I. – For the application of Article L. 4332-9:
1° The population taken into account is the municipal population of the region, as it results from the legal population census authenticated by decree on 1st January of the year in respect of which the allocation is made. For the Department of Mayotte, the population taken into account is that defined in the first paragraph of Article L. 3334-2;
2° The income taken into consideration is the last known taxable income on 1st January of the year in respect of which the allocation is made;
3° The population density is that resulting from the ratio between the population as defined in 1° and the surface area of this collectivity.
II. – For the distribution of the resources of the regional solidarity fund provided for in III of article L. 4332-9, a synthetic expense index is defined for each local authority eligible for the transfer of these resources. This index, which may not exceed 3.5, is composed of:
1° 55% of the ratio between the average per capita income of all the local authorities referred to in I of the same article and the per capita income of the local authority;
2° 40% of the ratio between the proportion of people aged between fifteen and eighteen domiciled in the local authority’s municipalities in the total population of the local authority and that same proportion recorded in all the local authorities referred to in I of the same article ;
3° Up to 5% of the ratio, which may not exceed 3, between the population density recorded for all the local authorities mentioned in I of the same article and the population density of the local authority.
III. – The amount allocated to each eligible local authority is calculated on the basis of its population multiplied by its synthetic expense index.
Payments are made monthly from the date of notification.