Publications

The 2017 Annual Public Report is published in two volumes: - volume I sets out the observations and recommendations made as a result of a set of audits and investigations undertaken in 2016 by the Cour des Comptes and its regional and territorial chambers of accounts; - volume II sets out the organi...

In 2013, the State undertook a very-high-speed broadband programme (Plan France très haut debit), whose objective was to reach 100% of the 35 million households and businesses in France by 2022, with 80% of the coverage provided with fibre to the home (FTTH) networks. This deployment is supported by...

Is the State a good shareholder? To answer this question using a strictly pragmatic approach, the Cour des comptes reviewed State shareholdings in companies over the period 2010-2016. It defined State Shareholder in a broad sense to include: the Agence des participations de l’État (APE), the Caisse ...

In an economic environment where capital, companies and high-skilled individuals are mobile, multinational firms are looking for tax optimisation and there is fierce tax competition between countries to attract companies, deeper European integration and the combating of tax avoidance and optimisatio...

La Poste group, France’s second-largest public sector employer with over 250,000 employees, operates across a variety of fields (banking, postal services, parcels delivery, mobile telephony, etc.), including through subsidiaries in France and abroad. La Poste delivers a public service throughout the...

Resulting from the reorganisation of Oséo, CDC Entreprises, Fonds Stratégique d’Investissement (FSI) and FSI Régions, Banque publique d’investissement (Bpifrance) was launched in 2012 to develop and broaden government support for corporate financing and to mitigate the risk of a credit crunch. Its s...

State-owned company France Télévisions is a group that comprises five national channels, 24 regional services, nine TV and radio stations in overseas territories, as well as several subsidiaries. It employed 9,932 FTE employees at end 2015 (excluding subsidiaries), o/w 86% were permanent positions. ...

The Cour des comptes has published a report, produced jointly with the regional courts of audit, on the financial position and management of local governments and their public institutions. The local public administration authorities ('APUL') account for 20% of government spending and are obliged to...

More than 10 years after its previous report on central government civil servant pensions, the Cour des comptes has once again carried out an analysis of civil servant pension schemes, including local government and hospital civil servants. It has examined their specific characteristics and progress...

The structure of the French labour market puts young people in particular at a disadvantage. It takes them longer to find stable employment, they are more commonly faced with job insecurity and involuntary part-time work, and they have a high poverty rate. For several decades, a number of assistance...