Public office

In France is under a Établissement public (German literally about public facility ), a corporation of public law understood that meets a defined public function. The Établissement public is to be distinguished from other institutions that perform public tasks, such as the Établissement d'utilité publique , whose legal form is private law , and also from the Régie - an institution that, like the Établissement public, is under public law, but unlike this one is not legal person - and the concession (concession) , d. H. the performance of a public service task by a private actor.

Principles

An établissement public acts autonomously, but is under the supervision of the local authority responsible for it . It fulfills tasks from a specific, precisely defined area of ​​competence. However, the geographical area of ​​activity of a local or regional public établissement does not have to be limited to the territory of the higher regional authority.

Classification

Basic distinction between EPA and EPIC

Although there are now a large number of different subspecies of établissements publics , two classic and fundamentally different types are usually distinguished from each other in the classification: on the one hand, these are EPs in the narrower sense of administrative tasks, the so-called établissements publics administratifs (EPA) on the other hand EPs that perform commercial-industrial tasks, the Établissements publics à caractère industriel ou commercial (EPIC).

As institutions with a classic administrative character, the EPA are completely subject to public law and also enjoy corresponding privileges, for example for collecting fees or exercising coercive measures; In the event of a conflict, the usual objection procedures against official decisions under administrative law apply. An example of an EPA is the drug safety agency ANSM .

The EPIC, on the other hand, are subject to private law in many areas , such as accounting and labor law . When an EPIC acts as a dealer, disputes with customers are negotiated in civil courts , not administrative courts. An example of an EPIC is the SNCF railway company .

Types of Établissements publics in detail

This article or the following section is not adequately provided with supporting documents ( e.g. individual evidence ). Information without sufficient evidence could be removed soon. Please help Wikipedia by researching the information and including good evidence.

The French law defines different types of établissement public :

• les établissements publics à caractère scientifique et technologique (EPST)
• les établissements publics à caractère industriel et commercial (EPIC)
• les établissements publics locaux d'enseignement (EPLE)
• les établissements publics d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche
• les établissements publics à caractère scientifique, culturel et professionnel (EPSCP, rarely also EPCSCP)
• les établissements publics de coopération culturelle (EPCC)
• les établissements publics à caractère économique
• les établissements publics à caractère administratif
• les établissements publics de coopération intercommunale (EPCI), d. H. the community associations

Web links

• Example: l'Établissement public du musée du Louvre

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Qu'est-ce qu'un établissement public? In: vie-publique.fr. Direction de l'information légale et administrative, June 30, 2018, accessed on April 9, 2020 (French).  
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Annie Gruber: Établissement public. In: Encyclopædia Universalis en ligne. June 30, 2018, accessed June 9, 2019 (French).  
3. ^ Coopération intercommunale et EPCI. In: vie-publique.fr. June 30, 2018, accessed April 9, 2020 (French).