Any transfer of immovable property or rights in rem in immovable property by a department gives rise to a reasoned deliberation by the departmental council on the conditions of the sale and its essential characteristics. The departmental council deliberates in the light of the opinion of the competent State authority. This opinion is deemed to have been given at the end of a period of one month from the date of referral to this authority.
The balance sheet of acquisitions and disposals carried out on the territory of a department by that department or by a public or private person acting under an agreement with that department gives rise each year to a deliberation by the departmental council. This balance sheet is appended to the department’s administrative account.