Section 1: Rural equipment support

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…

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…

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…