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Article R3341-2-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The appropriations allocated to expenditure for each financial year may not be used to pay expenditure for another financial year.

However, expenditure committed but not mandated at the close of the financial year shall be charged against the appropriations that must be carried over to the budget for the following financial year.

They may be paid until these appropriations are made available on the basis of the statement of outstanding commitments drawn up by the President of the Departmental Council, showing expenditure which, having been committed before 31 December of the previous year, has not been mandated before the end of the financial year. This statement constitutes a provisional appropriation.

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Article R3341-2-1

Les crédits affectés aux dépenses de chaque exercice ne peuvent être employés à l’acquittement des dépenses d’un autre exercice.

Toutefois, les dépenses engagées non mandatées à la clôture de l’exercice sont imputées sur les crédits qui doivent être reportés sur le budget de l’exercice suivant.

Elles peuvent être payées jusqu’à l’ouverture de ces crédits au vu de l’état des restes à réaliser établi par le président du conseil départemental, retraçant les dépenses qui, engagées avant le 31 décembre de l’année précédente, n’ont pas donné lieu à mandatement avant la clôture de l’exercice. Cet état vaut ouverture provisoire de crédits.

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