French General Code of Local Authorities
In forceThe State and the collectivity of Saint-Martin exercise, each insofar as it is concerned, their right of ownership over their public and private domains.
The domain of the collectivity includes, in particular, property that is vacant and without a master, including securities, shares and cash deposits reached by prescription within the time periods provided for by the legislation applicable to the domain of the State and those of persons who die without an heir or whose estates have been abandoned.
The public maritime domain of the collectivity includes, subject to the rights of the State and third parties, the area known as the fifty geometric steps, the sea shores, the soil and subsoil of inland waters, in particular roadsteads and lagoons, as well as the soil and subsoil of territorial waters, excluding:
1° Areas classified as nature reserves on the date of the
Loi organique n° 2007-223 du 21 février 2007portant dispositions statutaires et institutionnelles relatives à l'outre-mer ;
2° Du domaine relevant du Conservatoire de l'espace littoral et des rivages lacustres à cette même date ;
3° De la " forêt domaniale littorale de Saint-Martin " ; la propriété de cette dernière est transférée, à titre gratuit, à cette même date, au Conservatoire de l'espace littoral et des rivages lacustres.
The provisions of the third paragraph apply subject to the rights-of-way necessary, on the date of publication of the aforementioned Organic Law no. 2007-223 of 21 February 2007, for the State to exercise its powers and for as long as this necessity is justified.
The collectivity regulates and exercises the right to explore and the right to exploit the natural biological and non-biological resources of inland waters, in particular roads and ponds, the soil, subsoil and overlying waters of the territorial sea and the exclusive economic zone in compliance with France's international commitments and the State's powers.
