CHAPTER I: Common provisions

The arrondissement mayor commits and authorises expenditure entered in the special statement once it has become enforceable, in accordance with the rules applicable to expenditure authorised by the mayor of the commune or by the mayor of Paris. If the arrondissement mayor fails to authorise a compulsory expenditure provided for in the budget, the mayor of the commune or the mayor of Paris gives him formal notice to do so….

Until the special statement has become enforceable, the arrondissement mayor may, each month, commit and authorise operating expenditure up to one twelfth of that entered in the special statement for the previous year. In addition, until the special statement has become executory, the arrondissement mayor may, with the authorisation of the city council or the Paris council, commit and mandate investment expenditure up to the limit of one quarter of…

When the supplementary budget of the commune or the City of Paris is examined, the allocations for the arrondissements may be modified by the city council or by the Paris council, following the opinion of a commission made up of the mayor of the commune or the mayor of Paris and the mayors of the arrondissements. These modifications may be intended to cover expenditure that cannot be met by the…