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Article R3213-7 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

For real estate acquisitions made in administrative form by the départements and their public establishments, a deposit may be paid to the seller, as soon as the periods open for taking registrations with retroactive effect have expired, up to a maximum of three quarters of the difference between the stipulated price and that of the charges and accessories. This deposit is paid after authorisation by the authority empowered to receive…

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Article R3213-8 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The price of real estate acquisitions made out of court in accordance with the rules of civil law or after exercising the right of pre-emption on behalf of the départements and their public establishments may be paid to the vendor, after publication of the deed in the real estate register, without the completion of formalities for the purging of registered mortgages when it does not exceed an amount set by…

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Article R3213-9 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Any notary appointed as custodian of a will containing a legacy in favour of a department or a departmental public establishment, is required, as soon as the will is opened, to send the president of the departmental council or the representative of the legatee establishment, the full copy of the testamentary provisions. The copy is written on plain paper and a receipt is issued for the documents transmitted.

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Article R3213-10 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Claims concerning legacies in favour of a department or a departmental public establishment, made by the legal heirs, may be submitted to the Minister of the Interior within six months of the opening of the will. They include the surnames, first names and addresses of the claimants, their order and degree of relationship to the deceased, and the grounds for the claim. The Minister of the Interior informs the president…

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Article R3213-11 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Any notary depositing a will containing a legacy in favour of a department or a departmental public establishment is required, as soon as the will is opened, to give notice thereof to the president of the departmental council and to the accountant of the department or establishment. The same obligation is imposed on any notary who has received a deed containing a donation in favour of a department or a…

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Article R3213-12 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Any mandate conferred, subsequent to the delivery or the sending into possession of a legacy, by the legal representative of a department or a departmental public establishment, with a view to administering or liquidating the assets dependent on this legacy, shall be brought to the attention of the accounting officer. The same shall apply to instructions given to the mandatary with regard to both revenue and expenditure.

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Article R3213-14 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

From the time of delivery or sending into possession, the revenue or expenditure transactions affecting the assets bequeathed to a department or departmental public establishment are carried out under the control of the accountant of the department or departmental public establishment and included by him in his management accounts. To this end, any person responsible for the administration or liquidation of these assets, at the end of each calendar year…

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Article D3221-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The delegation threshold set by the deliberation provided for in 18° of Article L. 3211-2 of this Code may not exceed 100 euros. After examining the proposals sent by the public accountant relating to irrecoverable debts within the meaning of article R. 276-2 of the Book of Tax Procedures, the President of the Departmental Council declares the debt to be written off by decree. He reports his decisions to the…

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