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Section 4: Charges for the transmission and distribution of electricity and gas and for oil pipelines (R)

Article R3333-4 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The fee due each year to a department for the occupation of the departmental public domain by the works of the public electricity transmission and distribution networks is set by the departmental council within the following annual ceiling: PR = (0.045 7 P + 15,245) euros, where P represents the sum of the populations without double counting of the communes in the department as they result from the latest census…

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Article R3333-5 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Where the works of the public electricity transmission and distribution networks, located on the territory of the department, are operated by separate legal entities, the overall amount of the fee, set by the departmental council in accordance with the procedures laid down in article R. 3333-4, is borne by these different legal entities in proportion to the length of the networks they operate on the territory of this department.

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Article R3333-6 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The fees payable to the départements for the occupation of the public domain by all the works established by a private individual by virtue of permissions de voirie or by all the works constituting a direct line within the meaning of the aforementioned Decree of 26 April 2001, established by virtue of permissions de voirie, are set by the département council. They take into account the duration of the occupation,…

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Article R3333-8 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The statement of fees to be collected under the provisions of articles R. 3333-4 to R. 3333-7 will be drawn up on 31 December of the year preceding the opening of each annual collection period. The amount of the fees provided for in article R. 3333-4-1 may be adjusted during the collection period to take account of the commissioning actually carried out.

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Article R3333-13 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The fees payable each year to a department for the temporary occupation of its public domain by worksites on gas transmission network and public gas distribution network structures, as well as on individual gas pipelines, are set by the departmental council under the conditions laid down in articles R. 2333-114-1 et R. 2333-117.

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Article R3333-17 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The fee payable to a département for the occupation of its public domain by pipelines transporting hydrocarbons or chemical products is set by deliberation of the département council after consulting the pipeline operator. For pipelines declared to be in the public interest or in the general interest, and in the event of disagreement from the operator, the fee payable each year may not exceed the ceiling set by article R….

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