Subsection 3: Equalisation allowance.

The departments’ overall operating allocation includes an equalisation allocation made up of the urban equalisation allocation provided for in article L. 3334-6-1 and the minimum operating allocation provided for in article L. 3334-7. From 2005, the annual increase in the balance of the departments’ overall operating grant after deduction of the flat-rate grant provided for in article L. 3334-3 and the compensation allowance provided for in article L. 3334-7-1 is…

The fiscal potential of a département is determined by adding together the following amounts: 1° The fraction of the net proceeds of the value added tax provided for in C of V of Article 16 of Law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finance for 2020 collected by the département in the previous year; 2° The sum of the departmental proceeds collected in respect of the business value added…

Departments with a population density of more than 100 inhabitants per square kilometre and an urbanisation rate of more than 65% are considered to be urban departments for the purposes of this article. The urbanisation rate is determined on the basis of the density grid established by the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. Urban departments whose per capita financial potential is less than or equal to…

La dotation de fonctionnement minimale est attribuée aux départements ne répondant pas aux conditions démographiques mentionnées au premier alinéa de l’article L. 3334-6-1. Departments whose per capita financial potential is more than twice the average per capita financial potential of the departments determined in application of the first paragraph may not be eligible. A decree in the Conseil d’Etat will set out the procedures for distributing the allocation among the…