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Article LO7312-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

A request for empowerment to lay down a rule applicable in the territory of the local authority shall be adopted by reasoned deliberation of the assembly taken by an absolute majority of its members. This deliberation shall mention the matter likely to be the subject of the empowerment provided for in Article LO 7312-1. It sets out the specific local features justifying the request for empowerment and specifies the purpose…

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Article LO7313-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The requests for authorisation referred to in this Title may not be subject to the local referendum or consultation of electors provided for in chapter II of the single title of book I of part one. Deliberations made on the basis of the empowerment mentioned in this title may not be submitted to a local referendum.

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Article L7321-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The Congress of elected representatives from French Guiana is made up of the deputies and senators elected in French Guiana, the councillors to the Assembly of French Guiana and the mayors of the communes of French Guiana. The Congress of elected representatives from Martinique is made up of the deputies and senators elected in Martinique, the president of the Executive Council and the executive councillors of Martinique, the councillors to…

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Article L7323-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The Congress of Elected Representatives meets at the request of the assembly of the territorial authority, on a specific agenda, by deliberation taken by a majority of the votes cast by the councillors at the assembly. The president convenes the members of the Congress of Elected Representatives by notice sent at least ten clear days before the meeting. This notice shall be accompanied by a report on each of the…

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Article L7323-4 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Sessions of the Congress of Elected Representatives shall be public. However, at the request of five members or the Chairman, the Congress of Elected Representatives may decide, without debate, by an absolute majority of the members present or represented, that it shall meet in camera. Without prejudice to the powers conferred on the President of the Congress of Elected Representatives by Article L. 7323-5, these meetings may be broadcast by…

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