Article L1614-10 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
The appropriations previously included in the State budget for the construction, equipment and operation of municipal and inter-municipal libraries and the equipment of departmental libraries are the subject of a special contribution within the general decentralisation grant. They are distributed by the State representative between the départements, communes and groups of local authorities carrying out investment work and non-permanent operating expenditure in respect of the powers they exercise by virtue…