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By order of the prefect of the Haute-Normandie region, prefect of the Seine-Maritime, dated 4 May 2010, is approved the revised constitutive convention of the public interest group known as Seine-Aval for the period 2007-2012.
The constitutive convention was approved by the Prefectural Order of December 27, 2006 published in the Official Journal of December 31, 2006.
The revised constitutive convention of the group can be consulted at the headquarters of the group, 12 Aristide-Briand Avenue, 76,000 Rouen.
Extracts from the revised constitutive convention are published in the Official Journal of the French Republic in accordance with theArticle 2 of Decree No. 95-636 of 6 May 1995 modified for public interest groups established to carry out environmental activities.
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EXTRAITS DE LA CONVENTION CONSTITUTIVE REVISÉE
DU GROUPEMENT D'INTÉRÊT PUBLIC SEINE-AVAL
Name:
The scientific program Seine-Aval developing an environmental problem, the public interest group is governed by Article L. 131-8 of the Environmental Code and by the Decree No. 95-636 of 6 May 1995. Its name is Groupement d' intérêt public Seine-Aval, also known as GIPSA.
Subject:
The object and missions of the IPF « Seine-Aval » consist of:
Ensure the mastery of the research activities of the Seine-Aval programme: coordination and management of the actions entrusted to the research laboratories, reception of the scientific secretariat, organization of the various committees of the programme;
Ensuring by its operational hub the control of research applications and the transfer of research results;
Centralization and capitalization of knowledge and know-how acquired and developed within the framework of the Seine-Aval programme but also on the entire basin of the estuary and the bay of the Seine (research of existing information and knowledge, databases, systems of geographic information...) ;
Adaptation and development of operational tools (models, estuary observation system, decision aid tools...);
Conduct of studies that respond to requests from program partners;
Transfer and disposal of scientific and technical achievements;
Develop operationality (especially in terms of land use planning) and scientific, technical and institutional communication to "civil society"; as such, the IPF is called upon to contribute to the reflection undertaken within the framework of the overall management plan of the Seine estuary to which it will bring its expertise and operational know-how.
Members:
The members of the GIP Seine-Aval are:
1. The state and its public institutions:
The state represented by the prefect of the Haute-Normandie region, prefect of the Seine-Maritime, prefect coordinator of the overall management plan of the Seine estuary.
The Seine-Normandie Water Agency, the Autonomous Port of Le Havre, the Autonomous Port of Rouen.
2. Territorial authorities:
― the regional council of Haute-Normandie;
the regional council of Basse Normandie;
– the general councils of Calvados, Seine-Maritime and Eure.
3. Professionals, users and associations:
The Trade Union Association of Industry and Trade for the Norman Environment and the Union of Chemical Industries - Normandy.
Headquarters:
The headquarters of the group is located in Rouen, 12 Aristide-Briand Avenue, 76000 Rouen, France.
Duration of the convention:
The grouping shall be renewed until 31 December 2012, unless an extension or early dissolution is decided in accordance with section 26.
Rights and obligations of members:
The rights and obligations of the members of the group are as follows: State (3.5 per cent), Agence de l'eau Seine-Normandie (23.2 per cent), Port autonome du Havre (3.9 per cent), Port autonome de Rouen (11.6 per cent), Conseil régional de Haute-Normandie (31 per cent), Conseil régional de Basse-Normandie (9.3 per cent), Conseil général du Calvados (5.9 per cent), Conseil général de la Seine-Mari
The number of deliberative votes allocated to each member on the board of directors is proportional to the statutory rights set out above as percentages. Given the possible changes in the distribution of member contributions, these statutory rights may be reassessed by a unanimous decision of the members of the board of directors.
This decision shall be approved by order made and published in the same forms as the Order of Approval of this Agreement.
In their interrelationships, members are bound to grouping obligations in the above proportions as percentages.
In their relations with third parties, members are not in solidarity: unless otherwise agreed with the contracting third party, they are responsible for the debts of the group in proportion to their only statutory rights.
Management mode:
The management of the grouping is carried out in accordance with public law, in accordance with the provisions of Decree No. 62-1587 of 29 December 1962 modified for industrial and commercial public institutions. Its accounting is maintained by an accounting officer designated by order of the Minister responsible for the budget, whose remuneration is borne by the group.
In accordance withArticle 21 of Act No. 82-610 of 15 July 1982the group shall be subject to the control of the Court of Accounts and the Regional Board of Accounts under the conditions provided for by theArticle 6 bis of Act No. 67-483 of 22 June 1967 and to theArticle 87 of Act No. 82-213 of 2 March 1982.
In addition, provisions of title II of Decree No. 55-733 of 26 May 1955 codification and development of texts relating to the economic and financial control of the State and, where appropriate, Decree No. 53-707 of 9 August 1953 relating to State control over national public enterprises and certain organizations with an object of economic or social order are applicable to it.
The State Comptroller appointed to the grouping shall participate in the decision-making bodies of the group, with an advisory voice. He has access to all the group documents. Conditions of recruitment and employment of clean staff must be subject to prior authorization.
