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Article R1612-31 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 5, 2023

The prefect shall refer the matter to the regional audit chamber, pursuant to the provisions of article L. 1612-20, when the accounts of the municipal or inter-municipal public establishment show a deficit in the implementation of the budget equal to or greater than 5% of revenue in the operating section in the case of a group of municipalities with a total of 20,000 inhabitants or more, and 10% in the…

Article R1612-32 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 5, 2023

The referral to the regional audit chamber provided for in article L. 1612-15 must be reasoned, quantified and supported by all relevant evidence, and in particular by the approved budget and, where applicable, the decisions that amended it. The president of the chamber communicates the request to the public prosecutor. He informs the representative of the local authority or public body.

Article R1612-33 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 5, 2023

Where the person making the request has been unable to obtain the budget documents, the president of the regional audit chamber will have them sent to him by the representative of the State.

Article R1612-34 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 5, 2023

The regional audit chamber rules on the admissibility of the application. In particular, it shall establish the status of the applicant and, if applicable, the applicant’s interest in bringing the action.

Article R1612-35 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 5, 2023

The regional audit chamber shall rule on whether the expenditure is compulsory. If the expenditure is compulsory and the chamber finds that the appropriations required to cover it are lacking or insufficient, it shall give formal notice to the local authority or public establishment concerned to make the said appropriations available by means of an amending decision to the budget.

Article R1612-36 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 5, 2023

If the regional audit chamber finds that the expenditure is not compulsory or that the appropriations entered are sufficient to cover it, it shall notify its decision, which shall be substantiated, to the author of the request, to the local authority or public body concerned and, if it is not the author of the request, to the representative of the State.

Article R1612-37 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 5, 2023

Within one month of notification of the formal notice referred to in article R. 1612-35, the local authority or public establishment concerned shall open the necessary appropriations. The corresponding decision is sent to the regional audit chamber and to the applicant within eight days of its adoption.

Article R1612-38 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 5, 2023

The procedure defined in the second paragraph of article R. 1612-35, to articles R. 1612-36 and R. 1612-37 applies when the representative of the State refers the matter to the regional audit chamber, in accordance with article L. 1612-18.

Article R1613-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 5, 2023

Salary costs reimbursed pursuant to article L. 1613-5 include all remuneration defined by the décret n°85-730 du 17 juillet 1985 relatif à la rémunération des fonctionnaires de l’Etat et des fonctionnaires des collectivités territoriales régies respectivement par les lois n° 84-16 du 11 janvier 1984 et n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984, and by the décret n° 85-1148 du 24 octobre 1985 relatif à la rémunération des personnels civils et…

Article R1613-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 5, 2023

The total full-time equivalent number of local authority civil servants made available under article 100 of law no. 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatifs à la fonction publique territoriale with trade union organisations in order to exercise a mandate at national level, the salary costs of which are reimbursed by a special allocation drawn from the resources allocated to the overall operating allocation, is set at one…

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Article R1612-31 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Article R1612-32 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Article R1612-33 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Article R1612-34 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Article R1612-35 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Article R1612-36 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Article R1612-37 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Article R1612-38 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Article R1613-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Article R1613-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

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