A development grant is instituted, comprising a grant for the benefit of groups of communes, a national equalisation grant, an urban solidarity and social cohesion grant, a rural solidarity grant, a start-up grant for new communes and an inter-communal skills grant.
The amount of the development grant is equal to the difference between all the resources allocated to the overall operating grant of the communes and the total formed by the flat-rate grant provided for in Article L. 2334-7 and the fixed allocation for new communes provided for in Article L. 2113-20.
After deduction of the intercommunal grant provided for in articles L. 5211-28and L. 5842-8, the compensation allowance provided for in article L. 5211-28-1, the share intended for overseas municipalities provided for in article L. 2334-23-1, the “dotation d’amorçage” for new municipalities and the “dotation de compétences intercommunales”, the balance of the “dotation d’aménagement” is divided between the “dotation de solidarité urbaine et de cohésion sociale”, the “dotation de solidarité rurale” and the “dotation nationale de péréquation”. In 2023, the amount apportioned under the inter-municipality allocation increases by 30 million euros compared with the amount apportioned in 2022.
As from 2004, the annual variation in the balance of the development allocation is apportioned by the local finance committee between the national equalisation allocation, the urban solidarity and social cohesion allocation and the rural solidarity allocation, as well as between the different shares or fractions of these allocations, where they exist.
In 2023, the amount apportioned under the urban solidarity and social cohesion allocation increases by at least €90 million and the amount apportioned under the rural solidarity allocation increases by at least €200 million compared with the amounts apportioned in 2022. This increase is financed by the reductions provided for in article L. 2334-7-1.
From 2012, the amount apportioned under the national equalisation grant is at least equal to the amount apportioned the previous year.
The Local Finance Committee may increase the amount of the grants mentioned in this article, offsetting the corresponding increases under the conditions provided for in article L. 2334-7-1.