12 “Article L.441-1-1: Joint municipal public bodies with housing responsibilities that have approved a local housing programme may invite bodies with social housing within their geographical jurisdiction to enter into three-year joint municipal agreements with them. Such agreements, which must observe the principle of social mix in the towns and neighbourhoods concerned and take account, by geographical sector, of the capacity of and living conditions in the buildings owned or run by the various bodies, shall specify: - for each body, a quantified annual commitment to allocate housing to persons experiencing financial and social difficulties, particularly the individuals and families specified in section 4 of the Right to Housing Act, No. 90-449 of 31 May 1990, whose needs are identified in the département housing action plan for the disadvantaged; - the support measures and other necessary arrangements for fulfilling and monitoring this annual commitment. Each agreement shall be submitted for consultation to the committee responsible for the département housing action plan for the disadvantaged. If the committee has not responded within two months of receiving the agreement, it shall be deemed to have given its approval. Joint municipal agreements shall also stipulate the establishment of a coordinating committee chaired by the chair of the joint municipal public body concerned. Each committee shall be composed of the State representative in the département, the mayors of the municipalities that are members of the joint municipal public body, and representatives of the social letting agencies operating in the relevant area, the département, any body with reservation rights and recognised associations working in the département whose objectives include the integration or housing of disadvantaged persons. The Committee shall consider applications for social housing concerned by the joint municipal agreement. The co-ordinating committee shall not take decisions that are the responsibility of the letting committees specified in Article L. 441-2, but shall issue opinions on the appropriateness of allocating social housing units in the public body’s geographical jurisdiction. Committees shall establish their own rules of procedure […]” “Article L.441-2: Each social housing agency shall establish a letting committee to allocate individually each dwelling. Letting committees shall comprise six members, one of whom they shall elect as chair. […] Such committees shall allocate housing in accordance with the objectives specified in Article L. 441 and the priorities laid down in Article L. 441-1, on behalf of disadvantaged persons and those experiencing housing difficulties. Letting committees shall include, as specified in a decree, a representative appointed by associations previously recognised by the State representative in the département, excluding any letters or managers of housing for disadvantaged persons, that are actively concerned with the integration or housing of disadvantaged persons in the area where the dwellings concerned are located. This representative shall participate, in an advisory capacity, in the committee's letting decisions […]” “Article L.441-2-1: The conditions governing applications for social housing to offices, organisations or other legal persons shall be specified in an order of the Conseil d'Etat. There shall be a single département registration number for each application. Offices or organisations receiving applications shall communicate the relevant département number to applicants within a month of the application’s being lodged […]Applications shall also be advised of the periods specified in Article L. 441-1-4 beyond which they can refer their case to the mediation committee specified in Article L. 441-2-3, together with the referral procedure. The purpose of the registration system, managed jointly by the State and the social letting agencies operating in the département concerned, is to secure applicants’ rights and ensure that priority is given to considering applications that have not been dealt with satisfactorily in the periods specified in Article L. 441-14. […]”