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 a period of fifteen days, the representative of the State shall send the authorising officer formal notice to make the payment.Should the authorising officer fail to do so within a period of one month, the representative of the State shall, within a period of ten days, automatically make the payment for the expenditure.
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 this insufficiency, the latter, within fifteen days of this notification or establishment, refers the matter to the territorial audit chamber under the conditions set out in article LO 6362-13. The State representative then automatically makes the payment within fifteen days of receiving the decision to enter the appropriations or his decision to settle the rectified budget.