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Article L3232-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The département draws up a rural equipment assistance programme in the light, in particular, of proposals sent to it by the communes. Under no circumstances may this programme have the effect of allowing the départements to award a loan, grant or aid under conditions prohibited by the provisions of article L. 1111-5. When drawing up its aid programme, the département takes into account the priorities defined by the communes, or…

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Article L3232-1-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

For reasons of solidarity and regional planning, the department makes technical assistance available under conditions determined by agreement to municipalities or public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation that do not have sufficient resources to exercise their competencies in the areas of sanitation, protection of water resources, restoration and maintenance of aquatic environments, flood prevention, roads, mobility, planning and housing. The department may delegate these technical assistance missions to a mixed syndicate…

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Article L3232-1-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

As an exception to article L. 1511-2, the département may, by agreement with the region and in addition to the latter, participate, by means of subsidies, in the financing of aid granted by the region in favour of departmental, interdepartmental or regional committees for sea fishing and marine farming within the meaning of articles L. 912-1 et seq. of the rural and maritime fishing code, regional shellfish farming committees within…

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Article L3232-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The financial aid mentioned in the seventh paragraph of Article L. 2224-31 is distributed by department. The department shall, on the basis of proposals submitted by the local authorities, decide how this aid is to be distributed between the organising authorities of a public electricity distribution network that are the project managers for rural electrification works and are therefore eligible. Where, in a département, there is a public cooperation body…

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Article L3232-4 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The département may, after consultation with the municipal council of the commune in which the business concerned is located, award subsidies to existing businesses whose purpose is to operate cinemas under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. These grants may only be awarded to establishments which, regardless of the number of screens, achieve a weekly average of less than 7,500 admissions or which are classified as art cinemas…

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Article L3232-5 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Departments may finance or implement forest management, equipment and monitoring actions in order, on the one hand, to prevent fires and, where applicable, to facilitate fire-fighting operations and, on the other hand, to restore forests. Where applicable, these actions are part of the plan defined in article L. 133-2 of the Forestry Code.

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