FRANCE
1) In which context do you exercise your functions ?
Unitary State2) List the different administrative constituencies, from the biggest (region?) to the smallest (municipality?)
Constituency 1 : 21 régionsConstituency 2 : 97 départements
Constituency 3 : 36000 local authorities
Constituency 4 : (functional groupings)
3) Does the STR represent :
The central State (unitarian or federal)4) Are there on the territory other state representatives or territorial administrations (subordinate to the central State, the federal state or the regional government) not connected with the STR ?
YesComments : since 2010 : the Regional Health Agency
5) What is the STR's administrative constituency called ?
Région - Département6) Does this constituency correspond to that of elected authorities ?
Yes7) What is the STR called ?
Préfet8) How many STRs are there in office ? (if necessary, specify by territorial level)
97 (of which 7are also préfets de région) + 7 delegate préfets to security + 6 to equality of chances9) Is the STR's status :
Uniform across the country10) Do the STRs in office come from :
public serviceother : exceptionally
11) Does the STR usually change in case of goverment alternation ?
No12) By whom is the STR appointed ?
Others ? Who ? : The President of the RepublicAfter the Council of Ministers
13) Office period ?
revocable at any timebut an average of 3 years is generally sought
14) Has the STR the status of a civil servant ?
Yes15) Can he enter the profession by competition ?
Yes16) Can he make a career as STR ?
Yes17) Are there various ranks for the STR ? Which ?
YesComments : 2 : Préfet de région - Préfet de département
18) Number of direct colleagues managed by the STR (taking all ranks into account)
more than 20019) Number of colleagues placed under the hierarchical authority of the STR ? (including in different services but dependent on him)
more than 100020) Are other STRs hierarchically attached to him/her ?
YesComments : Since the 2010 reform
21) Has the STR an assistant (likely to deputize for him) ?
Yes22) If you have an organization chart of the services of the STR, please attach it (pdf 10Mo max.).
No document attached.23) Enumerate the STR's appropriate competences
Competence 1 : SecurityCompetence 2 : Law and order
Competence 3 : Crisis management
Competence 4 : Administrative police
Competence 5 : Country planning
Competence 6 : Social cohesion - Control of legality
24) Enumerate the competences shared with other State services
Competence 1 : No competences shared25) Enumerate the competences shared with services placed under the authority of elected authorities
Competence 1 : No competences shared26) Please communicate your assessment of the balance of the various responsibilities of the STR, by indicating the functions which seem to you the most central to the role.
1 : Security2 : Law and order
3 : Crisis management
4 : Administrative police
27) For every field of expertise, please mark the corresponding box
Role of the STR | No role or occasional | Limited role | Important role |
Economy | x | ||
Employment | x | ||
Social action | x | ||
Housing | x | ||
Town planning | x | ||
Environment | x | ||
Town and country development | x | ||
Civil security | x | ||
Law and order | x | ||
Health | x | ||
Education | x | ||
Culture | x | ||
Registry office - Naturalization | x | ||
Immigration | x | ||
Jurisdiction | x | ||
Penal | x |
28) The STR has authority on :
most services of the State29) Is the STR responsible for law and order ?
Yes30) Is the STR responsible for the civil security ?
Yes31) Is he responsible for the control of the legality of the acts of decentralized communities ?
Yes32) For the texts he considers illegal, can the STR
only transfer them to the judge33) Does the STR dispose of :
a power of replacement for certain actions or in certain circumstancesComments : in matters of administrative police
34) Does the STR control the use of public funds in his/her district (including the credits resulting from European funds)
Yes35) Is the STR in charge of allocating the State public credits ?
Yes | No | Comments | |
Decision-making power | x | ||
Power shared with another authority | x | ||
Proposition power | x | ||
Consultative notice | x | ||
Intervention of the STR | x |
36) If the STR has the decision-making power for allocating State public funds, which is the volume of the corresponding credits ?
less than 10 million euros : at the departmental level100 to 500 million euros : at the regional level
37) Is the STR in charge of allocating the European funds ?
Yes | No | Comments | |
Decision-making power | x | ||
Power shared with another authority | x | Pdt of Regional Council | |
Proposition power | x | ||
Consultative notice | x | ||
Intervention of the STR | x |
38) Is the STR affected by a reform of the territorial organization ?
No39) Is the STR affected by a reform of financial or budgetary reform ?
Yes40) Have the STR's function or status changed recently or will they soon change ?
YesComments : in the relations between regional and departmental prefects