provisions
    Article R1431-16Article R1431-17Article R1431-18
    
    Section 4: Withdrawal and dissolution
    Article R1431-19Article R1431-20Article R1431-21
    
    BOOK V: ECONOMIC PROVISIONS
    
    TITLE I: AID TO BUSINESSES
    
    SINGLE CHAPTER
    
    Section 1: Aid to organisations involved in business start-ups or takeovers
    Article R1511-1Article R1511-2Article R1511-3
    
    Section 2: Aid for property investment and leasing granted to businesses
    
    Subsection 1: Common provisions.
    Article R1511-4Article R1511-4-1Article R1511-4-2Article R1511-4-3
    
    Sub-section 2: Aid for real estate investment and leasing granted to businesses in areas supporting investment by small and medium-sized enterprises.
    Article R1511-5
    
    Subsection 3: Aid for property investment and leasing granted to businesses in regional aid areas.
    Article R1511-10Article R1511-12Article R1511-13Article R1511-14Article R1511-15
    
    Sub-section 4 : Aid for real estate investment and rental granted to companies with a view to carrying out research, development and innovation projects.
    
    Subsection 5: Aid for investment in real estate and for renting buildings granted to undertakings in the processing and marketing of raw materials and agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty establishing the European Community.
    
    Section 3: Assumption of commissions payable by beneficiaries of loan guarantees (R)
    Article R1511-24Article R1511-25Article R1511-26Article R1511-27Article R1511-28
    
    Section 4: Loan guarantees (R)
    Article D1511-30Article D1511-31Article D1511-32Article D1511-33Article D1511-34
    
    Section 5: Participation in guarantee companies (R)
    Article R1511-36Article R1511-37Article R1511-38Article R1511-39
    
    Section 6: Support for cultural industries
    
    Subsection 1: Aid to cinematographic companies
    Article R1511-40Article R1511-41Article R1511-41-1Article R1511-42Article R1511-43
    
    Subsection 2: Aid to establishments retailing new books
    Article R1511-43-1Article R1511-43-2Article R1511-43-3Article R1511-43-4
    
    Section 7: Aid for healthcare provision in areas with health deficits
    
    Subsection 1: Aid for setting up and maintaining health professionals and health centres
    Article R1511-44Article R1511-45Article R1511-46
    
    Subsection 2: Aid for medical students
    Article D1511-52Article D1511-53Article D1511-54Article D1511-55Article D1511-56
    
    Section 8: Aids for the veterinary care of farm animals
    
    Subsection 1: Aid for the practice and establishment of veterinary surgeons
    Article R1511-57Article R1511-58
    
    Subsection 2: Aid for veterinary students
    Article D1511-59Article D1511-60Article D1511-61Article D1511-62Article D1511-63
    
    TITLE II: LOCAL SEMI-PUBLIC COMPANIES
    
    CHAPTER I: Purpose
    
    CHAPTER II: Composition of share capital
    
    CHAPTER III : Intervention procedures
    
    CHAPTER IV: Administration and control
    Article R1524-1Article R1524-2Article R1524-3Article R1524-4Article R1524-5
    
    CHAPTER V: Special provisions
    
    BOOK VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS
    
    TITLE I
    
    CHAPTER I: General principles
    
    Section 1: Revenue (R)
    
    Subsection 1: Recovery of non-tax debts (R).
    Article D1611-1
    
    Section 2: Expenditure (R)
    
    Subsection 1: Personalised support vouchers (R)
    
    Paragraph 1: Use and reimbursement of personalised support vouchers (R).
    Article R1611-2Article R1611-3Article R1611-4Article R1611-5Article R1611-6
    
    Paragraph 2: Financial organisation (R).
    Article R1611-9Article R1611-10Article R1611-11
    
    Paragraph 3: Specialised committee (R).
    Article R1611-12
    
    Paragraph 4: Penalties (R).
    Article R1611-13Article R1611-15
    
    Section 3: Mandates entrusted by local authorities and their public establishments
    
    Subsection 1: Mandates given by local authorities and their public bodies for the implementation of their expenditure
    
    Paragraph 1: Accounting and financial provisions
    Article D1611-16Article D1611-17Article D1611-18Article D1611-19Article D1611-20
    
