TITLE V: POWERS OF THE TERRITORIAL TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

The territorial collectivity of French Guiana may join, as a member or associate member, a regional development bank or a financing institution of which France is a regional member, associate member or shareholder. On a proposal from the President of the Assembly of French Guiana, the territorial collectivity of French Guiana may ask the authorities of the Republic to authorise its President to negotiate and sign any instrument tending towards…

In the areas of competence of the territorial collectivity of French Guiana, the assembly of French Guiana may, by deliberation, request the authorities of the Republic to authorise its president to negotiate, in compliance with the international commitments of the Republic, agreements with one or more States, territories or regional bodies mentioned in article L. 7153-3. When this authorisation is granted, the authorities of the Republic are, at their request,…

In the areas of competence of the territorial collectivity of French Guiana, the president of the assembly of French Guiana may, for the duration of his or her term of office, draw up a regional cooperation framework programme specifying the nature, purpose and scope of the international commitments that he or she proposes to negotiate, in compliance with the international commitments of the Republic, with one or more States, territories…

International agreements relating both to areas of State competence and to areas of competence of the territorial collectivity of French Guyana are, in cases where the first paragraph of articles L. 7153-3 and L. 7153-4-1 is not applied, negotiated and signed by the authorities of the Republic. At its request, the President of the Assembly of French Guyana or his representative shall participate, within the French delegation, in the negotiation…

The territorial collectivity of French Guyana may, with the agreement of the authorities of the Republic, be an associate member of the regional bodies mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 7153-3 or observer to them. The Assembly of French Guiana may submit to the Government any proposal for France to become a member of such bodies.

The regional cooperation fund for French Guiana is funded by State appropriations and may receive allocations from the territorial collectivity of French Guiana, any other public collectivity and any public body. A joint committee, placed under the authority of the State representative in the territorial collectivity and composed, on the one hand, of representatives of the State and, on the other hand, of representatives of the assembly of French Guiana,…

Representatives of the Assembly of French Guyana participate in the work of the consultation body for regional cooperation policies in the Antilles-Guyane zone provided for in I of article L. 4433-4-7.

The Assembly of French Guyana may use local semi-public companies and semi-public companies governed by the loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 tendant à l’établissement, au financement et à l’exécution de plans d’équipement et de développement des territoires relevant du ministère de la France d’outre-mer pour la mise en œuvre des actions engagées dans le cadre des compétences qui lui sont dévolues en matière de coopération régionale.

The territorial collectivity of French Guyana may, under the conditions determined by an agreement with the State, designate public employees of the territorial collectivity to represent it within the diplomatic missions of France. The territorial collectivity shall offer the public employees mentioned in the first paragraph a system of allowances, residence facilities and reimbursement of expenses that take into account the conditions under which they carry out their duties. The…