Key Benefits:
The Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Given the market code, and in particular Article 20;
In view of Decree No. 98-1124 of 10 December 1998 on the organization of The central administration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as amended by decrees No. 2001-673 of 25 July 2001 and No. 2002-35 of 7 January 2002;
Having regard to the order of 10 December 1998 concerning the organisation of the central administration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs modified by the Orders of 25 July 2001, 7 January and 14 January 2002,
Stop:
Designated as persons responsible for the contracts of the Department of Foreign
: Director General of Administration;
Director General of International Cooperation and Development;
Director of French Abroad and Foreigners in France;
Director of Communication and Information ;
The Director of Archives;
Director of Military and Defence Cooperation;
The Humanitarian Delegate.
If the Director General of Administration is absent or unable to act:
The Director of Resources Human Resources;
The Director of Budgetary and Financial Affairs;
The Deputy Director of Deconcentration;
The Chief of the Equipment Department;
The Deputy Director, Real Property; and
The Chief of Systems Services Information and communication;
The Head of the Diplomatic Logistics Branch.
In the absence or inability of the Director General of International Cooperation and Development:
The Deputy Director General International Cooperation and Development;
Director of Development and Technical Cooperation;
Director of Cultural and French Cooperation;
Director of Scientific, Academic and Scientific Cooperation Research;
The Director of External Audiovisual and Communication Technologies.
In the event of the absence or prevention of the Director of the French abroad and foreign nationals in France:
The Deputy Director of the French Abroad and
In the absence or inability of the Director of Communications and Information:
The Deputy Director of Communications and Information.
In the event of absence or incapacity of the Director of Communications and Information Military and defence cooperation:
The head of the means department.
In the event of the delegate's absence or incapacity for humanitarian action:
The head of the administrative and financial department.
The amended 11 January 2000 Order designating the persons responsible for contracts is repealed.
This Order will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
Done at Paris, January 18, 2002.
Hubert Védrine