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

In the context of public orders, when default interest is not mandated at the same time as the principal, the latter being in an amount greater than a threshold set by regulation, the accounting officer assigning the expenditure shall inform the authorising officer and the representative of the State within ten days of receipt of the payment order. Within a period of fifteen days, the representative of the State shall…

The Territorial Council shall be kept informed at its next meeting of the opinions issued by the Territorial Audit Office and of the decisions taken by the representative of the State in application of the provisions of this chapter.

The territorial council must rule on the public utility nature of the expenditure that has given rise to a declaration of de facto management by the territorial audit chamber during the closest meeting following transmission of the request sent by the territorial audit chamber to the de facto accounting officer and to the authorising officer of the territorial authority concerned. Once this deadline has passed, the territorial audit chamber will…

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the public establishments of the collectivity of Saint-Martin.