Title II: ADMINISTRATIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENTRY AND RESIDENCE OF FOREIGN NATIONALS AND ASYLUM RIGHTS

The Office français de l’immigration et de l’intégration is headed by a Director General appointed by decree for three renewable years on the proposal of the Minister responsible for immigration. The Office français de l’immigration et de l’intégration is headed by a Director General appointed by decree for three renewable years on the proposal of the Minister responsible for immigration.

The Director General of the French Office of Immigration and Integration is responsible for the management and general conduct of the Office and for preparing and implementing the decisions of the Board of Directors. He is the authorising officer for the establishment’s revenue and expenditure. He may take legal action and represent the Office in court and in all civil acts.

The Director General of the Office français de l’immigration et de l’intégration may delegate his signature to any member of staff of the establishment exercising managerial functions.He may appoint secondary authorising officers.

The Director General of the French Office for Immigration and Integration prepares the Office’s contribution to the annual report on the multiannual guidelines for immigration policy provided for by Article L. 123-1.

Each year, the Director General of the French Office for Immigration and Integration draws up a report, which he presents to the Board of Directors during the first half of the year, giving an account of the implementation of the contract of objectives and performance referred to in Article R. 121-4 and of the Office’s activity during the past financial year.