Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

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Article R1123-19-1

French Public Health CodeIn force
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Updated 6 Nov 2023

I. - The members of the Committee, meeting under the conditions laid down in article R. 1123-11, shall deliberate on the proposal of the Chairman of the Committee on :

1° The initial budget, no later than 1st November of the calendar year preceding that for which it is drawn up;

2° The amending budget or budgets;

3° The financial account;

4° the activity report.

The Committee's decisions are adopted by a simple majority of the members present. The voting and tie-breaking conditions set out in article R. 1123-12 apply.

II. - Before 7th November of the calendar year preceding that for which it is established, each committee sends the Director General of the Regional Health Agency its initial budget. The Director General of the Regional Health Agency shall forward it to the Minister for Health and the Minister for the Budget together with his opinion by 30 November of the same year at the latest.

Notwithstandingarticle 176 of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budget and accounting management, if no express decision has been notified within one month of 1 December, the initial budget is deemed to have been approved.

III. - The amending budget or budgets are sent to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, who forwards the document or documents to the Minister for Health and the Minister for the Budget. The time limit for the Director General of the Regional Health Agency to send his opinion to the Minister for Health and the Minister for the Budget is reduced to ten days from receipt of the amending budget.

Notwithstanding article 176 of the aforementioned Decree of 7 November 2012, if no express decision has been notified within twenty-five days of receipt of its transmission to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, the amending budget or budgets are deemed to have been approved.

IV. - The financial account is sent to the Minister for Health and the Minister for the Budget for approval. It is simultaneously sent to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency.

V. - The activity report is attached to the financial statement. The content of the activity report is defined by order of the Minister for Health and made public on the website of the Regional Health Agency.

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