Publications

The Cour des comptes hereby issues its public report, a work of collaboration with the regional audit courts, on the financial situation and management of local authorities and their public institutions. Local governments (APUL - administration publique locale) represent 20% of expenditure and 9% of...

The Cour des comptes hereby publishes its annual report on the implementation of the Social Security Finance Acts. Despite the persistence and amount of Social Security’s abnormal deficits, the latter receded only slightly in 2014, as in 2013. A marked slowdown in the speed of the deficits’ reductio...

The Cour des comptes presents its annual report on the financial situation and outlook, prepared in accordance with article 58-3 of the Constitutional Bylaw on Budget Acts (LOLF in French, for 'loi organique relative aux lois de finances') with the purpose of informing Parliament’s discussions on bu...

The Cour des comptes hereby issues its ninth audit opinion of the French General Social Security System Financial Statements for the year 2014. The fact that the Cour verifies that these accounts meet the principles of consistency, accuracy and fairness constitutes an advantage for the public financ...

On 27 May 2015, The Cour des comptes – French Supreme Audit Institution – hereby issues its audit opinion of the French Central Government Financial Statements for the year 2014, prepared in accordance with Article 58 of the Constitutional Bylaw Governing Finance Acts (LOLF). The Cour certifies that...

For the second year running, on 14 October 2014, the Cour des comptes issues a public report devoted to Local government finances. A work of collaboration between the Cour and the Regional and Territorial Audit Chambers (based on 136 audits of local authorities), this report aims to analyse the fina...

On 17 September 2014, The Cour des comptes hereby issues its annual report on the application of the Social Security Finance Acts. France has been late in committing itself to a course of action for re-establishing the balance of public accounts, for which the administrations as a whole need to work...

On 17 June 2014, The Cour des comptes issued its report devoted to the financial situation and prospects. This report was prepared in accordance with article 58-3 of the Constitutional Bylaw on Budget Acts (LOLF in French, for 'loi organique relative aux lois de finances'). The purpose of the report...