Publications

While the resources earmarked for perinatal policy are increasing (€9.3 billion in 2021, up 9 % on 2016) and the birth rate is falling (-5.3 % over the same period), the health results observed call into question the efficiency of the allocated resources. The main perinatal health indicators - still...

In September 2023, in a report on the State's gender equality policy, the Court of Accounts concluded that only limited progress had been made in this area. In French Polynesia and New Caledonia, where domestic violence is more prevalent than in public spaces, the situation is worse than in most oth...

The Court of Accounts publishes the certification of the State's accounts, drawn up each year in accordance with Article 58 of the Organic Law on Finance Acts (LOLF). Subject to the impact of the issues described in the "Basis for qualified opinion" section of its report, the Court hereby certifies ...

The Court of Accounts published its report on the State budget in 2023. The State budget deficit will be €173.0bn in 2023, the highest level ever recorded after 2020 (€178.1bn), a year marked by the Covid crisis. Expenditure remained at a very high level, as the initial Finance Act did not provide f...

Between 2017 and mid-2023, more than €3 billion in government funding was committed to the cultural sector outside the budget of the ministry of culture, which is almost equivalent to one year’s funding for the ministry’s cultural mission. On an unprecedented scale, these exceptional appropriations ...

A thriving charitable sector depends on the trust placed in organisations that promise to act in accordance with their appeals for donations and the wishes of donors. Since the law of 7 August 1991, the Court of Accounts has had the role of contributing to this confidence by verifying that donations...

Law no. 2021-1104 of 22 August 2021 on combating climate change and building resilience to its effects, known as the “Climate and Resilience Law”, is a major step forward in climate action. Following on from the work of the Citizens’ Convention on Climate, it covers a very wide scope. In view of the...

From the second half of 2021, energy prices have begun to bounce back with the post-covid global economic recovery. The rise accelerated in the spring of 2022 in Europe, after the outbreak of war in Ukraine. As a result of price-setting mechanisms on European wholesale electricity markets, which pas...

At the request of the Senate Finance Committee, against the backdrop of an unprecedented rise in issuing times for identity cards and passports, the Court of Accounts has carried out an investigation entitled “The issuance of identity and driving documents: A crisis in the process of being resolved,...

The 2024 Annual Public Report, published today, in figures: 725 pages in two volumes; 62 audit recommendations; the result of the work of the six chambers of the Court, seventeen regional Chambers of Accounts (CRCs), five inter-jurisdictional committees (common to the Court and a CRC) ; contribution...