I. – A general financial protocol is drawn up between the Lyon Urban Community and the Rhône Department. It specifies the conditions for the distribution, between the co-contracting parties, of the pre-existing assets and liabilities of the Rhône department, the formulas for the depreciation of investments, the valuation of off-balance sheet commitments transferred and the accounting procedures for the transfer of assets and liabilities following the creation of the Lyon metropolis.
II. – The protocol provided for in I shall be drawn up by 31 December 2014 at the latest by the local commission responsible for assessing the costs and resources transferred from the Rhône department defined in Article L. 3663-3.
III. – If the financial protocol has not been concluded by the date stipulated in II, the conditions for distributing the pre-existing assets and liabilities of the Rhône department between the co-contractors, the formulas for depreciating investments, the valuation of off-balance sheet commitments transferred and the accounting procedures for transferring assets and liabilities following the creation of the Lyon metropolitan authority are set by order of the State representative in the region. This decree is issued within three months of the date stipulated in II above.