For communes and their public administrative establishments, the chapters of budgets voted by nature correspond:
a) Investment section:
– to each of the two-digit accounts in classes 1 and 2 opened in the nomenclature by nature, with the exception of the accounts “Retained earnings”, “Profit for the financial year”, “Provisions for liabilities and charges”, “Differences on realisation of fixed assets”, “Fixed assets assigned, conceded, leased or made available”, “Depreciation of fixed assets” and “Provisions for depreciation of fixed assets” ;
– to each of the global chapters, the list and composition of which are set by the order referred to in article D. 2311-2;
– to each operation voted by the deliberative assembly. The operation corresponds to a set of acquisitions of fixed assets, work on fixed assets and related study costs, leading to the completion of a work or several works of the same nature. This transaction may also include capital grants paid;
– to each of the transactions on behalf of third parties, the list and subdivisions of which are determined by the order referred to in article D. 2311-2;
– to the “Capital grants paid” account;
– to the line entitled “Unforeseen expenditure”;
– to the line entitled “Transfer from the operating section”;
– to the line entitled “Proceeds from disposals of fixed assets”.
These last three chapters only include forecasts that have not been implemented.
b) Operating section:
– to the two-digit accounts of classes 6 and 7 open to the nomenclature by nature, with the exception of accounts forming part of a globalised chapter as well as, in towns with more than 100,000 inhabitants, the account recording the operating expenses of groups of elected representatives which forms a chapter in itself;
– to each of the globalised chapters, the list and composition of which are set by the order referred to in article D. 2311-2;
– to the line entitled “Operating expenses of groups of elected representatives (in municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants)”;
– to the line entitled “Unforeseen expenditure”;
– to the line entitled “Transfer to the investment section”.
These last two chapters only include forecasts without implementation.