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Article L4433-10-7 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The regional development plan may be made compatible for the purposes of an operation declared to be in the public interest.
An operation that is not compatible with the provisions of the regional development plan may only be declared to be in the public interest if:

1° The public enquiry, carried out in accordance with Chapter III of Title II of Book I of the Environmental Code, concerning this operation has also focused on the compatibility of the plan which is the consequence;

> The declaration of public utility of an operation which is not compatible with the provisions of the regional development plan may only be made if
2° The declaration of public interest is made after the provisions proposed to ensure the compatibility of the plan have been the subject of a joint examination by the State, the region in Guadeloupe and Reunion, the local authority in French Guyana and Martinique, the department in Mayotte, and the associated public bodies mentioned in II of Article L. 4433-10.

The declaration of public interest entails the application of the provisions proposed to ensure the compatibility of the plan and the associated public bodies mentioned in II of Article L. 4433-10.

The declaration of public interest entails the application of the provisions proposed to ensure the compatibility of the plan and the associated public bodies mentioned in II of Article L. 4433-10.
The declaration of public interest entails approval of the new provisions of the regional development plan.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article L4433-10-7

Le schéma d’aménagement régional peut être mis en compatibilité pour la réalisation d’une opération déclarée d’utilité publique.


La déclaration d’utilité publique d’une opération qui n’est pas compatible avec les dispositions du schéma d’aménagement régional ne peut intervenir que si :


1° L’enquête publique, réalisée conformément au chapitre III du titre II du livre Ier du code de l’environnement, concernant cette opération a porté également sur la mise en compatibilité du schéma qui en est la conséquence ;


2° La déclaration d’utilité publique est prononcée après que les dispositions proposées pour assurer la mise en compatibilité du schéma ont fait l’objet d’un examen conjoint de l’Etat, de la région en Guadeloupe et à La Réunion, de la collectivité territoriale en Guyane et Martinique, du département à Mayotte, et des personnes publiques associées mentionnées au II de l’article L. 4433-10.


La déclaration d’utilité publique emporte approbation des nouvelles dispositions du schéma d’aménagement régional.

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