CHAPTER I: General principles

Excluding any compulsory enforcement of their debts, local authorities and their public establishments may, with the approval of their public accountant and by written agreement, entrust a public or private body with the collection of: 1° Proceeds from access fees for cultural, sporting and tourist services; 2° Income from buildings belonging to them and entrusted under management, or other income and fees from the domain, the list of which is…

I.-The regions may, with the approval of their public accountant and by written agreement, entrust the granting of aid provided for in Article L. 1511-2 as well as the collection of revenue or payment of expenditure relating thereto to the bodies mentioned in Article 238 bis 4 of the General Tax Code whose purpose is to participate in the creation, development or takeover of businesses as well as the bodies…

The decision of the département or region to award an investment or operating grant to a project decided or subsidised by a local authority or group of local authorities is accompanied by a summary statement of all grants awarded to the same project by local authorities.

For any exceptional investment operation the amount of which exceeds a threshold set by decree according to the category and population of the local authority or establishment, the executive of a local authority or grouping of local authorities presents to its deliberative assembly a study relating to the multi-year impact of this operation on operating expenditure. The deliberation of the department or region to award an investment grant to an…

I. – Where the European Commission considers that the State has failed to fulfil one of its obligations under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and that the obligation concerned falls wholly or partly within the remit of local and regional authorities or their groupings and public establishments, the State shall inform them thereof and notify them of any subsequent developments in the procedure initiated on the…