CHAPTER V : Urban Community

The loss of revenue that the urban community suffers as a result of the temporary exemptions enjoyed by new constructions as well as the premises referred to in articles 1384 C and 1384 D of the General Tax Code in respect of property tax on built-up properties are offset by a State subsidy, determined under the same conditions as the allowance paid to the municipalities, in accordance with the provisions…

The lump-sum allocation for urban communities is increased by a share of the lump-sum allocation paid to the communes that make them up. This share is equal to the deduction made from the lump-sum allocations of the member municipalities in 1981, increased each year by the rate of increase in the lump-sum allocation.

The community council may grant financial aid to communes which are part of the urban community and whose budget would be seriously unbalanced following their accession to the said community.

Each urban community shall be obliged to bear the expenditure for which the municipalities are responsible under a provision of the law, where such expenditure relates to services falling within its competence. .

From the date of the transfer of competences to the urban community, the latter assumes the debt service of the communes, syndicates of communes included in the conurbation, as well as the obligations of these communities or public establishments in respect of the competences transferred. The amount of the annual repayments of loans constitutes a compulsory expense for the urban community. Guarantees granted and subsidies in annual instalments allocated by…