Article L3334-7 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
La dotation de fonctionnement minimale est attribuée aux départements ne répondant pas aux conditions démographiques mentionnées au premier alinéa de l’article L. 3334-6-1. Departments whose per capita financial potential is more than twice the average per capita financial potential of the departments determined in application of the first paragraph may not be eligible. A decree in the Conseil d’Etat will set out the procedures for distributing the allocation among the…