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Article L3333-7 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The annual proceeds of the departmental tax are allocated, subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 2333-52 : 1° To interventions promoting agricultural development in mountain areas; 2° To expenditure on equipment, services, promotion and training induced by the development of tourism in mountain areas and the needs of the various types of clientele as well as the improvement of rail and road access ; 3°…

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Article L3333-8 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The system of fees payable to the départements for the occupation of their public domain by electricity and gas transmission and distribution works and by specific electricity and gas lines or pipelines, as well as for temporary occupation of their public domain by worksites, is set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat subject to the provisions of the first and second paragraphs of the sole article of the loi n°…

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Article L3333-10 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The fees referred to in article L. 3333-8 are subject to the five-year statute of limitations which begins to run from the date on which they became due. The four-year statute of limitations instituted by the loi n° 68-1250 du 31 décembre 1968 relative à la prescription des créances sur l’Etat, les départements, les communes et les établissements publics is alone applicable to the action for restitution of royalties.

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Article L3334-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The départements receive a flat-rate allocation, an equalisation allocation and a compensation allocation. All of these sums evolve in the same way as the overall operating allocation distributed. In 2023, the amount of the departments’ overall operating allocation is equal to that distributed in 2022. In 2023, this amount is reduced by the amount corresponding to the reductions in allocations to be provided for in 2023 pursuant to Article 199-1…

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Article L3334-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Each département receives a lump-sum allocation. I. – From 2015, each département’s lump-sum allocation is equal to the amount received the previous year in respect of this allocation. For each department, with the exception of the department of Paris, this allocation is increased or reduced by the product of the difference between its population recorded in respect of the year of allocation and that recorded in respect of the year…

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Article L3334-4 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The departments’ overall operating allocation includes an equalisation allocation made up of the urban equalisation allocation provided for in article L. 3334-6-1 and the minimum operating allocation provided for in article L. 3334-7. From 2005, the annual increase in the balance of the departments’ overall operating grant after deduction of the flat-rate grant provided for in article L. 3334-3 and the compensation allowance provided for in article L. 3334-7-1 is…

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Article L3334-6 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The fiscal potential of a département is determined by adding together the following amounts: 1° The fraction of the net proceeds of the value added tax provided for in C of V of Article 16 of Law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finance for 2020 collected by the département in the previous year; 2° The sum of the departmental proceeds collected in respect of the business value added…

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Article L3334-6-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Departments with a population density of more than 100 inhabitants per square kilometre and an urbanisation rate of more than 65% are considered to be urban departments for the purposes of this article. The urbanisation rate is determined on the basis of the density grid established by the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. Urban departments whose per capita financial potential is less than or equal to…

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