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TITLE III: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENTAL AUTHORITIES

Article L3131-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – The acts adopted by the departmental authorities are enforceable by operation of law as soon as they have been brought to the attention of the interested parties in accordance with the conditions set out in this article and, for the acts mentioned in article L. 3131-2, as soon as they have been transmitted to the representative of the State in the department in accordance with this article. The…

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Article L3131-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I.-The following are forwarded to the State representative in the department, under the conditions set out in II: 1° Deliberations of the departmental council or decisions taken by delegation of the departmental council pursuant to article L. 3211-2 with the exception of: a) Deliberations relating to road and parking fee tariffs, the classification, downgrading, establishment of alignment and levelling plans, the opening, straightening and widening of departmental roads; b) Deliberations…

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Article L3131-4 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The State representative may, at any time, request communication of the acts taken on behalf of the department which are not mentioned in article L. 3131-2. The State representative may only refer them to the administrative court, within two months of their communication, if his request was made within two months of the date on which the acts became enforceable. He may only refer them to the administrative court, within…

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Article L3132-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The representative of the State in the department shall refer to the administrative court the acts mentioned in article L. 3131-2 that he considers contrary to legality within two months of their transmission. When the representative of the State in the department refers an act to the administrative court, he shall inform the departmental authority without delay and provide it with all details of the illegalities invoked against the act…

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Article L3132-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Without prejudice to the direct recourse available to it, if a natural or legal person is injured by an act mentioned in articles L. 3131-2 and L. 3131-4, it may, within two months of the date on which the act became enforceable, request the representative of the State in the department to implement the procedure provided for in article L. 3132-1. For the acts mentioned in article L. 3131-2, this…

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