Section 4: Charges for the transport and distribution of electricity and gas and the transport of hydrocarbons and chemicals by pipeline

The system of fees payable to the départements for the occupation of their public domain by electricity and gas transmission and distribution works and by specific electricity and gas lines or pipelines, as well as for temporary occupation of their public domain by worksites, is set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat subject to the provisions of the first and second paragraphs of the sole article of the loi n°…

The fees referred to in article L. 3333-8 are payable annually in advance.

The fees referred to in article L. 3333-8 are subject to the five-year statute of limitations which begins to run from the date on which they became due. The four-year statute of limitations instituted by the loi n° 68-1250 du 31 décembre 1968 relative à la prescription des créances sur l’Etat, les départements, les communes et les établissements publics is alone applicable to the action for restitution of royalties.