The General Secretariat for the Sea (French: Secrétariat général de la Mer, abbreviated SGMer[1]) is a French government agency attached to the Prime Minister of France's Office.
The mission is to exercise control, evaluation and forecasting within the framework of France's public policies concerning the sea and the littoral.
The General Secretatiat for the Sea was created in 1995 and is attached to the office of Prime Minister of France.
[1] The mission of the General Secretatiat is to exercise control, evaluation and forecasting within the framework of public policies concerning the sea and the littoral and ensures that the decisions of the government of France are designed and implemented in close consultation with the ensemble of professionals concerned, in order to ensure harmonious development of the different maritime activities.
In doing so, it coordinates the monitoring of legal texts relating to the sea and proposes the necessary adaptations concerning the evolution of international and European Union law.