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Article L2123-34 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Subject to the provisions of the fourth paragraph of Article 121-3 du code pénal, the mayor or an elected municipal official deputising for him or having received a delegation may only be convicted on the basis of the third paragraph of the same article for unintentional acts committed in the exercise of his duties if it is established that he did not take the normal care in view of his…

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Article L2123-35 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The mayor or the elected municipal representatives deputising for him or having received a delegation benefit, on the occasion of their duties, from protection organised by the municipality in accordance with the rules laid down by the penal code, special laws and the present code. The municipality is obliged to protect the mayor or the elected municipal representatives deputising for him or having received a delegation against violence, threats or…

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Article L2124-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

In the event of general mobilisation, the town council deliberates validly after a single convocation when half of its non-mobilised members attend the meeting. When the town council is reduced to one third of its members in office due to general mobilisation, the deliberations by which it makes a final decision are enforceable only if, within a period of one month from their transmission to the representative of the State…

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Article L2124-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

In times of war, the representative of the State in the department may, by himself or by a special delegate, take a measure of communal interest by substituting himself for the mayor who, despite formal notice, has neglected or refused to take it. When the measure to be taken is of inter-communal interest, the representative of the State in the department may substitute himself under the same conditions for the…

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Article L2124-4 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The formal notice provided for in article L. 2124-3 must indicate the time limit given to the mayor or president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation to respond to the representative of the State in the department. Failure to respond within this timeframe is equivalent to a refusal.

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Article L2124-5 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

In time of war, any member of a town council, including the mayor, may be suspended by decree on grounds of public order or the general interest until the cessation of hostilities. The elected representative thus suspended is not replaced numerically during the normal term of office of the assembly. If the suspension measure has the effect of reducing the number of members of the assembly by at least one…

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Article L2124-7 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

In time of war, the municipal council of a commune or the deliberative body of the public inter-municipal cooperation establishment may be suspended by decree, for reasons of public order or general interest, until the cessation of hostilities. The same decree constitutes a special delegation empowered to take the same decisions as the municipal council or the deliberative body of the public inter-municipal cooperation establishment.

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Article L2131-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I.-The acts adopted by the municipal authorities are enforceable by operation of law as soon as they have been brought to the attention of the interested parties in accordance with the conditions laid down in the present article and, for the acts mentioned in article L. 2131-2, as soon as they have been transmitted to the representative of the State in the department or to his delegate in the arrondissement…

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