The decentralised organisation of the French state, enshrined in Article 72 of the Constitution, is an asset for rebalancing the Jacobin structure. However, it has become too complex and difficult to interpret for citizens and businesses as a result of successive decentralisation laws. The latest laws have not remedied this complexity.
Our team of lawyers specialising in local authority law works for the main French metropolises as well as for various public bodies for intercommunal cooperation (EPCI- Établissement public de coopération intercommunale). Our constant concern is to support the effectiveness of administrative action by providing legal guarantees, while maintaining a pragmatic approach capable of guiding our work towards practical solutions.
The general competence clause for departments and regions (partially abolished by the RCT reform of 2010) was reinstated by the law of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of territorial public action and the affirmation of metropolises (MAPTAM) but was again abolished by the law of 7 August 2015 on the new territorial organisation of the Republic (NOTRe). This confers new powers on regions, strengthens the role of departments in terms of solidarity and reinforces intercommunal bodies. The Engagement et proximité Act of 27 December 2019 strengthened the role of local authorities within intercommunal bodies, and the 3DS Act of 21 February 2022 sought to strengthen the powers of local authorities in certain areas, but its implementation is uncertain at this stage.
Our team of lawyers specialising in public law acts in support of communes, départements, regions and various EPCIs such as groupings of communes, of conurbations, urban communities and metropolises. We work on behalf of France’s main metropolitan areas.
We also act for EPCIs with no tax status of their own: single-purpose intercommunal associations (SIVU), multi-purpose intercommunal associations (SIVOM), mixed syndicates and various types of specialised public bodies. We provide our expertise to assist and support local authorities in the exercise of their powers, while guaranteeing the legal security of their actions.
Faced with the growing complexity of France’s decentralised state organisation, our team of lawyers specialising in local authority law assists local authorities in the exercise of their powers. We are committed to putting our expertise and pragmatism at the service of effective and secure public action.
Decentralisation is a fundamental pillar of France’s political organisation, but its application has given rise to a degree of complexity. Local authorities have acquired more and more powers, creating specific legal challenges. Our team of lawyers specialising in local authority law is on hand to help local authorities secure their actions and find practical solutions.
France is renowned for its decentralised organisation, enshrined in Article 72 of the Constitution. This organisation provides for solidarity between the State and local authorities. However, it has become overly complex and unclear to citizens and businesses as a result of successive decentralisation laws. In this context, our team of lawyers specialising in local authority law works in support of communes, départements, regions and various EPCIs such as groupings of communes, of conurbations, urban communities and metropolises.
We are lawyers specialising in local authority law. We work on behalf of France’s main metropolitan areas and various types of specialist public bodies such as single-purpose intercommunal associations (SIVU), multi-purpose intercommunal associations (SIVOM) and mixed syndicates. Our team works to support the effectiveness of administrative action, providing legal security while maintaining a pragmatic approach aimed at finding practical solutions.
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