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Article L2334-21 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The first fraction of the rural solidarity grant is allocated to communes whose population represents at least 15% of the population of the canton, to communes with headquarters of centralising offices, and to communes that were canton chief towns on 1 January 2014; Not eligible are communes: 1° Located in an urban unit: a) Representing at least 10% of the department’s population or with more than 250,000 inhabitants; b) Containing…

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Article L2334-22 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The second fraction of the rural solidarity grant is allocated to communes whose per capita financial potential, as defined in article L. 2334-4, is less than twice the average per capita financial potential of communes belonging to the same demographic group. This fraction is distributed: 1° For 30% of its amount, according to the population weighted by the difference between the commune’s per capita financial potential and the average per…

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Article L2334-22-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The third fraction of the rural solidarity grant is allocated to the first ten thousand communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants or mentioned in I of article L. 2334-22-2, from among those eligible for at least one of the first two fractions of the rural solidarity grant, ranked in descending order of a synthetic index. This synthetic index is a function of: a) The ratio between the average per capita…

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Article L2334-22-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I.- By way of derogation, the new communes mentioned in article L. 2113-1 created after the promulgation of law no. 2010-1563 of 16 December 2010 on the reform of local authorities, which have 10,000 inhabitants or more and which meet the following cumulative conditions, may be eligible for the three fractions of the rural solidarity grant: 1° None of the former communes had a population of 10,000 or more in…

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Article L2334-23-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – From 2020, the share of the development grant mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 2334-13 and intended for the communes of the overseas departments, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and the territorial constituencies of Wallis and Futuna comprises a development grant for the overseas communes and, with regard to the communes of the overseas departments, an equalisation grant. This share is calculated…

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Article L2334-23-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Each commune in the overseas departments receives an allocation under the equalisation grant mentioned in III of article L. 2334-23-1 calculated on the basis of its population, multiplied by a synthetic index composed of: 1° The ratio between the per capita financial potential of all the communes in the overseas departments and the per capita financial potential of the commune. The financial potential taken into account includes the amounts collected…

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Article L2334-24 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The proceeds of police fines relating to road traffic intended for local authorities referred to in b of 2° of B of I of Article 49 of Law no. 2005-1719 of 30 December 2005 on finances for 2006 are distributed by the local finance committee with a view to financing operations intended to improve public transport and traffic. The population to be taken into account for the application of this…

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Article L2334-25 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The Local Finance Committee apportions the revenue defined in the previous article between the municipalities and public establishments that meet the conditions set by a decree in the Conseil d’Etat. This decree sets the terms and conditions for apportioning this revenue as well as the works that may be financed from their proceeds.

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Article L2334-25-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Net revenue losses resulting from I to V of Article 63 of Law No. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of territorial public action and the affirmation of metropolises are compensated for the State and for the local authorities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants defined in 2° of Article R. 2334-10. From 1 January 2019, sums allocated under the second paragraph of article R. 2334-11 are, for each…

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