I. – For the application of Article D. 5217-16 :
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 metropolis, as it results 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) The annual capital repayment of debt refers to loan repayments made on a definitive basis;
f) Outstanding debt is obtained by aggregating long- and medium-term loans and debts;
When the metropolis has to pay an indemnity for early loan repayment, 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 is obtained by the difference between actual operating revenue and actual operating expenditure.
II. – The 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 preliminary budget is carried over to the latter.