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Article L1511-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The Regional Council shall draw up a report on the aid and aid schemes implemented in its territory during the calendar year, under the conditions laid down in this chapter, by the territorial authorities and their groupings. To this end, these authorities and groupings shall forward, before 30 March each year, all information relating to the aid and aid schemes implemented within their jurisdiction in respect of the previous calendar…

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Article L1511-1-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The State notifies the European Commission of the aid projects or aid schemes that the territorial authorities and their groupings wish to implement, subject to their compatibility with the State’s development strategies, as decided by the Interministerial Committee for Territorial Development and Competitiveness. Any territorial authority or group of territorial authorities that has granted aid to a company is required to recover it without delay if a decision of the…

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Article L1511-1-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Territorial authorities, when acting as managing authorities for European programmes, as national authorities for territorial cooperation programmes, as intermediate bodies for the European Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Fund or as regional managing authorities for the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, bear the cost of corrections and financial penalties imposed on the State by a decision of the European Commission, the European Court of Auditors, a judgment of the Court…

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Article L1511-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – Subject to articles L. 1511-3, L. 1511-7 and L. 1511-8, Title V of Book II of Part Two and Title III of Book II of Part Three, the Regional Council alone is competent to define aid schemes and to decide on the granting of aid to businesses in the region. Within the framework of an agreement signed with the region, the Lyon metropolitan area, the municipalities and their…

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Article L1511-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

In compliance with article L. 4251-17, the municipalities, the Lyon metropolitan area and the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status are solely competent to define aid or aid schemes and decide on the granting of such aid within their territory in relation to business property investment and the leasing of land or buildings. This aid takes the form of grants, discounts on the sale price, rental…

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Article L1511-7 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The region, metropolitan areas and the metropolis of Lyon may pay grants to the organisations mentioned in 4 of article 238 bis of the General Tax Code whose sole purpose is to participate in the creation or takeover of businesses and to the bodies mentioned in 1 of article L. 511-6 of the Monetary and Financial Code which participate in business creation. Municipalities and their groupings may also pay subsidies…

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Article L1511-8 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – Local authorities and their groupings may grant aid to encourage healthcare professionals to set up or remain in areas defined in application of 1° of article L. 1434-4 of the Public Health Code. To this end, agreements are signed between the authorities and groupings that grant the aid and the healthcare professionals concerned. The agreements signed are forwarded by the local authorities and groupings concerned to the regional…

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Article L1511-9 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I.-Territorial authorities or their groupings may grant aid to veterinarians who contribute to the protection of public health and ensure the continuity and permanence of care for farm animals. To this end, agreements, which may include an obligation to set up or maintain a practice, are signed between the local authorities or groupings that grant the aid and the veterinary surgeons or their practice companies concerned. The agreements signed are…

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Article L1521-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Municipalities, départements, regions and their groupings may, within the scope of the powers conferred on them by law, set up local semi-public companies which associate them with one or more private individuals and, where applicable, with other public individuals to carry out development or construction projects, to operate industrial or commercial public services, or for any other activity of general interest; where the purpose of local semi-public companies includes several…

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