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PART SIX: OVERSEAS COLLECTIVITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 74 OF THE CONSTITUTION

Article LO6211-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

An overseas collectivity is hereby established to replace the commune of Saint-Barthélemy, the department of Guadeloupe and the region of Guadeloupe on the territory of the island of Saint-Barthélemy and the islets that depend on it and are located less than eight nautical miles from its coastline. This overseas collectivity, governed by Article 74 of the Constitution, takes the name of: “Saint-Barthélemy”. It is granted autonomy. The collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy…

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Article L6212-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The State representative directs the State services in Saint-Barthélemy, subject to the exceptions listed exhaustively by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. He alone is empowered to speak on behalf of the State before the Territorial Council and to commit the State to the collectivity. Unless otherwise provided for by this Book, he exercises the powers devolved to the representative of the State in the départements and regions.

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Article L6212-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – The representative of the State may take any measures relating to the maintenance of public health, safety and tranquillity. If the maintenance of order is threatened, the representative of the State may substitute himself, by reasoned decree, for the president of the territorial council for the repression of offences against public tranquillity, for the maintenance of public order and for the policing of bathing and nautical activities. II….

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Article LO6213-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Legislative and regulatory provisions are applicable by operation of law to Saint-Barthélemy, with the exception of those relating to matters which fall within the remit of the organic law pursuant to Article 74 of the Constitution or the competence of the local authority pursuant to Article LO 6214-3. The automatic applicability of laws and regulations does not prevent them from being adapted to the specific organisation of the collectivity of…

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Article LO6213-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – Laws and, when they are published in the Official Journal of the French Republic, administrative acts come into force in Saint-Barthélemy on the date they set or, failing that, the day after their publication. However, the entry into force of those of their provisions whose execution requires implementing measures shall be postponed until the date of entry into force of those measures. In the event of an emergency,…

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Article LO6213-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The Territorial Council is consulted: 1° On draft laws, draft bills and draft ordinances or decrees that introduce, amend or abolish provisions specific to Saint-Barthélemy; 2° On draft ordinances issued on the basis of Article 74-1 of the Constitution when they relate to Saint-Barthélemy; 3° On bills authorising the ratification or approval of France’s international commitments which intervene in the collectivity’s areas of competence; 4° On treaties or agreements, prior…

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Article LO6213-4 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Laws, ordinances and decrees enacted before the entry into force of the loi organique n° 2007-223 du 21 février 2007 portant dispositions statutaires et institutionnelles relatives à l’outre-mer dans des matières qui relèvent de la compétence des autorités de la collectivité peuvent être modifiés ou abrogés, en tant qu’ils s’appliquent à Saint-Barthélemy, par les autorités de la collectivité selon les procédures prévues par la même loi organique. When they make…

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Article LO6213-5 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – Where the Constitutional Council has found that a law promulgated after the entry into force of the loi organique n° 2007-223 du 21 février 2007 précitée est intervenue dans les matières ressortissant à la compétence de la collectivité de Saint-Barthélemy, en tant qu’elle s’applique à cette dernière, cette loi peut être modifiée ou abrogée par le conseil territorial. II. – The matter is referred to the Constitutional Council…

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