Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Exceptional expenditure within the meaning of 7° of Article L. 711-8 of expenditure incurred by the chamber in the performance of its duties and which: 1° Either as a result of unforeseeable events beyond its control, exceed its own financing capacity for the current financial year; 2° Or correspond to an investment that is absolutely necessary for the performance of its duties, but which, due to their scale, cannot be…

Special circumstances within the meaning of 7° of Article L. 711-8 : 1° The chamber’s intervention in support of economic activity in its district in the event of economic change seriously affecting that activity; 2° A task entrusted to one or more chambers in the district, due to local particularities or on an experimental basis by the prefect, for which those chambers cannot provide all the funding themselves; 3° Measures…

Territorial chambers of commerce and industry that wish to have their budget topped up, over and above the voted budget, under the conditions set out in articles D. 712-14-1 to D. 712-14-2 submit a request to the regional chamber of commerce and industry to which they are attached. This request must justify the exceptional expenses or special circumstances requiring the contribution. It is approved by the general meeting of the…

In the event that a territorial chamber of commerce and industry is in the situation provided for in 4° of Article D. 712-14-2 and is, in addition, placed under enhanced guardianship pursuant to article R. 712-10, the regional chamber of commerce and industry is required to comply with the request for a top-up sent to it by the supervisory authority. The general meeting of the regional chamber of commerce and…

The budget is a single document comprising all the accounts showing the activities carried out directly by the establishment and those which it controls through the intermediary of persons dependent on it. This single nature does not prevent the budget from including, under the conditions laid down by order of the Minister responsible for the supervision of chambers of commerce and industry, groupings or subdivisions, in the form of accounting…

The publication of the accounts of the network’s establishments provided for in Article L. 712-6 is carried out by the establishment in the month following its approval by the supervisory authority. The medium used for publication is the establishment’s website or, in the case of interconsular groupings or establishments that do not have a website, the website of the regional chamber to which they are attached or the head office…

If the initial budget is rejected, the institution deliberates within two months on a new budget, taking into account the observations of the supervisory authority.

If, before 1 January, the establishment has not adopted a primary budget by the required majority, or if the primary budget has not been approved by the supervisory authority, the chairman may, using as a reference the primary budget or the last amending budget approved by the supervisory authority for the previous year, less a percentage of the amount of revenue and expenditure amounting to 5%, levy revenue and mandate…

When several territorial chambers of commerce and industry merge into a single chamber, the president of the new chamber may collect revenue and authorise expenditure under the conditions mentioned in 1° to 4° of article R. 712-18 taking as a reference the aggregate of the initial budgets or latest amending budgets approved by the supervisory authority for the previous year of the chambers that have merged, less a percentage of…