Section 3: Operation

The Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council has its seat at the administrative centre of the collectivity. With the agreement of the President of the Executive Council, its President may convene it at any other location.

The Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council meets when convened by its chairman. The notice of meeting shall be accompanied by the agenda. At least twelve days before the meeting, the chairman shall send the members of the council a report on each of the matters to be submitted to them. .

The Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council is convened by its President when a request for an opinion is submitted to it by the President of the Executive Council or by the President of the Assembly of Martinique. At the initiative of its president, its bureau or the majority of its members, and after consultation with the president of the Executive Council, the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education…

Requests for opinions are notified to the President of the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council by the President of the Executive Council or by the President of the Assembly of Martinique. These notifications are sent in time for the Council to be convened under the conditions set out in Article R. 7226-11. In addition to the drafts submitted for consideration by the Martinique Assembly, the presentation reports and…

Council meetings are public, unless the bureau decides otherwise. The opinions adopted by the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council are officially published and sent to the President of the Executive Council and the President of the Assembly of Martinique. The President of the Executive Council or the President of the Assembly of Martinique, as the case may be, shall inform the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council…

The Chairman of the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council is responsible for policing the meetings.

The representative of the State, the President of the Executive Council and the President of the Assembly of Martinique shall be heard by the Council with their agreement or at their request. Any qualified person may be heard by the Council or by its committees. The civil servants of the State in the collectivity may only be heard with the agreement of the representative of the State and that of…

By agreement between the President of the Martinique Assembly and the President of the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council, working groups common to both institutions may be set up. .

Each year, as part of the preparation of the budget of the territorial collectivity of Martinique, the president of the economic, social, environmental, cultural and educational council draws up a project concerning the appropriations necessary for its operation and the carrying out of its studies, which he submits to the president of the executive council. The appropriations necessary for the operation of the economic, social, environmental, cultural and educational council…

The opinions of the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council are adopted, in plenary session, by a majority of the votes cast and mention the positions of minorities. The Council may only vote if more than half of its members in office are present. If the quorum is not reached, the meeting is adjourned to the second working day thereafter. A special meeting is convened urgently by the Chairman….