TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

The budget of the territorial collectivity of French Guiana is the act by which the annual revenue and expenditure of the collectivity are forecast and authorised. The budget voted must be balanced in terms of expenditure and revenue. The budget of the territorial collectivity of French Guiana is drawn up in an operating section and an investment section, both in terms of revenue and expenditure. Certain interventions, activities or services…

The allocation of grants shall give rise to a deliberation separate from the vote on the budget. However, for grants whose allocation is not subject to conditions of award, the Assembly of French Guiana may decide: 1° To individualise the appropriations in the budget by beneficiary; or 2° To draw up, in a statement appended to the budget, a list of beneficiaries with, for each of them, the purpose and…

Within a period of ten weeks prior to the examination of the budget, a debate shall take place within the assembly of French Guiana on the budgetary guidelines for the financial year as well as on the multi-year commitments envisaged. This debate shall also cover the progress of the measures provided for by the convergence plan covering the territory of the collectivity. The draft budget of the collectivity is prepared…

The appropriations shall be voted by chapter and, if the Assembly of French Guiana so decides, by article. In these two cases, the Assembly of French Guiana may, however, specify that certain appropriations are specialised by article. In the event of a vote by article, the president of the Assembly of French Guiana may, by express decision, make transfers from article to article within the same chapter excluding articles whose…

I. – If the Assembly of French Guyana so decides, the allocations earmarked for capital expenditure include programme authorisations and payment appropriations. Programme authorisations constitute the upper limit of expenditure that may be committed for the execution of investments. They remain valid for an unlimited period until they are cancelled. They may be revised. Payment appropriations constitute the upper limit of expenditure that may be ordered or paid during the…

Before the vote on the first budgetary deliberation following its renewal, the assembly of French Guyana establishes its budgetary and financial regulations. The local authority’s budgetary and financial regulations specify in particular: 1° The procedures for managing programme authorisations, commitment authorisations and related payment appropriations, and in particular the rules relating to the lapse and cancellation of programme authorisations and commitment authorisations; 2° The procedures for informing the assembly of…