An agreement between the State, represented jointly by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister responsible for Overseas Territories, and the territorial collectivity of French Guiana determines the conditions under which agents from this collectivity are received within France’s diplomatic missions. This agreement defines:
1° The duties of the employees of the territorial collectivity of French Guiana within the diplomatic mission in which they carry out their duties. These missions relate to regional cooperation actions. They may also include the possibility for these agents, at the request of the head of mission and with the agreement of the President of the Assembly of French Guyana, to provide their assistance to the smooth running of the diplomatic mission.
The precise duties of each agent shall be set out in a mission letter signed jointly by the president of the assembly of French Guiana and the head of mission;
2° Their geographical competence;
3° The training actions that may be organised to facilitate the exercise of the missions defined in 1° of this article ;
4° The material and logistical resources made available to each of the agents of the territorial authority of French Guyana within the diplomatic mission;
5° The relations between, on the one hand, each of the agents of the territorial authority and the head of mission and, on the other hand, the head of mission and the territorial authority of French Guyana. Each territorial agent shall regularly report on their actions to the head of mission and must comply with their directives pursuant to articles 3 and 6 of decree no. 79-433 of 1 June 1979 relating to the powers of ambassadors and the organisation of State services abroad. Each year, the head of mission shall send the president of the assembly of French Guyana his assessment of the manner in which each of the agents of this collectivity has served.
The agreement specifies the financial charges relating to the performance of the duties of the agents of the territorial authority of French Guyana within the diplomatic mission as well as their distribution between the State and this authority.