A. Allocation methods.

The procedures for distributing the share provided for in Article L. 2334-34 to the communes and commune groupings of French Polynesia are set out in Articles R. 2573-53 to R. 2573-55.

The quota referred to in Article R. 2573-52 is calculated by applying to the amount of the quota referred to in Article L. 2334-34 the ratio existing between the population of all the communes of French Polynesia and the population of all the communes or territorial divisions of French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia. The population taken into account is that defined in Article L. 2334-2….

The High Commissioner of the Republic allocates these credits to the communes and groups of communes of French Polynesia in the form of grants under the conditions set out in article R. 2573-55.

A commission placed under the High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia sets each year the categories of priority operations eligible for the subsidies mentioned in Article R. 2573-54 and, within the limits set by article R. 2334-27, the minimum and maximum rates of subsidy applicable to each of them. The High Commissioner shall determine each year, according to the categories and within the limits set by the commission,…