    Paragraph 2: Expenditure the allocation and payment of which may be entrusted to a body with a public accounting officer
    Article D1611-26-1
    
    Paragraph 3: Authorisation for bodies without a public accountant to allocate and pay expenditure relating to the remuneration of vocational training trainees
    Article D1611-27Article D1611-28Article D1611-29Article D1611-30Article D1611-31
    
    Subsection 2: Mandates given by local authorities and their public bodies to collect their revenue
    
    Paragraph 1: Accounting and financial provisions
    Article D1611-32-1Article D1611-32-2Article D1611-32-3Article D1611-32-4Article D1611-32-5
    
    Paragraph 2: Revenue which may be collected by a public or private body
    Article D1611-32-9
    
    Subsection 3: Mandates entrusted with the execution of expenditure and the collection of revenue (articles D. 1611-32-10 to D. 1611-32-13)
    Article D1611-32-10Article D1611-32-11Article D1611-32-12Article D1611-32-13
    
    Section 4: Restrictions on borrowing terms and conditions and on entering into financial contracts
    Article R1611-33Article R1611-34
    
    Section 5 - Multi-year impact study of operating expenditure linked to exceptional investment operations
    Article D1611-35
    
    Section 6: Financial responsibility
    Article R1611-36Article R1611-37Article R1611-38Article R1611-39Article R1611-40
    
    Section 7: Provisions governing the public company referred to in article L. 1611-3-2 known as Agence France Locale
    Article D1611-41
    
    CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets
    
    Section 1: Common provisions (R)
    
    Sub-section 1: List of essential information to be provided by the State representative (R).
    Article D1612-1Article D1612-2Article D1612-3Article D1612-4Article D1612-5
    
    Subsection 2: Control of budgetary acts (R).
    Article R1612-8Article R1612-9Article R1612-10Article R1612-11Article R1612-12
    
    Subsection 3: Electronic transmission of budget documents to the State representative
    Article D1612-15-1
    
    Section 2: Failure to adopt or transmit the budget (R)
    Article R1612-16Article R1612-17Article R1612-18
    
    Section 3: Failure to balance the budget (R)
    Article R1612-19Article R1612-20Article R1612-21Article R1612-22Article R1612-23
    
    Section 4: Failure to transmit or shortfall in the administrative account (R)
    Article R1612-26Article R1612-27Article R1612-28Article R1612-29Article R1612-30
    
    Section 5: Absence or insufficiency of appropriations required to cover compulsory expenditure (R)
    Article R1612-32Article R1612-33Article R1612-34Article R1612-35Article R1612-36
    
    CHAPTER III: Global operating grant and other grants
    
    Section 1: Overall operating grant
    Article R1613-1Article R1613-2
    
    Section 2: Solidarity grant for the equipment of local authorities and their groupings affected by climatic or geological events
    
    Subsection 1: Common provisions
    Article R1613-3Article R1613-4Article R1613-5Article R1613-6Article R1613-7
    
    Subsection 2: Specific provisions applicable when the amount of eligible damage is less than six million euros excluding tax
    Article R1613-12Article R1613-13Article R1613-14
    
    Subsection 3: Specific provisions applicable when the amount of eligible damage exceeds six million euros excluding tax
    Article R1613-15Article R1613-16Article R1613-17Article R1613-18
    
    CHAPTER IV : Compensation for skills transfers
    
    Section 1: General provisions
    
    Subsection 2: Procedures for compiling statistics (R)
    
    Paragraph 1: Vocational training and apprenticeships (R).
    Article R1614-10Article R1614-11Article R1614-12Article R1614-13Article R1614-14
    
    Paragraph 2: Town planning (R).
    Article R1614-16Article R1614-17Article R1614-18Article R1614-19Article R1614-20
    
    Paragraph 3: Seaports (R).
    Article R1614-21Article R1614-22Article R1614-23Article R1614-24Article R1614-25
    
    Paragraph 4: Social action and health (R).
    Article R1614-28Article R1614-29Article R1614-30Article R1614-31Article R1614-32
    
    Paragraph 5: School transport (R).
    Article R1614-36Article R1614-37Article R1614-38Article R1614-39Article R1614-40

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French General Code of Local Authorities