Within the framework of national environmental policy, the territorial collectivity of Corsica defines the actions it intends to carry out for the protection of the environment on the island and determines its priorities in terms of local development.
The mission of the Office de l’environnement de la Corse is, within the framework of the guidelines defined by the Corsican regional authority, to ensure the development, management, animation and promotion of Corsica’s heritage. It is subject to the supervision of the territorial collectivity of Corsica.
The Office is chaired by an Executive Councillor appointed by the President of the Executive Council. It is managed by a director appointed on the proposal of the president of the office by decree deliberated by the executive council. A majority of the Board of Directors of the Office is made up of elected representatives of the Corsican Assembly.
The body responsible for managing the regional nature park, within the framework of an agreement signed with the office, contributes to implementing the policies defined by the territorial authority. The staff of the regional nature park services remain governed by the statutes applicable to them on 2 April 1992, the date of entry into force of loi n° 91-428 du 13 mai 1991 portant statut de la collectivité territoriale de Corse.
The conditions for the application of these provisions are set by the President of the Executive Council, under the conditions defined in Article L. 4422-6 after receiving the opinion of the Interministerial Commission for Regional Nature Parks.
To implement the actions that the territorial collectivity of Corsica defines in terms of the environment, the State allocates it a global grant each year, in the Finance Act and under the conditions provided for in article L. 4425-24. This allocation replaces the budgetary aid allocated by the State in Corsica pursuant to the loi n° 82-659 du 30 juillet 1982 portant statut particulier de la région de Corse : compétences, au titre de la protection de l’environnement, with the exception of those previously allocated to the communes and those corresponding to the implementation of interventions on a national scale.
The Office de l’environnement de la Corse ceases to exist when the territorial collectivity of Corsica takes over the exercise of its missions.