BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

The essential rules of organisation and financial, budgetary and accounting procedures applicable to establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry comply with the requirements specified by order of the minister responsible for overseeing chambers of commerce and industry.

The chairman of the public body is responsible for implementing the budget, while respecting the separation of his duties from those of the treasurer. He issues invoices and signs contracts from which receivables arise, prior to their collection. The Treasurer is responsible for keeping the accounts, paying expenses and collecting income, as well as for cash management, while respecting the separation of his duties from those of the Chairman. He…

The general meeting of each establishment shall vote each year, no later than 30 November of the year preceding that for which it is drawn up, on a preliminary budget which complies with the general principles applicable to the budgets of public administrative establishments, subject to the adaptations provided for by this title to take account of the specific characteristics of the establishments in the network of chambers of commerce…

Exceptional expenditure within the meaning of 7° of Article L. 711-8 of expenditure incurred by the chamber in the performance of its duties and which: 1° Either as a result of unforeseeable events beyond its control, exceed its own financing capacity for the current financial year; 2° Or correspond to an investment that is absolutely necessary for the performance of its duties, but which, due to their scale, cannot be…

Special circumstances within the meaning of 7° of Article L. 711-8 : 1° The chamber’s intervention in support of economic activity in its district in the event of economic change seriously affecting that activity; 2° A task entrusted to one or more chambers in the district, due to local particularities or on an experimental basis by the prefect, for which those chambers cannot provide all the funding themselves; 3° Measures…

Territorial chambers of commerce and industry that wish to have their budget topped up, over and above the voted budget, under the conditions set out in articles D. 712-14-1 to D. 712-14-2 submit a request to the regional chamber of commerce and industry to which they are attached. This request must justify the exceptional expenses or special circumstances requiring the contribution. It is approved by the general meeting of the…

In the event that a territorial chamber of commerce and industry is in the situation provided for in 4° of Article D. 712-14-2 and is, in addition, placed under enhanced guardianship pursuant to article R. 712-10, the regional chamber of commerce and industry is required to comply with the request for a top-up sent to it by the supervisory authority. The general meeting of the regional chamber of commerce and…

The budget is a single document comprising all the accounts showing the activities carried out directly by the establishment and those which it controls through the intermediary of persons dependent on it. This single nature does not prevent the budget from including, under the conditions laid down by order of the Minister responsible for the supervision of chambers of commerce and industry, groupings or subdivisions, in the form of accounting…