39. The officers of the Direction générale des eaux and of the Direction générale de l’administration of the Ministère des Richesses naturelles, those of the Ministère des Terres et Forêts assigned to the administration of ecological reserves and those of the environment protection services, in office on 28 November 1979, become, without further formality, officers of the Ministère de l’Environnement, as determined by the Government.