French General Code of Local Authorities
In forceI.- The following shall be sent to the representative of the State in the département or to his delegate in the arrondissement, under the conditions set out in II:
1° The deliberations of the town council or decisions taken by delegation of the town council pursuant to article L. 2122-22 with the exception of:
a) Deliberations relating to road and parking fee tariffs, the classification, downgrading, establishment of alignment and levelling plans, the opening, straightening and widening of communal roads;
b) Deliberations relating to promotion rates for the advancement of grade of civil servants, affiliation or disaffiliation to management centres as well as agreements relating to additional missions of an optional nature entrusted to management centres.
2° Regulatory and individual decisions taken by the mayor in the exercise of his police powers. However, the following are excluded:
those relating to traffic and parking, with the exception of sanctions taken pursuant to article L. 2212-2-1;
-those relating to the operation, by associations, of public houses for the duration of the public events they are organising;
3° Acts of a regulatory nature taken by communal authorities in all other areas that fall within their jurisdiction pursuant to the law ;
4° Agreements relating to loans, contracts and framework agreements with a value at least equal to a threshold defined by decree, partnership contracts as well as concession contracts, including public service delegations, and development concessions ;
5° Individual decisions relating to the appointment, recruitment, including the employment contract, and dismissal of non-tenured staff, with the exception of those taken to meet a need linked to a temporary or seasonal increase in activity, pursuant to 1° and 2° of article 3 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service ;
6° The building permit and other land use authorisations and the planning certificate issued by the mayor or the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation, when it has been granted competence under the conditions provided for in articles L. 422-1 and L. 422-3 of the town planning code;
7° Requisition orders issued by the mayor to the accountant;
8° Decisions relating to the exercise of public authority prerogatives, taken by local semi-public companies on behalf of a municipality or a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation.
II.- The transmission provided for in I may be carried out electronically, in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. For municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants, this transmission is carried out using these methods. Individual decisions are transmitted within fifteen days of their signature. Proof of receipt of documents by the representative of the State in the department or his delegate in the district may be provided by any means. The acknowledgement of receipt, which is issued immediately, may be used for this purpose but is not a condition of the enforceability of the acts.
