In the event that the local authority’s budget has not been adopted before 1 January of the financial year to which it applies, the president of the territorial council is entitled, until the adoption of this budget, to levy revenue and to commit, liquidate and mandate expenditure in the operating section within the limit of that entered in the budget for the previous year.
It is entitled to mandate expenditure relating to the capital repayment of annual debt instalments falling due before the budget is voted.
In addition, until the adoption of the budget or until 31 March in the absence of adoption of the budget before that date, the President of the Territorial Council may, with the authorisation of the Territorial Council, commit, liquidate and mandate investment expenditure up to the limit of a quarter of the appropriations opened in the budget for the previous financial year, not including appropriations relating to debt repayment and, for expenditure of a multi-annual nature included in a programme authorisation, liquidate and mandate them up to the limit of the payment appropriations provided for in respect of the financial year by the deliberation opening the programme authorisation.
The authorisation referred to in the third paragraph specifies the amount and allocation of the appropriations.
The corresponding appropriations, referred to in the previous paragraphs, are entered in the budget when it is adopted. The accounting officer is entitled to pay the mandates and recover the revenue vouchers issued under the above conditions.