I.-As an exception to Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, the Agency’s funds may be deposited with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, subject to authorisation issued by the Minister for the Economy and the Minister for the Budget.
II – Financial management of the funds may be entrusted to portfolio management companies. In this case, the management activity is entrusted by means of periodically renewable mandates as part of a competitive tendering procedure.
The financial instruments that the agency is authorised to hold or use are set by order of the Minister for the Economy and Finance, from among those listed inarticle L. 211-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.
III – A Supervisory Financial Committee made up of a member of the Board of Directors, a representative of the Minister for the Economy and Finance, a representative of the Minister for Tourism, a qualified person appointed by the Director General of the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, the Accounting Officer and the Managing Director of the establishment sets the general guidelines for the investment policy for the Agency’s funds, in accordance with the principles of prudence and risk spreading.
The Supervisory Financial Committee shall draw up the specifications required for the periodic competitive tendering of the manager(s) of the Agency’s funds.
It gives its opinion to the Board of Directors on the agency’s financial statements, the effectiveness of its internal management control and its risk management.
It produces a half-yearly report on its activities for the Board of Directors.