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Article R1431-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The deliberations by which the local authorities or their groupings request the creation of a public cultural or environmental cooperation establishment defined in article L. 1431-1 are sent to the State representative who decides on its creation by a decree to which are attached the articles of association approved by each of the members of the establishment. The prefect of the département in which the establishment has its registered office…

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Article R1431-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The Articles of Association of the public establishment for cultural or environmental cooperation define the tasks of the establishment, its administrative or industrial and commercial nature, its organisational and operational rules, the number and distribution of seats on the Board of Directors, the terms of office of its members and the procedures for their renewal, as well as the procedures for electing staff and, where applicable, student representatives. They provide…

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Article R1431-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

A local authority, a grouping of local authorities or a national public establishment may join a public establishment for cultural or environmental cooperation, after it has been created, on a proposal from the latter’s board of directors and following concordant decisions by the respective assemblies or deliberative bodies of the local authorities, groupings and national and, where applicable, local public establishments that make it up. The representative of the State…

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Article R1431-4 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The number of members of the Board of Directors may not exceed twenty-four. It may be increased to thirty if justified by the scope of the missions assigned to the public establishment or the number of local authorities comprising it. The Board of Directors comprises, in the proportions defined in article L. 1431-4 : 1° a) The representative(s) of the local authority(ies) or their groupings appointed from among their members…

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Article R1431-5 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The Chairman may invite to the Board of Directors, for an opinion, any person whose presence he deems useful depending on the agenda. In the event of a vacancy, for whatever reason, occurring more than six months before the expiry of the members’ term of office, another representative shall be appointed or elected under the same conditions for the remainder of the term of office. The duties of a member…

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Article R1431-6 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The Board of Directors is convened at least twice a year by its Chairman, who sets the agenda. It is convened by right at the request of half of its members. The Board of Directors may only validly deliberate if at least half of its members are present. If the quorum is not reached, the Board is reconvened with the same agenda within eight days. It will then deliberate validly…

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Article R1431-8 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The chairman of the board of directors and, if the articles of association so provide, a vice-chairman are elected by the board of directors from among its members, by a two-thirds majority, for a renewable term of three years, which may not exceed, where applicable, their elective term of office. The Chairman convenes and chairs the Board of Directors. He appoints the staff of public establishments for cultural or environmental…

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Article R1431-10 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The public bodies represented on the Board of Directors shall issue a call for applications with a view to drawing up a list of candidates for the post of Director. After receiving the applications, they shall unanimously draw up the list of candidates. The proposal of the Board of Directors referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 1431-5 is adopted by a two-thirds majority of its members.

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