TITLE XI. OF THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL
Article 196
An Economic, Social and Environmental Council is instituted.
Article 197
The Economic, Social and Environmental Council is, vis-à-vis [auprs de] the public powers, a consultative assembly.
It is referred to [a matter] by the President of the Republic, the President of the National Assembly or the President of the Senate.
It may, on its own initiative, refer to itself any problem of an economic, social or environmental character.
The Economic, Social and Environmental Council may, also, be consulted on the drafts [projets] of international treaties and agreements, the bills [projets] or the proposals of laws as well as the bills of decrees by virtue of [en raison de] their economic, social or environmental character.
The Economic, Social and Environmental Council is referred to [the matter] of every bill of program law [loi de programme] and plan of development with an economic, social or environmental character, with the exception of the budget of the State.
Article 198
The function of member of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council is incompatible with that of parliamentarian, of member of the Government, of member of the Constitutional Court, of prefect, of mayor, of sub-prefect or of local councilor.
Article 199
An organic law establishes the organization, the composition, the rules of functioning and the modalities of appointment of the members of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council.
