RULES OF PROCEDURE: " THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE PROSPECTOR "

I undersigned;

NAME: FIRST NAME:
DATE OF BIRTH: BIRTHPLACE:
PROFESSION:
ADDRESS:
POSTAL CODE: CITY:

Engage me,

A) to communicate to Association any change above intervening in the information.

B) to apply strictly:
·articles 719 and 717 of the civil code,
·the law of 27 Septembre 1941 regulating the archaeological excavations (articles 5, the 11 and 16 validated 13
September 1946),
·the decree of 19 April 1947 (modified by decree N°94423 of 27 Mai 1994) relating to the creation of the advisory organizations as regards national archaeology,

C) with the respect of the following laws:
·law 89-900 of December 18, 1989, relating to the use of the metal detectors,
·law 89-974 of December 1, 1989, relating to the maritime cultural goods,
·the decree of 20 August 1991, relating to the authorization to use metal detectors,
·law N°56-1106 of November 3, 1956, relating to the protection and regulation of the excavations in
territories concerned with the ministry for France of overseas,
·law N°80-352 of July 15, 1980, relating to protection against the acts of ill will,
·All other laws to come on protection from the sites and the archaeological, historical, artistic inheritance like those being able to regulate the uses of detector receiving sets lasting the membership of Association.

In all the cases of figure, the Association and/or each one of its members must be provided with authorizations of prospection on behalf of the owner with the funds and/or Préfectorale authorization in the event of search in archaeological matter.

Paragraph 1: ENGAGEMENT

Members of Association: School of the Prospection engage under penalty of exclusion, therefore of radiation, as envisaged in article 7 of the statutes, to strictly comply with the rules defined in the 1) paragraphs 2 and following of this rules of procedure.
2) They will ensure as well for them same as for the good reputation of Association, their own discipline.
3) the members head of family, commit themselves teaching the respect of the payment to the teenagers of which they
have the load and assume the responsibility for the acts for the latter.

Paragraph 2: MEMBERS

1) member of the Association, any person approved by the Board of directors is considered or the Office, and which after having taken knowledge of the statutes and this rules of procedure of Association subscribed there without reserve and discharge contribution envisaged by the statutes (Article 5 §C or
D).
2) the first contribution is calculated with according to the number of remaining month to run prorata temporis until the closing date of the exercise.
3) From the second exercise, any member must spontaneously regulate his contribution within one month following the closing date of the exercise (i.e. in January of each year as from year 2000) and this without awaiting an unspecified revival on behalf of one member of the board of directors.
4) is considered outgoing, the member who did not discharge his contribution (whole or part) within one month after recall by the President or the Treasurer.
5) Passé one of these deadlines, and without the member giving his news, it will be considered outgoing.
6) Tout member outgoing or considered such, which would wish to remake part of members of Association will have to discharge (its or its) contributions with retroactive effect at the last validity date of its preceding adhesion.
7) exclusions, resignations (formal, voluntary, pronounced or estimated), in the event of fault considered serious by the office, can give place to be communicated to the archaeological authorities.
It is the same for the resignation for any member holder for a particular enabling delivered by these same authorities.
8) the resignations or exclusions involve obligatorily the immediate restitution of the card of member.

Paragraph 3: FUNCTIONS

a) The President directs Association in accordance with the valid statutes and the present rules of procedure which it remarks scrupulously by the members and who it makes evolve/move according to the situations, same specific.
b) The President receives the requests for admission, the proposals, the complaints or complaints, as well as the correspondences which must be communicated to the board of directors at the time of
meeting nearest.
c) the President orders the current expenditure, ensures the correspondences and notifies with interested exclusions.
d) The President chairs all the meetings, directs the debates and maintains the command. He proclaims at the time of the votes, the result of the polls. He jointly signs with the secretary the verbal lawsuits of the meetings adopted by the board of directors.
e) the President, jointly with the Treasurer, carries out the placements, dépots, withdrawals and with the use of the funds in accordance with the decisions taken by the board of directors or the general meeting.
f) the President represents Association in all the acts of the civil life. He is assisted in his functions by one (or various) vice-president who replaces it in the event of prevention.
g) the Secretary writes the verbal lawsuits of the meetings, classifies and holds the files which it holds at the disposal of the members of the board of directors. He signs jointly with the President what he has
written. He is in charge of the correspondence, of the requests for information, the drafting and the sending of the convocations.
h) the Treasurer is in charge of the accountancy of Association. He manages the Treasury with the President. He bench the financial report of the past exercise submitted to the general meeting and presents possibly the budget of the following exercise. He covers the contributions and perceives all other receipt. He holds and manages the bank accounts and postal.
i) the vice-president, the secretary and/or his assistants, the treasurer and/or his assistants, all the members of the office or the board of directors are held at the disposal of the President to carry out any mission which would be entrusted to them.

Paragraph 4: DEFINITION

Prospection, when it is carried out with a metal detector is defined as being " search
metal objects lost in or on the ground ", constitutes an activity of leisure of the members of
Association. This leisure is exerted exclusively non-profit-making and on a purely voluntary basis.

Paragraph 5: FIELD OF APPLICATION

a) The prospection is exerted on the initiative personal members, it can however be also
exerted at the request of an owner of funds or a legal administrative authority.
b) The prospection on a given ground can be carried out only with the agreement of the owner.
c) To in no case, and except will expressed expressly by the owner (and/or exploiting it if this last
) the prospection is not owner cannot be carried out on grounds sown, pastures, pastures or on cultures in the course of vegetation.
d) The prospection is carried out at the great day (except possibly on ranges because of the schedules of the tides which can be night or because the ranges do not seem to be considered for the moment archeological sites) and seeks it objects is realized with light means individual, respecting in an imperative way integrity of the properties (stopped holes, vegetation, shrubs and fences respected, gates closed again, etc).

e) Except formal written exemption of the official authorities the prospection is prohibited on the sites (historical or archaeological) classified and protected.
f) When authorized, the prospection is imperatively carried out according to directives' of the authority having granted the exemption. It is carried out under its control.
g) Association will be able to organize demonstrations (left prospection, etc) of all kinds in connection with its objects. These demonstrations can be local, departmental or national and, amongst other things, will be intended to make known Association, its goals and its actions.

Paragraph 6: FORTUITOUS DECOUVERTE

·In the event of fortuitous discovery, with the metal detector, significant archaeological vestiges, the prospector must scrupulously take care of the respect of the historical environment of his discovery.
·He in particular sticks not to move the other nonmetal vestiges, which could accompany this one.
·He makes some, if the site appears to him threatened, a methodical search and supplements in order to be able to inform and clarify validly the authorities (the Mayor being first authority to be prevented).
·He indicates without delaying any discovery likely to improve knowledge of our past.

·The prospector will have moreover to conform to the code deontologic of the School of the Prospection. This code deontologic fixes the attitude to be adopted compared to the various situations which it can meet on the ground.

Paragraph 7: PROPERTY

¨Apart from situations treated Ci above with paragraph 5, points e) with G), the property of the discoveries is regulated in accordance with the provisions of article 716 of the civil code.
¨The discoveries can give place to no commercial transaction.
¨The discovery of explosives or engines of wars must be announced without delay with the authorities (Town hall and Gendarmerie) and to be the object on behalf of the prospector of particular safety measures on the ground in order to avoid the accidents. And to respect each time necessary the rules of procedure and the code of ethics objects of present. Those being called to evolve/move, this engagement is included/understood such as these texts will be in force at the time of the facts even if they are supplemented by a new text such as for example a charter.

SIGNATURE preceded by:
" Lu and approved "