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Article L1115-4-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

In the context of cross-border, transnational or inter-regional cooperation, territorial authorities, their groupings and, after authorisation from their supervisory authority, bodies governed by public law within the meaning of Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts may, within the limits of their competences and…

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Article L1115-5 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

A territorial authority or grouping of territorial authorities may not enter into an agreement with a foreign State, except in the cases provided for by law or where the agreement is intended to enable the creation of a European grouping of territorial cooperation, a Euroregional grouping of cooperation or a local grouping of cross-border cooperation. In the latter case, the signing of the agreement must be authorised in advance by…

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Article L1115-6 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

A National Commission for Decentralised Cooperation is created, which will draw up and keep up to date a report on the external action of local and regional authorities. It promotes coordination between the State and local and regional authorities and between local and regional authorities and may formulate any proposal relating to the external action of local and regional authorities. Local and regional authorities and their groupings provide the commission…

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Article L1116-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Before adopting an act likely to be referred to the administrative court, local authorities or their groupings as well as their public establishments may refer to the State representative responsible for controlling the legality of their acts a request for a formal position relating to the implementation of a legislative or regulatory provision governing the exercise of their powers or the prerogatives devolved to their executive. The request must be…

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Article L1211-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The Local Finance Committee comprises: – two deputies; – two senators; – two presidents of regional councils elected by the college of presidents of regional councils; – four presidents of departmental councils elected by the college of presidents of departmental councils, including at least one for departments eligible for the minimum operating allocation defined in sub-section 4 of section 1 of chapter IV of title III of book III of…

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Article L1211-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The Local Finance Committee controls the distribution of the global operating grant. It sets, where applicable, the amount of the lump-sum grant under the conditions provided for in articles L. 2334-7 and L. 2334-7-1 and determines the share of resources allocated to the endowments mentioned in articles L. 1211-5, L. 1613-5, L. 2334-13 and L. 3334-4 as well as the sums placed in reserve and the top-ups mentioned in article…

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Article L1211-4 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The mission of the Local Finance Committee is to provide the Government and Parliament with the analyses required to draw up the provisions of the Finance Bill concerning local authorities. Each year, it draws up a report on the financial situation of local authorities based on the administrative accounts. It is responsible for establishing, collecting, analysing and updating data and statistics relating to the management of local authorities and for…

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Article L1211-4-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Meeting in a restricted formation, the Local Finance Committee is consulted on the methods of evaluation and on the amount of compensation for transfers of powers between the State and the territorial authorities. This formation, known as the consultative commission on the evaluation of burdens, is chaired by an elected representative of the territorial authorities. For each transfer of powers, the consultative commission on the evaluation of burdens brings together…

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