The reimbursement of the operating costs of the service made available in application of II of article L. 5211-4-1 is made on the basis of a unit operating cost for the service, multiplied by the number of operating units recorded by the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation or the municipality benefiting from the provision.
The agreement defines the method used to determine the unit operating cost and includes a forecast of the use of the service made available, expressed in operating units. The unit cost includes expenses related to the operation of the service and in particular staff costs, supplies, the cost of renewing goods and related service contracts, to the exclusion of any other expenditure not strictly related to the operation of the service.
The unit cost is determined on the basis of expenditure in the most recent administrative accounts, updated to take account of foreseeable changes in the conditions under which the activity is carried out in the light of the year’s preliminary budget. The cost is determined by the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation or the municipality that has made the said service available.
Costs are reimbursed on the basis of an annual statement listing the use of the service, converted into operating units. The unit cost is brought to the attention of the beneficiaries of the provision of services, each year, before the date of adoption of the budget provided for in article L. 1612-2. For the year in which the agreement is signed, the unit cost is notified to the beneficiaries of the provision of services within three months of the agreement being signed. Reimbursement is made at intervals set by the agreement. This periodicity may not exceed one year.
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