In the light of the prefect’s proposals, the ministers responsible for the environment and the economy issue a final decision on the claim, by joint order, and, if the claim is found to be well-founded, set the amount of damages to be covered by the guarantee fund, taking into account the fund’s available funds. If the joint order is not made within six months of the decision to continue the investigation, the claim is deemed to have been rejected.
A joint order by the same ministers determines the sums deducted from the guarantee fund under 6° of article R. 424-3.
The Caisse centrale de réassurance, on behalf of the fund, transfers the sums mentioned in the first paragraph to the ministerial budgetary and accounting controller attached to the Minister for the Economy. The latter shall make them available to the departmental or, where applicable, regional director of public finance for each department concerned. The prefect of the department concerned commits and authorises the sums to be paid in compensation. Any unused balance of the appropriations allocated in this way is paid back to the fund.