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Article L3661-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The budget of the Metropole of Lyon is the act by which the annual revenue and expenditure of the local authority are forecast and authorised. The budget voted on must be balanced in terms of expenditure and revenue. The Lyon metropolitan authority’s budget is drawn up in an operating section and an investment section, both in terms of revenue and expenditure. Certain operations, activities or services are individualised within annexed…

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Article L3661-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Prior to the debates on the draft budget, the President of the Lyon Metropolitan Council shall present a report on the situation with regard to sustainable development concerning the operation of the Lyon Metropolitan Council, the policies it conducts on its territory and the guidelines and programmes likely to improve this situation and contribute to achieving the sustainable development objectives included in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted on…

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Article L3661-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The allocation of grants is decided separately from the budget vote. However, for grants for which there are no conditions of award, the Lyon Metropolitan Council may decide: 1° To individualise the appropriations per beneficiary in the budget; or 2° To draw up, in a statement attached to the budget, a list of beneficiaries with, for each of them, the purpose and amount of the grant. The individualisation of appropriations…

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Article L3661-4 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The Lyon metropolitan authority is subject to the provisions of article L. 3312-1, with the exception of the presentation of the budget guidelines, which takes place within a period of ten weeks. The draft budget of the local authority is prepared and presented by the President of the Lyon Metropolitan Council, who is required to communicate it to the members of the Lyon Metropolitan Council, along with the corresponding reports,…

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Article L3661-5 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The budget of the metropolitan authority is voted either by nature or by function. If the budget is voted by type, it also includes a cross-referenced presentation by function; if it is voted by function, it includes a cross-referenced presentation by type. The nomenclature by nature and the nomenclature by function are set by joint order of the Minister responsible for local authorities and the Minister responsible for the budget….

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Article L3661-6 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The appropriations are voted by chapter and, if the Metropolitan Lyon Council so decides, by article. In both these cases, the Metropolitan Lyon Council may, however, specify that certain appropriations are specialised by article. In the event of voting by article, the President of the Metropolitan Lyon Council may, by express decision, make transfers from article to article within the same chapter, excluding articles whose appropriations are specialised. Within the…

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Article L3661-7 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – If the Lyon Metropolitan Council so decides, the allocations for investment expenditure include programme authorisations and payment appropriations. Programme authorisations constitute the upper limit of expenditure that may be committed to carry out 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 year to cover…

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Article L3661-8 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Prior to the vote on the first budget deliberation following its renewal, the Lyon Metropolitan Council draws up 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 Metropole…

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Article L3661-9 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

When the investment section or the operating section of the budget includes either programme authorisations and payment appropriations, or commitment authorisations and payment appropriations, the President of the Metropolitan Lyon Council may, until the budget is adopted or until it is settled in the event that the budget is not adopted, liquidate and mandate investment expenditure and operating expenditure corresponding to the authorisations opened during previous financial years, up to…

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