French General Code of Local Authorities
In forceTo exercise the powers of the arrondissement council, the city council or the Paris council delegates, in the cases and under the conditions that it determines, to the arrondissement council the power to prepare, award, execute and settle contracts for works, supplies and services that may be awarded without prior formalities due to their amount. When this delegation is granted to a borough, it is thereby given to all the boroughs.
These acts are subject to the same rules as acts of the same nature decided by the city council or the Paris council. They are passed by the arrondissement mayor. The amount of the services is assessed within the framework of each arrondissement or group of arrondissements.
For the application of the provisions of this article, the arrondissement may receive a delegation from the arrondissement council under the conditions set out in article L. 2122-22.
Unless the provisions of this chapter or the regulations applicable to the acts mentioned above have been disregarded, the city council or the Paris council may only terminate the delegation for all the arrondissement councils.
These delegations terminate ipso jure at the next renewal of the city council or the Paris council.
For the conclusion of contracts mentioned in the second sentence of the second paragraph of article L. 2511-16 for a term not exceeding twelve years, the Borough Mayor may receive a delegation from the Borough Council under the conditions set out in article L. 2122-22.
The mayor shall report at least annually to the arrondissement council on the conditions of use of the facilities covered by the contracts, as well as the beneficiaries of the contracts for each facility.
These data shall be made public and freely accessible to any citizen.
