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Article D1115-6 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The grouping’s accounts shall be kept and its management carried out in accordance with the rules of private law with the exception of the following three cases:

1° Where the contract setting up the consortium provides otherwise;

2° Where the consortium is set up exclusively by French legal entities governed by public law;

3° Where the consortium is responsible for monitoring and managing programmes receiving European funding.

In the latter three cases, the provisions of I of Article 7 of Decree no. 2012-91 of 26 January 2012 relating to public interest groupings are applicable.

In these cases, the grouping’s accounting officer is appointed by order of the Budget Minister.

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Article D1115-6

La comptabilité du groupement est tenue et sa gestion effectuée selon les règles du droit privé à l’exception des trois hypothèses suivantes :

1° Lorsque le contrat constitutif du groupement en dispose autrement ;

2° Lorsque le groupement est constitué exclusivement par des personnes morales françaises de droit public ;

3° Lorsque le groupement est chargé du suivi et de la gestion de programmes bénéficiant de financements européens.

Dans ces trois dernières hypothèses, les dispositions du I de l’article 7 du décret n° 2012-91 du 26 janvier 2012 relatif aux groupements d’intérêt public sont applicables.

Dans ces cas, l’agent comptable du groupement est nommé par arrêté du ministre du budget.

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