Investments eligible for an allocation under the second part of the special assistance scheme include, on the one hand, investments whose purpose is the construction, renovation, restructuring, extension or making accessible as provided for by articles L. 111-7 to L. 111-7-4 of the Construction and Housing Code under the conditions set out in articles R. 1614-89 and R. 1614-90, on the other hand, investments whose purpose is equipment under the conditions provided for in article R. 1614-91.
These investments must relate to establishments which, thanks to their departmental or regional influence, participate in the departmental, regional or national circulation of documents, in particular through the use of a computer network for bibliographic information and access to catalogues, and which carry out cooperative actions with the various bodies in charge of books and reading at departmental, regional or national level, in terms of acquisition, conservation, animation or training.
Eligible for an allocation under the second fraction of the special assistance are the non-permanent operating expenses of municipal, inter-municipal and departmental libraries, whether they are main, sector or annex libraries, under the conditions set out in article L. 1614-10, as specified by this article and articles R. 1614-91 and R. 1614-95.
Projects to extend or change library opening hours mentioned in 2° of article L. 1614-10 may only receive an allocation under the second fraction of the special assistance for a maximum of five consecutive years.