Call Us + 33 1 84 88 31 00

Article L2335-16 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

An annual operating grant is introduced for municipalities equipped with one or more registration stations for electronic passport and national identity card applications, known as the “secure documents grant”. From 2023, this grant is made up of a flat-rate portion allocated for each station in operation in the municipality on 1 January of the current year and a variable portion allocated for each station based on the number of passport…

Read More »

Article L2335-17 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – With effect from 2020, a budget allocation is introduced for municipalities with a significant proportion of their territory classified as a Natura 2000 site or included in a national park or within a regional or marine nature park. This grant comprises four fractions. The amount allocated to eligible municipalities under each of these fractions may not be less than 3,000 euros. II. – The first fraction of the…

Read More »

Article L2336-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – With effect from 2012, a national fund for the equalisation of inter-communal and communal resources is created for communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status. II. – 1. The resources of this national equalisation fund in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 are set at 150, 360, 570 and 780 million euros respectively. In 2016 and 2017, the fund’s resources are set at €1…

Read More »

Article L2336-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – From 2012, the aggregate tax potential of an inter-municipal grouping is determined by adding together the following amounts: 1° The product determined by applying the average national tax rate for each of these taxes to the communal tax bases for council tax on second homes and other furnished premises not allocated to the main dwelling and for property tax on non-built-up properties; 1° bis The product determined by…

Read More »

Article L2336-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – The Fonds national de péréquation des ressources intercommunales et communales (National Fund for the Equalisation of Intercommunal and Communal Resources) is financed by a levy on the tax resources of intercommunal groupings and communes that do not belong to any tax grouping of their own in metropolitan France and the overseas departments with the exception of the Department of Mayotte, in accordance with the following procedures: 1° The…

Read More »

Article L2336-4 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – A share of the resources of the Fonds national de péréquation des ressources intercommunales et communales (National Fund for the Equalisation of Intercommunal and Communal Resources) is allocated to the communes and public establishments for intercommunal cooperation with their own tax status in the overseas departments, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and the territorial constituencies of Wallis and Futuna. This share is calculated by…

Read More »

Article L2336-5 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – After deduction of an amount equal to the adjustments made the previous year and the share provided for in article L. 2336-4, the resources of the Fonds national de péréquation des ressources intercommunales et communales (national fund for the equalisation of intercommunal and municipal resources) are distributed among the municipalities and public establishments with their own tax status in metropolitan France according to the following procedures: 1° Benefiting…

Read More »

Article L2336-6 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

From 2023, inter-municipal groupings and communes that do not belong to any public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status that cease to be eligible for the repayment of resources from the Fonds national de péréquation des ressources intercommunales et communales will receive, for the four years following their last year of eligibility, an allocation equal to 90%, 70%, 50% and then 25% respectively of the repayment received…

Read More »

Article L2337-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The Minister responsible for the economy and finance may, in the absence of special legislative provisions, grant to communes, in the event of temporary cash shortages, advances chargeable to Treasury resources up to a maximum amount set each year by the Finance Act. A decree in the Council of State determines the conditions and limits under which these advances may be granted.

Read More »

Contact a French lawyer now

Contact a French Business Lawyer

Our French business lawyers are here to help.
We offer a FREE evaluation of your case.
Call us at +33 (0) 1 84 88 31 00 or send us an email.

Useful links

You have a question in French Business Law?

Our French business lawyers are here to help.
We offer a FREE evaluation of your case.
Call +33 (0) 1 84 88 31 00 or send us an email.

All information exchanged through this website will be communicated to lawyers registered with a French Bar and will remain confidential.