PART SEVEN: OTHER LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION

The economic, social, environmental, culture and education council comprises sixty members, distributed as follows: 1° Fourteen representatives of businesses and self-employed professional activities in French Guiana, regardless of the nature of their activity or their legal status; 2° Fourteen representatives of trade union organisations representing employees and the civil service at French Guiana level; 3° Six representatives of organisations that participate in collective economic and social life; 4° Six representatives…

The provisions of articles R. 7124-6 and R. 7124-8 are applicable to external persons appointed to sit on a section pursuant to Article R. 7124-2. The provisions of the second and third paragraphs of article R. 7124-7 are applicable to the replacement of section members.

An order of the State representative shall set, by application of the rules defined in article R. 7124-1 the list of organisations of all kinds represented within the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Educational Council of French Guyana, the number of their representatives and, where applicable, the specific terms and conditions of their appointment. The distribution of seats allocated to employee trade union organisations within the economic, social, environmental, culture…

An order of the State representative records the appointment of the members of the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council, with the exception of the members mentioned in 9° and 10° of Article R. 7124-1. If one or more seats cannot be filled in accordance with the procedures laid down for the appointment of their incumbent, they remain vacant. However, where the appointment must be made by agreement between…

No person may be appointed as a member of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council for Culture and Education if they are deprived of the right to vote. No person may be a member of more than one section.

The members of the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council are appointed for six years. In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article R. 7124-5, a vacancy shall be filled within two months of the date on which it is established by the representative of the State in French Guyana, under the conditions specified by the rules of procedure provided for in Article R. 7124-22. Any person appointed…

The term of office of a member who loses the capacity by virtue of which he or she was appointed or who is deprived of the right to vote expires by operation of law. The resignation of a member is received by the president of the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Educational Council, who immediately notifies the president of the Assembly of French Guyana and the representative of the State….

The Chairman of the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council and the members of the Bureau are elected under the conditions laid down in its rules of procedure for the duration of the Council’s term of office. A vacancy occurring in the Bureau shall be filled at the next meeting of the Council following its establishment. .