The Territorial Council is consulted:
1° On bills and proposed bills and draft ordinances or decrees that introduce, amend or abolish provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon;
2° On draft ordinances issued on the basis of Article 74-1 of the Constitution when they relate to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon;
3° On draft bills authorising the ratification or approval of international commitments which fall within the remit of the collectivity;
4° On treaties or agreements, prior to their ratification or approval, which are not among those mentioned in the first paragraph of article 53 of the Constitution and which fall within the remit of the local authority.
The Territorial Council has one month to give its opinion. Except when the opinion is requested on a draft or proposed organic law relating to the status of the local authority, this period is reduced to fifteen days, in urgent cases, at the request of the representative of the State. In the latter case, the Territorial Council may empower its Executive Council to issue the requested opinion. Once the time limit has expired, the opinion is deemed to have been given.
The consultations referred to in the previous paragraphs must take place, at the latest, before the adoption of the bill or draft bill on first reading by the first assembly to which the matter has been referred. However, opinions on bills which, from the outset, include provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon are given implicitly or expressly before the opinion of the Conseil d’Etat.
The opinions issued under this article shall be published in the Official Gazette of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.
When the Territorial Council makes use of the option available to it under Article LO 6461-12, the deliberations by which it presents proposals to amend the legislative and regulatory provisions applicable to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon have the value of an opinion within the meaning of this article when Parliament or the Government decide to follow, in whole or in part, these proposals.
At the request of the President of the National Assembly or the President of the Senate, the representative of the State is required to consult the Territorial Council on the proposed laws mentioned in 1°.