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Article LO6271-6 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The costs corresponding to the exercise of transferred powers are subject to an assessment prior to the transfer of said powers. A consultative commission for the assessment of costs is created in the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy, chaired by a magistrate from the Chambre territoriale des comptes and made up equally of representatives from the State and the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy. It is consulted on the methods of compensation for the…

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Article LO6271-8 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – This article applies to services or parts of services that participate in the exercise of competencies of the State, the region of Guadeloupe or the department of Guadeloupe transferred to the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy. These services are transferred according to the terms and conditions set out in this chapter and according to the terms and conditions defined below. II. – Within eighteen months of the publication of the…

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Article LO6311-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

An overseas collectivity is hereby established to replace, on the territory of the French part of the island of Saint-Martin and the islets that depend on it, the commune of Saint-Martin, the department of Guadeloupe and the region of Guadeloupe. This overseas collectivity, governed by l’article 74 of the Constitution, takes the name of: “collectivité de Saint-Martin”. It is granted autonomy. The collectivity of Saint-Martin shall be administered freely by…

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Article L6312-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The State representative directs the State services in Saint-Martin, subject to the exceptions listed exhaustively by decree in the Council of State. He alone is empowered to speak on behalf of the State before the Territorial Council and to commit the State to the collectivity. Unless otherwise provided for by the present book, he exercises the powers devolved to the representative of the State in the départements and regions.

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Article L6312-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – The representative of the State may take any measures relating to the maintenance of public health, safety and tranquillity. If the maintenance of order is threatened, the representative of the State may substitute himself, by reasoned decree, for the president of the territorial council for the repression of offences against public tranquillity, for the maintenance of public order and for the policing of bathing and nautical activities. II….

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Article LO6313-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Legislative and regulatory provisions shall apply ipso jure in Saint-Martin, with the exception of those intervening in matters which fall within the remit of the organic law pursuant to Article 74 of the Constitution or within the remit of the collectivity pursuant to Article LO 6314-3. The automatic applicability of laws and regulations does not prevent them from being adapted to the particular organisation of Saint-Martin. By way of derogation…

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Article LO6313-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – Laws and, when published in the Official Journal of the French Republic, administrative acts come into force in Saint-Martin on the date they set or, failing that, the day after their publication. However, the entry into force of those of their provisions whose execution requires implementing measures shall be postponed until the date of entry into force of those measures. In the event of an emergency, laws whose…

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