I. – To help Corsica overcome the natural handicaps represented by its relief and insularity, and to make up for its deficit in public facilities and services, an exceptional nineteen-year investment programme shall be implemented.
II. – The procedures for implementing the exceptional investment programme are the subject of an agreement between the State and the Corsican regional authority. The State’s contribution to the total cost of the programme may not exceed 70%.
A framework agreement covering the entire duration of the programme and an initial application agreement will be signed between the State and the public project owners concerned within three months of the publication of the loi n° 2002-92 du 22 janvier 2002 relative à la Corse.
The conditions under which this programme is implemented will be reported to Parliament.
III. – The exceptional investment programme will be drawn up in coordination with the objectives of the State-Region Plan Contract and those of the programming of the European Structural Funds.
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