 In 2002 the Court of Audit of France condemned decentralized cooperation by water agencies as contrary to their objectives.In response, the conservative member of Parliament André Santini, President of the Council of the Water Agency for Seine-Normandie and President of SEDIF, the utility in charge of water supply in the region of Paris, introduced a law passed in 2005 named after himself and former Senator Jacques Oudin.The "Loi Oudin-Santini" allows water agencies and municipal water companies to spend up to 1% of their budget on international cooperation.