Direct taxes and assimilated taxes are collected by virtue of either rolls made enforceable by order of the director general of public finance or the prefect, or notices of assessment.
For the application of the procedure for collection by way of rolls provided for in the first paragraph, the representative of the State in the department may delegate his powers to category A agents placed under the authority of departmental directors of public finance or heads of departments with national competence, holding at least a grade set by decree in the Council of State. These delegations are publicised by the publication of the delegation orders in the prefecture’s recueil des actes administratifs.
The director general of public finance may, by order published in the Journal officiel, delegate his signature to category A officials.