Section 1: The Assembly of Corsica

The Assembly of Corsica sits at the capital of the territorial collectivity of Corsica. However, by decision of its standing committee, it may meet in any other place in Corsica. It meets as of right on the first Thursday following its election.

Each year, the Assembly of Corsica holds two ordinary sessions of a maximum duration of three months, convened by its President. The first opens on 1st February. The second opens on 1st September. If these dates fall on a public holiday, the session opens on the first working day thereafter. Sessions are opened and closed by the President of the Assembly. Extraordinary sessions are organised on the initiative of the…

Meetings of the Assembly are public, unless the Assembly decides otherwise by an absolute majority of the members present or represented. The conditions for television and radio broadcasting of debates are determined by the internal regulations of the Assembly of Corsica.

The President of the Assembly of Corsica may decide that the meeting of the Assembly is to be held in several places by videoconference. When the meeting of the Assembly of Corsica is held by videoconference, the quorum is assessed on the basis of the presence of councillors in the various places by videoconference. Votes may only be taken by public ballot. If a request for a secret ballot is…

Any deliberation of the Assembly taken outside the time of sessions or outside the place of sittings shall be null and void.

The Meeting may not deliberate unless the absolute majority of its members in office are present or represented. However, if on the day fixed by the notice of meeting the number of members present or represented is insufficient to deliberate, the meeting is adjourned automatically to the third day thereafter and the deliberations are then valid regardless of the number of members present or represented. An Assembly member unable to…

At its first meeting, the Assembly, chaired by its oldest member, with the two youngest members acting as secretaries, shall elect its Chairman from among its members by secret ballot. As an exception to the provisions of article L. 4422-7, the Assembly may only deliberate if two thirds of its members are present or represented. If this condition is not met, the meeting is held automatically three days later. The…

Immediately after the election of the President and under his chairmanship, the Assembly shall elect the members of the Standing Committee under the same quorum condition as that provided for in article L. 4422-8. The Standing Committee is chaired by the President of the Assembly, who is an ex officio member. It also comprises fourteen councillors to the Assembly, including two vice-presidents. Members of the Standing Committee other than the…

The election of the members of the Standing Committee may be contested under the conditions, in the forms and within the time limits prescribed for contesting the election of councillors to the Assembly of Corsica.