CHAPTER I: General provisions

The regional budget is the act by which the region’s annual revenue and expenditure are forecast and authorised. The budget voted must be balanced in terms of expenditure and revenue. The region’s budget is drawn up in an operating section and an investment section, both in terms of revenue and expenditure. Certain interventions, activities or services are individualised within annexed budgets. The region’s budget is divided into chapters and articles.

Prior to the debates on the draft budget, the President of the Regional Council shall present a report on the situation with regard to equality between women and men concerning the operation of the region, the policies it pursues within its territory and the guidelines and programmes likely to improve this situation. The content of this report and the procedures for its preparation are set by decree.

The award of grants is decided separately from the budget vote. However, for grants whose award is not subject to conditions, the Regional Council may decide: 1° To individualise the appropriations per beneficiary in the budget; 2° Or to draw up, in a statement annexed to the budget, a list of beneficiaries with, for each of them, the purpose and the amount of the grant. The individualisation of appropriations or…