The General Secretariat is responsible for ensuring sound and efficient legal and financial management of the Rmn Grand Palais.

FINANCIAL AFFAIRS The finance division supports all of the departments of the Rmn Grand Palais and the establishment s strategic projects It provides valuable financial information to help with management. The teams work with operational departments to draw up economic projections and ensure new business development projects are feasible. In 2021, the division supported the following projects in particular:

− the preparation and implementation of the new profit-sharing agreement covering the 2021 - 2023 period

− the monitoring of the new targets and performance contract covering the 2021 - 2025 period

− the increasing number of contracts linked to works at the New Grand Palais. The renovation and development project generates more numerous and complicated cash flows, which help monitor the works and budgetary consumption, providing regular position-by-position cost updates and final cost control for the project.

This year, which was once again strongly disrupted by the public health situation, had an impact on all the Rmn Grand Palais activities, leading it to review its projects and investments in order to contain expenditure. The financial teams have provided regular monitoring data to enable us to monitor the economic situation on an on-going basis (monthly update of landings at the end of the year), resulting in a revised budget approved by the board of directors on 16 December 2021.

LEGAL AFFAIRS 2021 was a year of transition which led, in particular, to the study, negotiation and implementation of specific legal or contractual arrangements to maintain or safeguard the economic balance of the establishment's relations with its partners and to develop innovative methods and activities for the future. As part of its consulting and assistance work and to defend the interests of the establishment, the Legal Affairs division took part in numerous projects, including:

− the revision of contracts relating to the rental of spaces to event organisers in order to specify the conditions and consequences of cancellation in the event of a pandemic;

− the contractualisation of partnerships relating to the Arts of Islam. A Past for a Present exhibition presented simultaneously in 18 French cities, as well as the co-production of the exhibition The Mona Lisa: an Immersive Exhibition, presented in 2022;

− the implementation of a call for proposals for the occupation of the Grand Palais Éphémère followed by the Grand Palais when it reopens in 2024 in order to host international fairs dedicated to contemporary art and photography on a yearly basis from 2022 to 2028;

− participation in the renewal of the concessions for the bookstore and shop spaces at the Château de Fontainebleau and the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon;

− the negotiation of an occupation agreement for a modular space within the Opéra Bastille for the presentation of immersive exhibitions produced or co-produced by the Grand Palais Immersif subsidiary;

− the legal securing of the Rmn Grand Palais group's websites with regard to the applicable regulations, notably in terms of consumer law and personal data protection.

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