BOOK IV: SAINT-PIERRE AND MIQUELON

The President of the Territorial Council appoints members of the Territorial Council to sit on outside bodies in the cases and under the conditions laid down by the provisions governing these bodies. The fixing by the aforementioned provisions of the term of office assigned to these members does not prevent them from being replaced at any time, and for the remainder of that term, by a new appointment made in…

The President of the Territorial Council is the authorising officer for local authority expenditure and prescribes the execution of local authority revenue, subject to the specific provisions of the tax code applicable to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon relating to the collection of local authority tax revenue. Capital expenditure relating to movable assets not included on the lists and of a value below a threshold set by order of the ministers responsible for finance…

The President of the Territorial Council is the head of the local authority’s departments. He may, under his supervision and responsibility, delegate his signature in all matters to the heads of the said departments.

The President of the Territorial Council manages the community’s domain.In this capacity, he/she exercises the police powers relating to this management, in particular with regard to traffic on this domain, subject to the attributions devolved to mayors and the State representative by this code as well as the State representative’s power of substitution provided for in Article LO 6462-2.

By virtue of a deliberation of the Executive Council, the President of the Territorial Council brings actions and defends before the courts in the name of the community. He may, without prior authorisation of the Executive Council, perform any conservatory acts or acts interrupting forfeiture.

The President of the Territorial Council is solely responsible for administration. He may delegate by decree, under his supervision and responsibility, the exercise of part of his functions to the vice-presidents. He may also delegate part of his duties, under the same conditions, to members of the Territorial Council in the absence or impediment of the vice-presidents or when they all hold a delegation. These delegations remain in force until…

The president of the territorial council may refer to the administrative tribunal a request for an opinion on the interpretation of the status of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon or on the applicability in this collectivity of a legislative or regulatory text. In the event of serious difficulty, the president of the administrative tribunal may forward this request to the Conseil d’Etat. When the request for an opinion concerns the division of powers between…

The President of the Territorial Council, by delegation of the Territorial Council, may be entrusted, for the duration of his or her term of office, with taking any decision concerning the preparation, award, performance and settlement of works, supply and service contracts which may be awarded without prior formality by virtue of their value, when the appropriations are entered in the budget. The President of the Territorial Council shall report…

The decision of the Territorial Council or the Executive Council instructing the President of the Territorial Council to award a specific contract may be taken before the award procedure is initiated. In this case, it must include a definition of the scope of the need to be met and the estimated value of the contract. The Territorial Council may, at any time, decide that the contract may only be signed…

The President of the Territorial Council may, by delegation of the Territorial Council, within the limits set by the latter: 1° Carry out borrowings to finance the investments provided for in the budget and financial transactions useful for the management of borrowings, including interest rate and exchange rate hedging transactions, and to this end pass the necessary acts ; 2° To carry out cash lines on the basis of a…