Book I: Contracts.

The Interministerial Commission for the Recognition of the State of Natural Disaster provided for in II of article L. 125-1-1 issues a simple opinion on each communal request for recognition of the state of natural disaster referred to it by the ministers responsible for civil security, the economy, the budget and overseas departments and territories. Its opinion focuses on the natural nature and abnormal intensity of the event within the…

This committee comprises: 1° The Director of the Budget or his representative; 2° The Director General for Overseas France or his representative, if the application has been submitted by a municipality in an overseas department or collectivity where the guarantee against the effects of natural disasters provided for in Article L. 125-1 of this Code is applicable; 3° The Director General for Civil Security and Crisis Management or his representative,…

The Commission is set up by the Minister for Civil Protection, who pays the costs of its operation and secretariat. The commission’s secretariat is responsible in particular for communicating the report provided for in I of article L. 125-1-1 to the National Advisory Commission on Natural Disasters, to Parliament and to the Orientation Council for the Prevention of Major Natural Risks referred to in article L. 565-3 of the Environment…

The Chairman of the Commission may decide that a deliberation will be organised by means of a telephone or audiovisual conference under the conditions laid down in Order no. 2014-1329 of 6 November 2014 relating to remote deliberations by administrative bodies of a collegiate nature. The Commission may, on the decision of its Chairman, hear any outside person whose hearing is likely to inform its deliberations. The participation of the…