In the context of public orders, when default interest is not mandated at the same time as the principal, the latter being in an amount greater than a threshold set by regulation, the accounting officer assigning the expenditure shall inform the authorising officer and the representative of the State within ten days of receipt of the payment order. Within fifteen days, the representative of the State shall send the authorising officer formal notice to pay. If the authorising officer fails to pay within one month, the representative of the State shall automatically authorise the expenditure within ten days.
However, if, within the one-month period available to him, the authorising officer notifies a refusal to implement on the grounds of insufficient available appropriations or if, within the same period, the representative of the State establishes such insufficiency, the latter, within fifteen days of such notification or establishment, shall refer the matter to the territorial audit chamber under the conditions laid down in Article LO 6262-13. The representative of the State then automatically makes the payment within fifteen days of receiving the deliberation entering the appropriations or his decision settling the rectified budget.