Subsection 1: General provisions

I. – The agreement setting up the healthcare cooperation grouping includes the following information in particular: 1° The registered office of the grouping and its name ; 2° The purpose of the grouping and the division of activities between the grouping and its members ; 3° The identity of its members and their status ; 4° The legal nature of the grouping ; 5° The duration of the grouping. Failing…

The agreement setting up the health cooperation grouping, signed by all the members, is approved by a decision of the Director General of the regional health agency for the region in which the grouping has its registered office, within two months of receipt. If necessary, this director will consult the director general of the regional health agency in which one of the members has its registered office. An order by…

Members’ rights are defined in proportion to their contributions to the capital or, in the absence of capital, to their contributions to the operating costs.

When the Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire is set up with capital, the contributions may not be contributions in kind or represented by negotiable securities. They may be provided in the form of financial contributions from members or in the form of movable or immovable property, subject to the provisions of article L. 6148-1. Members’ contributions to the Grouping’s operating costs consist of a financial contribution or a contribution in the…

A health cooperation grouping set up as a public health establishment pursuant to Article L. 6133-7 is subject to Title I of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management. Subject to the specific provisions of this section, any other health cooperation grouping with the status of a legal entity governed by public law is subject to the provisions of Titles I and III of…

I. – The General Meeting votes on the projected budget of the Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire. At the close of the financial year, the result for the year is allocated under the conditions defined by the accounting system to which the grouping is subject. The financial accounts of health cooperation groupings with at least one public health establishment among its members must be approved by 30 June of the year…

Staff made available to the Grouping by the member establishments remain governed, as appropriate, by their contract of employment, the collective agreements applicable to them or their status. Associate practitioners and associate assistants from public health establishments that are members of the grouping may carry out their duties within the health cooperation grouping under the conditions defined by the texts that govern them. Decree no. 91-155 of 6 February 1991…

I. – After it has been set up, a Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire may admit new members by decision of the General Meeting. This decision is required in respect of any new health care organisation formed by the absorption or merger of one or more health care organisations that are members of the grouping. II. – During the term of the Constituent Agreement, any member may withdraw from the Grouping…

I.-The Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire is dissolved in the following cases: 1° By decision of the General Meeting, in particular as a result of the achievement or extinction of its purpose. The dissolution of the grouping is notified to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, who publishes it under the formal conditions laid down in the third paragraph of article R. 6133-1-1 ; 2° Automatically in the cases…

Each year, the Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire sends the Director General of the Regional Health Agency a report on its activities and financial accounts, no later than 30th June of the year following the financial year to which they relate, in accordance with a model and procedures defined by order of the Minister for Health.