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Article L6431-18 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Any person has the right to request access to the deliberations and minutes of the public meetings of the territorial council, the deliberations of its executive council, the budgets and accounts of the local authority, as well as the decrees of the president of the territorial council. Each may publish them under its own responsibility. The communication of the documents mentioned in the first paragraph, which may be obtained both…

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Article LO6431-20 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The Territorial Council shall ensure the dissemination of information to its elected members by the material means it deems most appropriate. In order to enable the exchange of information on matters within its remit, the Territorial Council may, under the conditions defined by its deliberative assembly, make available to its elected members, on an individual basis, the necessary computer and telecommunications resources.

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Article LO6431-23 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Each year, the President reports to the Territorial Council, in a special report, on the situation of the local authority, the activity and financing of the various departments of the local authority and the bodies that depend on it. The report also specifies the state of implementation of the deliberations of the Territorial Council and the financial situation of the local authority. This special report gives rise to a debate.

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Article LO6431-24 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

After the election of its Executive Council under the conditions set out in article LO 6432-6, the territorial council may form its committees and appoint its members or delegates to sit on outside bodies and delegate the exercise of some of its powers to the executive council. In this case, and notwithstanding article LO 6431-21, the reports on the business submitted to the territorial councillors may be communicated to them…

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Article LO6431-25 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The Territorial Council, when one sixth of its members so request, shall deliberate on the creation of a mission of information and evaluation tasked with gathering information on a matter of interest to the local authority or with carrying out an evaluation of a public service of the local authority. The same territorial councillor may not associate himself with such a request more than once a year. No mission may…

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Article LO6431-26 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The Territorial Council appoints its members or delegates to sit on outside bodies in the cases and under the conditions provided for by the provisions governing these bodies. The fixing by the aforementioned provisions of the term of office assigned to these members or delegates does not prevent them from being replaced at any time, and for the remainder of that term, by a new appointment made in the same…

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