The regional prefect, as territorial delegate, within the framework of the powers and decisions of the deliberative and executive bodies of the Agence nationale du sport:
1° Represents the Agency in the region;
2° Is the Agency’s secondary authorising officer for expenditure;
3° Receives delegated authority from the Agency’s competent body to negotiate and conclude on its behalf any agreement, in particular relating to the financial assistance it grants, with local authorities and their groupings as well as any other natural or legal person involved in the field of sport;
4° Determines, in accordance with the directives of the Agency’s Board of Directors and the territorial sports project drawn up by the Regional Sports Conference, the criteria for distributing the Agency’s territorial financial assistance;
5° Decides on the allocation of the Agency’s territorial financial assistance, within the limit of the amount of credits notified by the Agency’s Director General;
6° Notes, under the conditions laid down by a decision of the Agency’s Board of Directors, any financial assistance unduly paid out.
The Delegate Territorial shall forward decisions to grant or recover financial assistance to the Director General of the Agency for payment or recovery by the Agency’s Accounting Officer.