Until the entry into force of the agreements provided for in articles L. 1424-13, L. 1424-14 et L. 1424-17, the minimum amount of direct and indirect expenditure relating to the staff and goods mentioned in these articles, excluding the contributions mentioned in article L1424-35, made each year by the commune, the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation or the department, is set by an agreement between the fire and rescue service, on the one hand, and the commune, the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation or the department, on the other.
Failing an agreement, the minimum amount of expenditure mentioned in the previous paragraph may not, until the entry into force of the agreements provided for in articles L. 1424-13, L. 1424-14 and L. 1424-17, be less, for operating expenditure, than the average of actual expenditure recorded in the last five known administrative accounts and, for capital expenditure, than the average of actual expenditure recorded in the last five known administrative accounts, less expenses for the year relating to the investments made.
These averages are established by the departmental consultative committee provided for in article L. 1424-21.