Easements — PM2 Acts establishing a public utility easement in Loir-et-Cher

Public utility easements are administrative limitations on the right to property, they are established for the benefit of public persons, concessionaires of public services or public works, private persons engaged in an activity in the public interest. The collection and conservation of public utility easements is a sovereign task of the State, which must bring them to the attention of local and regional authorities so that they may annex them to their urban planning documents. The public utility easements concerned are those defined by Articles L. 126-1 and R. 126-1 of the Urban Planning Code and their annexes. The act of a public easement corresponds to the decision, usually of a regulatory or administrative nature, that creates the easement. This act is translated into a law, regulation or decision resulting from an administrative procedure or an amicable agreement (e.g. Order classifying a historical monument, listing a watercourse in the nomenclature of inland waterways or floats). An act may institute one or more easements.公共役权（public utility easements）是对财产权利施加的行政限制，系为公共主体、公共服务特许经营者、公共工程经营者以及从事公共利益活动的私人主体之利益而设立。公共役权的归集与保管是国家的主权职责，国家须将相关役权提请地方及区域主管部门知悉，以便后者将其纳入自身的城市规划文件。本处所涉公共役权，即《城市规划法典》（Urban Planning Code）第L.126-1条、第R.126-1条及其附属条款所界定的役权类型。 公共役权设立行为，指通常具备规制或行政属性的、用于创设役权的决定。该行为可表现为依行政程序或友好协商达成的法律、规章或行政决定（例如：认定历史古迹的政令、将某水道纳入内陆航道名录或浮动名录的决定）。一项设立行为可设立一项或多项公共役权。