Section 6: Provisions relating to the public establishment for the protection of Mediterranean forests

In order to strengthen their participation in the protection of Mediterranean forests, the regions, départements, inter-communal cooperation establishments and fire and rescue services territorially concerned may decide, by concordant deliberations of their deliberative assemblies, to join a public establishment working for the protection of Mediterranean forests and their environment. This local public establishment, with legal personality and financial autonomy, is created by order of the representative of the State in…

The public establishment may exercise, at the discretion of the local authorities and public establishments that make it up, the following powers and duties, with a view to contributing to the protection of Mediterranean forests and their environment: 1° Experimenting with, leasing, acquiring and managing equipment and materials, as well as setting up an order group between its members in order to coordinate and group purchases; 2° In liaison with…

The public establishment is administered by a board of directors made up of elected representatives from each of the local authorities and each of the public establishments that make it up. The chairman is elected by the board of directors from among its members. The representative of the State in the department in which the public establishment has its registered office attends meetings of the board of directors as of…

The Board of Directors deliberates on matters relating to the management of the public institution. It votes its budget. The budgetary and accounting rules of this establishment are set by joint order of the minister responsible for local authorities and the minister responsible for the budget. The provisions relating to budgetary control of the acts of the public establishment for the protection of the Mediterranean forest are those laid down…

The resources of the public establishment include: 1° Subscriptions from member local authorities and public establishments. These subscriptions constitute compulsory expenditure for the latter; 2° Donations and legacies; 3° Reimbursements from the compensation fund for value added tax; 4° Reimbursements for services rendered and miscellaneous contributions; 5° Subsidies, assistance funds, endowments and contributions from the European Union, the State, local authorities and public establishments; 6° Proceeds from loans. Before 1st…

The director of the public institution is appointed by the chairman of the board of directors.

Under the authority of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Director of the public institution is responsible for the administrative and financial management of the institution. He may receive delegated signing authority from the Chairman.

The staff of this establishment are governed by the provisions of loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territoriale.

People employed by an association, created before the date of promulgation of the loi n° 2004-811 du 13 août 2004de modernisation de la sécurité civile, whose dissolution results from the full transfer of its object and correlative resources to the public establishment may, if they are recruited by the latter, benefit from the provisions of article L. 1224-3 of the French Labour Code.

Detailed rules for the application of the provisions of this section shall be determined, where necessary, by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.