The agreement setting up the health cooperation grouping, signed by all the members, is approved by a decision of the Director General of the regional health agency for the region in which the grouping has its registered office, within two months of receipt. If necessary, this director will consult the director general of the regional health agency in which one of the members has its registered office. An order by the Minister for Health specifies the content of the approval decision taken by the Director General of the relevant regional health agency.
The absence of an express decision on expiry of the period specified in the previous paragraph constitutes tacit approval of the grouping’s constituent agreement by the Director General of the regional health agency.
The express or implied decision of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency is published within fifteen days in the Recueil des actes administratifs of the region in which the Grouping has its registered office and in the Recueil des actes administratifs of the other regions when the Grouping’s members have their registered offices in different regions.
The Grouping has legal personality from the date of the approval decision or, failing this, from the day after the implied approval decision.
Amendments to the Grouping’s constituent agreement are approved and published under the same formal conditions as the constituent agreement.