The total amount of the flat-rate allowance for the municipalities in the overseas departments is increased in 2001 by a sum of 40 million francs, taken from the development allowance instituted in article L. 2334-13.
This increase is distributed between the overseas departments in proportion to the population as defined in article L. 2334-2. It is then divided between the communes within each of these departments, except for French Guyana, in proportion to their population as defined above. The communes in French Guyana are allocated 75% in proportion to their population as defined above and 25% in equal shares between them.