The cross presentation, by function or by nature, provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 5217-10-5 is made between the most detailed level of the functional nomenclature and each of the accounts by nature, at four digits for the account relating to staff remuneration and at three digits for the other accounts. For the administrative account, the cross-reference is made between the most detailed level of the functional nomenclature and the most detailed account opened in the nomenclature by nature.
The cross-referenced presentation by function does not apply to a public service of the metropolis with a single activity set up as a public establishment or being the subject of an annexed budget.