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Article R1232-8 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The Chief Executive Officer has the following responsibilities:

1° He prepares the deliberations of the Board of Directors and ensures that they are carried out or has them carried out;

3° He is the authorising officer for the institution’s revenue and expenditure. He may designate secondary authorising officers;

4° He manages the establishment’s staff. In this capacity, it has authority over all staff, defines their duties, appoints to all positions for which no other authority has been given the power of appointment and recruits contract staff;

It decides on the investments necessary for the establishment’s development.
5° It decides on the investments necessary for the performance of the duties set out in IV of Article L. 1231-2;

> It signs the contracts, agreements and other documents necessary for the performance of the duties set out in IV of Article L. 1231-2.
6° It signs contracts, agreements and procurement, disposal, acquisition or leasing deeds;

7° He represents the agency in legal proceedings and in all civil acts. He concludes and signs transactions under the conditions laid down by the Board of Directors;

8° He is responsible for the execution of the agreement mentioned in III of Article 2 of Law no. 2019-753 of 22 July 2019 creating a National Agency for Territorial Cohesion;

At the end of each calendar year, it sends a report on the implementation of the agreements referred to in Article L. 1233-3 to the ministers responsible for overseeing the establishment, after it has been examined by the Board of Directors.
He may delegate his signature to take on his behalf acts relating to his responsibilities listed above, including those delegated to him by the Board of Directors.

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Article R1232-8

Le directeur général exerce les responsabilités suivantes :


1° Il prépare les délibérations du conseil d’administration et en assure ou fait assurer l’exécution ;


2° Il prépare et exécute le budget de l’établissement ;


3° Il est ordonnateur des recettes et des dépenses de l’établissement. Il peut désigner des ordonnateurs secondaires ;


4° Il dirige le personnel de l’établissement. A ce titre, il a autorité sur l’ensemble des personnels, définit leurs attributions, nomme à toutes les fonctions pour lesquelles aucune autre autorité n’a reçu pouvoir de nomination et recrute les personnels contractuels ;


5° Il décide des investissements nécessaires à l’exercice des missions prévues au IV de l’article L. 1231-2 ;


6° Il signe les contrats, conventions et marchés, actes d’aliénation, d’acquisition ou de location ;


7° Il représente l’agence en justice et dans tous les actes de la vie civile. Il conclut et signe les transactions dans les conditions fixées par le conseil d’administration ;


8° Il est responsable de l’exécution de la convention mentionnée au III de l’article 2 de la loi n° 2019-753 du 22 juillet 2019 portant création d’une Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoires ;


Il transmet à la fin de chaque année civile le bilan de la mise en œuvre des conventions mentionnées à l’article L. 1233-3 aux ministres chargés de la tutelle de l’établissement après son examen par le conseil d’administration.


Il peut déléguer sa signature pour prendre en son nom les actes relatifs à ses attributions énumérées ci-dessus, y compris celles que le conseil d’administration lui a déléguées.

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