The accounts of the régies are kept under the conditions defined by a chart of accounts that complies with the general chart of accounts.
This chart of accounts is approved by the Minister responsible for local authorities and the Minister responsible for the budget, after receiving the opinion of the French Accounting Standards Authority (Autorité des normes comptables). Specific charts of accounts for certain activities may be defined in accordance with the same procedure.
The definition of budget appropriation chapters and articles is set by joint order of the minister responsible for local authorities and the minister responsible for the budget.
Joint instructions from the minister responsible for local authorities and the minister responsible for the budget set out the accounting principles, the rules for the operation of the accounts and the list and context of the budgetary and accounting documents to be kept by the authorising officer and the accounting officer.