Sont obligatoires pour la collectivité territoriale:
1° Les dépenses relatives au fonctionnement des organes délibérants et à l’entretien de l’hôtel de la collectivité;
2° Les dépenses relatives aux indemnités de fonction prévues aux articles L. 7227-17 to L. 7227-21 and the training costs for elected representatives mentioned in article L. 7227-14 as well as contributions to the fund set up in article L. 1621-2 ;
3° Contributions to the general social security scheme pursuant to article L. 7227-28 and to the pension schemes for elected representatives pursuant to articles L. 7227-29 to L. 7227-32 ;
4° The contribution to the Centre national de la fonction publique territoriale;
5° The remuneration of local authority staff;
6° Under the conditions set out in Article 88-1 of Law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 containing statutory provisions relating to the local civil service, expenditure relating to the services mentioned in article 9 of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants;
7° Interest on the debt and expenditure on repaying the capital debt ;
8° Expenditure for which the local authority is responsible in terms of national education;
9° The local authority’s contribution to the operating expenditure of the national institutes for higher education and teaching ;
10° Expenditure relating to the organisation of school transport;
11° Expenditure relating to social action, health and integration for which the local authority is responsible;
12° Expenditure relating to the personalised autonomy allowance ;
13° The costs of the departmental epizootics service;
14° Participation in the departmental fire and rescue service;
15° Expenditure resulting from the maintenance of property transferred to the community by application of l’article L. 318-2 of the town planning code;
16° Expenditure on the maintenance and construction of commercial and fishing seaports;
17° Expenditure on the maintenance and construction of the local authority’s roads;
18° Payment of debts due ;
19° Depreciation charges;
20° Allocations to provisions;
21° Reversal of capital grants received;
22° Withholding tax provided for in 1° of 2 of Article 204 A of the General Tax Code.
A decree determines the terms of application of 19°, 20° and 21°.