Section 2: Referee (R)

For the application of the second paragraph of article L. 1424-20, the matter shall be referred to the arbitrator upon a joint written request specifying the subject of the disagreement on which arbitration is requested.

Within three months of 29 December 1996, the president of the regional audit chamber shall draw up a list of arbitrators for each department, which shall include the name, profession and address of those concerned. The list of arbitrators shall be sent to the prefect and published in the prefecture’s collection of administrative acts. The list of arbitrators shall be published in the prefecture’s collection of administrative acts. The list…

The arbitrator may hear any person whose hearing he deems useful. He shall draw up a report which shall be communicated to the parties and to the prefect. The arbitrator shall set a time limit within which the parties shall make their observations known to him.

A final arbitration report shall set out in its conclusions the provisions to be included in the agreement provided for in Article L. 1424-17. This report is sent to the parties concerned and to the prefect.