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

The Territorial Council is assisted in an advisory capacity by an Economic, Social and Cultural Council made up of representatives of professional groups, trade unions, bodies and associations that contribute to the economic, social or cultural life of Saint-Martin. The number of representatives for each category of activity corresponds to its importance in the economic, social and cultural life of Saint-Martin. The Economic, Social and Cultural Council also includes representatives…

The Economic, Social and Cultural Council establishes its rules of procedure. It shall elect from among its members, by secret ballot, in accordance with the provisions of these rules, its president and the members of its bureau. The territorial council shall make available to the economic, social and cultural council the resources necessary for its operation, enabling it in particular to provide secretarial services for the council’s meetings. The Territorial…

The Economic, Social and Cultural Council is consulted by the Territorial Council on the distribution and use of State appropriations intended for investments of interest to the local authority, on the preparation of the sustainable development and development plan for Saint-Martin, and on the general guidelines of the local authority’s draft budget. The Economic, Social and Cultural Council gives its opinion on the results of their implementation. It may also,…

Members of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council may receive an allowance for each day they attend Council meetings. They are also entitled to the reimbursement of expenses that may result from the exercise of special mandates entrusted to them by their council. The procedures for the application of this article are laid down by deliberation of the territorial council.

The local authority shall bear the cost of the harmful consequences resulting from accidents suffered by the chairman of the economic, social and cultural council in the performance of his duties. Members of the economic, social and cultural council benefit from the same provisions when they are the victims of accidents occurring either during meetings of the council to which they belong, or during the performance of a special mandate.

The employer is obliged to allow any employee of his company who is a member of the economic, social and cultural council the time required to exercise his mandate under the same terms and conditions as those laid down for territorial councillors.