The region’s mission, while respecting the remit of the départements and communes and, where appropriate, in collaboration with these local authorities and the State, is to contribute to the economic, social and cultural development of the region by:
1° Any studies of interest to regional development;
2° Any proposals aimed at coordinating and rationalising the choice of investments to be made by public authorities;
3° Voluntary participation in the financing of public facilities of direct regional interest;
4° The construction of public facilities of direct regional interest, with the agreement of and on behalf of local authorities, groupings of local authorities, other public establishments or the State;
4° bis The financing of roads and trunk roads which, due to their characteristics, constitute routes of regional interest and are identified by the regional plan for development, sustainable development and territorial equality provided for in articles L. 4251-1 and following;
4° ter The exercise, in agreement with the State, under the conditions provided for in article L. 121-5 of the Code de la voirie routière, of the project management of a development operation on a road in the non-concessionary national public road domain, if this road constitutes an itinerary of regional interest identified by the regional plan for development, sustainable development and territorial equality ;
5° Any contribution to operating expenses relating to operations of direct regional interest;
6° Any economic intervention under the conditions set out in this article, in the single chapter of Title I of Book V of Part One, in article L. 3232-4 and Chapters I bis and III of Title V of Book II of Part Four;
7° The allocation, on behalf of the State, of financial aid granted by the State for business investment contributing to regional development and employment under conditions laid down by decree;
8° Participation in the capital of existing or future private equity companies, inter-regional finance companies or companies specific to each region, as well as semi-public companies and companies whose purpose is to accelerate technology transfer;
Subject to articles L. 3641-1 and L. 5217-2, the municipalities and their groupings may only intervene in addition to the region and within the framework of an agreement signed with the latter;
8° bis Participation in the capital of commercial companies other than those mentioned in 8°, for the implementation of the regional economic development, innovation and internationalisation plan provided for in Article L. 4251-13 and within the limits laid down by decree in the Council of State. This decree also specifies the conditions under which the Commission des participations et des transferts mentioned in article 25 of order no. 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 relating to the governance and capital transactions of companies with public shareholdings is referred to;
9° Subscription of shares in a regional or inter-regional private equity fund;
Local authorities, their groupings and the Lyon metropolitan area may participate in addition to the region under an agreement signed with the latter;
The total amount of subscriptions from public funds paid by local authorities and their groupings may not exceed 50% of the total amount of the fund. This limit may be exceeded in the case of an interregional fund or when a call for expressions of interest is issued to encourage private investors to subscribe to units in the fund ;
The region signs an agreement with the fund’s management company setting out, in particular, the purpose, amount and operation of the fund, as well as the conditions for the return of subscriptions paid in the event that the fund changes or ceases to operate;
The municipalities, their groupings and the Lyon metropolitan area involved in supplementing the regional subscription are also signatories to this agreement ;
10° Participation, through the payment of grants, in the constitution of a guarantee fund with a credit institution or finance company whose exclusive purpose is to guarantee financial assistance granted to businesses;
The region enters into an agreement with the company managing the guarantee fund, determining in particular the purpose, amount and operation of the fund, which includes payment and collection operations, the procedures for informing the regional council by the company as well as the conditions for returning the allocations paid in the event of modification or cessation of activity of this fund;
11° The financing or assistance with the implementation of local investment funds defined in article L. 214-31 of the Monetary and Financial Code by agreement with the fund’s management company, which determines the fund’s economic objectives, which are set out in the fund’s regulations;
Under this agreement, départements, municipalities or their groupings may participate financially in the implementation of the fund.
Local authorities and their groupings may not hold shares or units in a local investment fund management company.
12° The payment of allocations for the constitution of financial instruments provided for in Article 37 of Regulation (EC) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions for the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Fund, laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Fund, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, to the managing body selected in accordance with the arrangements laid down in Article 38 of that Regulation, for the implementation of regional financial engineering operations.
The region shall conclude, with the body managing the financial instrument and with the managing authority of the regional operational programme of the Structural Funds, an agreement determining in particular the purpose, amount and operation of the instrument, which may include payment and collection operations as well as the conditions for repayment of allocations paid in the event of modification or cessation of activity of the instrument ;
13° The coordination, by means of a platform of digital services that it runs, of the acquisition and updating of the geographical reference data required for a detailed description of its territory and for the observation and evaluation of its territorial policies, data for which it promotes access and re-use ;
14° The holding of shares in a public limited company or a simplified joint stock company whose corporate purpose is the production of renewable energy or renewable or low-carbon hydrogen as defined in article L. 811-1 of the Energy Code by facilities located within their territory. These shares may be acquired by acquiring holdings in the capital of commercial companies whose sole purpose is to hold the shares of the companies mentioned in the first sentence of this 14°. The region may grant loans to companies producing renewable energy or renewable or low-carbon hydrogen as defined in article L. 811-1 of the Energy Code in which it directly participates current account advances at market prices and under the conditions provided for in Article L. 1522-5 of this code. By way of derogation from the conditions laid down in the same Article L. 1522-5, the duration of current account advances may be extended by the region to seven years, renewable once, when the energy produced by the production facilities benefits from the support provided for in Articles L. 311-12, L. 314-1, L. 314-18, L. 446-2, L. 446-5, L. 446-14 or L. 446-15 of the Energy Code;
14° bis Supporting and participating in the steering of competitiveness clusters located on its territory;
15° Granting aid for collective actions benefiting several companies, when these actions are part of the regional economic development, innovation and internationalisation plan;
16° Coordinating and leading actions led by the various players in terms of the circular economy, particularly in terms of industrial and territorial ecology.
The region concludes, with the body managing the holding fund and with the managing authority of the regional operational programme of the structural funds, an agreement determining, in particular, the purpose, amount and operation of the fund, the information provided to the managing authority on the use of the fund as well as the conditions for the restitution of allocations paid in the event of modification or cessation of activity of this fund.