I.-For the application of Article D. 3661-15 :
a) The population to be taken into account is the sum of the total populations, municipal and counted separately, of the member municipalities of the Lyon metropolitan authority, as resulting from the last known census on the date of production of the budget documents;
b) Actual operating expenditure means all expenditure for the financial year resulting in actual movements. However, for the application of 1°, expenditure corresponding to direct labour transferred to the investment section is excluded. For the application of 7°, expenditure corresponding to direct labour and charges transferred to the investment section are excluded;
c) Actual operating revenue refers to all operating revenue for the financial year resulting in actual movements;
d) Gross capital expenditure includes acquisitions of movable and immovable property, work in progress, intangible fixed assets, direct labour investment work and operations on behalf of third parties ;
e) Annual repayment of debt capital refers to loan repayments made on a definitive basis;
f) Outstanding debt is obtained by aggregating borrowings and long- and medium-term debts ;
When the metropolitan authority has to pay a loan early repayment indemnity, and in the event that it benefits from aid granted by the support fund created by the’article 92 of law no. 2013-1278 of 29 December 2013 on finance for 2014, the metropolitan authority may deduct from this outstanding debt the amount of the claim still to be collected from the support fund.
g) Gross savings are obtained by the difference between actual operating revenue and actual operating expenditure.
II.-Summary data is appended to the preliminary budget and administrative account to which it relates. In addition, the data resulting from the last administrative account voted on the date of presentation of the initial budget is carried forward to the latter.