Publications

Controlling energy consumption is essential to support the goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 and to ensure a balance between energy supply and demand, particularly for electricity. As part of the “Fit for 55” package presented by the European Commission, in 2023 France proposed to step up ...

French law on persons with disabilities does not make the funding of accommodation conditional on its location within the country. Slightly more than 7,000 adults were accommodated in Wallonia in 2022. This observation led the French Court of Accounts to undertake a specific investigation into the i...

The aim of inclusive education is to ensure quality schooling for all pupils by taking into account their individual characteristics and special educational needs. Since the law of 11 February 2005 on equal rights and opportunities, participation and citizenship for persons with disabilities, the en...

A measure available to young people from the age of 15, the Universal National Service (SNU), was tested in 13 departments in 2019, before being rolled out nationwide. Its gradual extension, originally intended to result in an extension to an entire age group by 2024, was severely disrupted by the h...

For almost 40 years, there has been a succession of several tax schemes to support private rental investment. According to Insee, France's housing stock has grown by an average of 1.1% a year since the early 1980s, reaching 36.6 million homes by 1 January 2022. The Pinel scheme, which came into forc...

Initiated by the Prime Minister's circular of 1 July 2019, the France services programme was presented as a response to the feeling of marginalisation and remoteness from public services experienced by part of the population. Spearheaded by the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion (ANCT), it is ...

The Court's audit of the HEC Foundation, which was set up in 1972, is the first to cover this organisation. Through the collection and use of inputs raised from public generosity, its mission is to contribute to the excellence of the Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) business school and to promote th...

The Court of Auditors publishes its annual report on the financial situation of local authorities, based on an examination of their accounts for 2023. After a very favourable 2022, the year 2023 was marked by an overall deterioration in the financial situation of local authorities and by a divergenc...

The Court of Accounts certifies with reservations the 2023 accounts of four of the five benefit branches of the general scheme, as well as those of the collection activity. It is unable to certify the 2023 accounts of the family branch (CAF network) and CNAF. In fact, the amount of errors not correc...

The Chair of the Senate Social Affairs Committee has asked the Court of Accounts to carry out a survey on "respiratory health". Its aim is to assess the effectiveness of policies to prevent and combat the main respiratory diseases: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma and lung cancer...