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Article L1614-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The amount of expenditure resulting from increases and decreases in charges is established for each local authority by joint order of the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for the Budget, following the opinion of the consultative commission on the assessment of charges of the Local Finance Committee, under the conditions defined in article L. 1211-4-1. The consultative commission referred to in the previous paragraph draws up for Parliament,…

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Article L1614-3-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The commission mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 1614-3 notes the changes in costs resulting from the creation or extension of competences or from legislative modifications to the conditions for exercising transferred competences, and records them in the balance sheet mentioned in the same article L. 1614-3. When they concern powers exercised by the regions or departments, changes in these costs are recorded for each local authority.

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Article L1614-4 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The costs referred to in article L. 1614-1 are compensated by the transfer of State taxes, by the resources of the Fonds de compensation de la fiscalité transférée and, for the balance, by the allocation of a general decentralisation grant. The beneficiary local authorities are free to use the general decentralisation grant and the resources from the Fonds de compensation de la fiscalité transférée, which are entered in the operating…

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Article L1614-5 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

At the end of the period referred to in Article 4 of the loi n° 83-8 du 7 janvier 1983 précité, transfers of State taxes represent at least half of the resources allocated by the State to all local authorities. Losses of tax revenue resulting, where applicable, for departments or regions, from the modification, subsequent to the date of transfer of the taxes and due to the State, of the…

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Article L1614-5-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The joint order of the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for the Budget recording either increases or decreases in charges pursuant to the provisions of article L. 1614-3, or losses of tax revenue pursuant to the provisions of article L. 1614-5, shall take place within six months of the publication of the legislative or regulatory provisions to which it relates.

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Article L1614-6 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The financial statement provided for in Article L. 1614-3 : – the appropriations included in the dotation d’équipement des territoires ruraux des communes and the dotation de soutien à l’investissement des départements; – the resources provided for in article 113 of the loi n° 83-8 du 7 janvier 1983 précitée; – the appropriations corresponding to the abolition of the municipalities’ contribution to police costs; – the costs incurred by the…

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Article L1614-7 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Any transfer of powers from the State to a local authority entails an obligation for the latter to continue, in accordance with procedures defined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, to compile statistics relating to the exercise of these powers. These statistics are transmitted to the State. With a view to carrying out statistical surveys of general interest, local authorities and their groupings transmit to the State individual information intended…

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Article L1614-8 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Financial compensation for the investment costs of ports transferred pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 6 of Law no. 83-663 of 22 July 1983 supplementing Law no. 83-8 of 7 January 1983 relating to the division of powers between communes, départements, regions and the State is included in the general decentralisation allowance of the départements concerned. The total amount of compensation received by the departments concerned corresponds to the…

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Article L1614-8-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

As from 1 January 2002, the costs transferred to the regions as a result of the transfer of powers provided for in Article 21-1 of the loi n° 82-1153 du 30 décembre 1982 d’orientation des transports intérieurs’ are compensated under the conditions set by the articles L. 1614-1 to L. 1614-3, subject to the provisions of this article. The compensation for the transfer of competences mentioned in the previous paragraph,…

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Article L1614-9 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The appropriations previously entered in the State budget for the establishment and implementation of town planning documents and easements and which correspond to the transferred powers are the subject of a special contribution within the general decentralisation grant. From 2013, this special contribution is increased by the amount of financial compensation for the costs mentioned in Article 17 of Law no. 83-8 of 7 January 1983 relating to the division…

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