Subsection 2: Special provisions applicable to tourist offices set up as a public industrial and commercial establishment.

The Director of the Tourist Office is recruited under contract. He or she is appointed under the conditions laid down in article L. 133-6. The contract is concluded for a maximum of three years, renewable by express agreement for a maximum of six years. If, at the end of this period, the contract is renewed, it may only be for an indefinite period and by express decision taken under the…

To be eligible for appointment as director, candidates must in particular: 1° Be French nationals or nationals of a Member State of the European Community or of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, enjoy their civic and political rights and have fulfilled the national service obligations of the State of which they are nationals; 2° Be at least twenty-five years old; 3° speak at least…

The Director is responsible for the operation of the Office under the conditions set out in articles R. 2221-22, R. 2221-24, R. 2221-28 and R. 2221-29 of the General Local Authorities Code. Within the limits of the posts provided for in the budget, it recruits and dismisses the Office’s staff with the approval of the Chairman. Depending on the sectors of activity existing in the municipality or on the territory…

The Office’s budget includes : 1° Revenue as defined in article L. 133-7; 2° Expenditure, in particular: administrative and operating costs; – promotion, advertising and reception costs -promotion, advertising and reception costs -costs incurred in improving the resort; -capital expenditure on tourist or sports facilities granted to the Tourist Office or created by it from its own funds; -expenditure arising from the management of tourist or sports services or facilities.

The budget prepared by the Tourist Office Director complies with the provisions of articles L. 1612-2 , L. 2221-5 and L. 2312-1 of the General Local Authorities Code. If the municipal council or the deliberative body of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation, which has been asked to approve the budget, has not made its decision known within thirty days, the budget is deemed to have been approved.

The financial account for the past financial year is presented by the Chairman to the Management Board, which discusses it and forwards it to the municipal council or the decision-making body of the public inter-municipal cooperation body for approval.

The accounts of tourist offices are kept in accordance with a special chart of accounts drawn up on the basis of the general chart of accounts and approved by order of the Minister for the Economy and Finance, the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for Tourism.

The dissolution of the Tourist Office is decided by a resolution of the municipal council or the deliberative body of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation.