Section 3: Fiscal sustainability study

The budgetary sustainability study takes into account all the financial aspects of the partnership contract project.This includes in particular:1° The estimated overall cost of the contract on an annual average basis;2° An indication of the proportion that this cost represents of the purchaser’s annual self-financing capacity and its effect on its financial situation;3° The impact of the contract on the purchaser’s compulsory expenditure, its consequences on its indebtedness and its…

The Minister for the Budget, to whom the assessment of how the project will be carried out is communicated, issues a reasoned opinion on the budgetary sustainability study.He gives his opinion within six weeks of the referral.Failing this, his opinion is deemed to be favourable.