CHAPTER IV: Responsibilities

The departmental councils of the overseas departments are consulted on draft laws, ordinances or decrees containing provisions for adapting the legislative regime and administrative organisation of these departments. The opinion of the departmental councils is deemed to have been obtained in the absence of notification to the State representative of an express opinion within one month of the referral. This period is reduced to fifteen days in the event of…

The departmental councils of the overseas departments may submit proposals to amend the legislative or regulatory provisions in force, as well as any legislative or regulatory proposals concerning the economic, social and cultural development of these departments. These proposals may relate to the differentiation, referred to in Article L. 1111-3-1, of the rules relating to the allocation and exercise of powers applicable to these departments, in order to take account…

The departmental councils of the overseas departments shall be consulted by the Minister responsible for the overseas departments on proposals for European Union acts concerning their department. The provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 3444-1 shall apply. The departmental councils may submit proposals to the Government for the application of the treaties on the European Union and on the functioning of the European Union.

Overseas departmental councils are consulted on plans to award or renew port and airport concessions concerning these departments. .

In the overseas departments, the departmental council is asked to give its opinion, before 31 December each year, on the general guidelines for programming State housing aid for the following year. These general guidelines concern the distribution of aid by scheme, on the one hand, and the distribution of aid by housing area, on the other. The regional council may be asked to give its opinion on these guidelines by…