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

The territorial council is assisted in an advisory capacity by an economic, social, cultural and environmental council. The economic, social, cultural and environmental council is made up of representatives of professional groups, trade unions, bodies and associations that contribute to the economic, social or cultural life of Saint-Barthélemy. The Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Council also includes representatives of associations and foundations active in the field of environmental protection and…

The Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Council shall draw up its own rules of procedure. It elects 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 provides the Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Council with the resources necessary for its operation. In particular, these resources must enable the secretariat for the council’s meetings…

I. – The Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Council is consulted by the Territorial Council on the preparation and implementation of the Nation’s plan in the collectivity, on the distribution and use of State appropriations intended for investments of interest to the collectivity, on the preparation of the sustainable development and development plan for Saint-Barthélemy, as well as on the general guidelines of the draft budget of the collectivity. The…

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.