Publications

When it comes to accidents in the workplace, prevention must take precedence over compensation. However, prevention measures currently account for only 2 % of the total budget for the occupational accidents and diseases component of the health insurance system. In companies with more than 150 employ...

Dock dues, a tax with a long history, are levied in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte and La Réunion. They are applied to imports of goods as well as to deliveries of goods provided in exchange for payment by those who produced them. This tax, to which elected representatives are deeply...

In 2022, the French cattle industry made a significant contribution to the country’s agriculture, producing over 23 billion litres of cow's milk and rearing over four million cattle for slaughter. Production activities primarily involve livestock farmers. There are a great many of them, and they sel...

Created on 1stJanuary 2020, the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion (ANCT) is a public body that aims to facilitate projects led by local authorities, by deploying State schemes to promote territorial cohesion and by facilitating access to technical support for small local authorities. The ANCT...

With 53.9 million skier-days, France ranks second in the world for winter tourism, just behind the United States. In the 1960s and 1970s, winter tourism in the mountains grew considerably in France, with the construction of winter sports resorts as part of the government’s winter sports plans. One o...

The French Agency of Biomedicine (ABM) is a public administrative body created by the Bioethics Law of 6 August 2004 and placed under the authority of the ministry of health. Having succeeded the former Établissement français des greffes (French Transplant Agency), it plays a leading role in the har...

The Directorate General of Public Finances (DGFiP) is responsible for both taxation (assessment and collection of taxes and other public revenues) and public management (control and payment of expenditure by the State, local authorities and hospitals). It employs around 93,000 staff, 85 % of whom wo...

This report examines the use of resources raised from public generosity by the Aides association. Dedicated to the fight against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and to supporting people exposed to it, Aides has since its inception extended its activities to other at-risk groups. In 2022, its ...

Following an initial publication in April 2020, which focused on the integration of legal immigrants and the exercise of the right to asylum, the Cour des comptes today publishes a report devoted to the policy of combating illegal immigration, and in particular the resources deployed and the results...

Higher education institutions play a special role in the ecological transition. Representing almost half of all State operators and catering for a large number of people, they have a substantial environmental impact. Numerous initiatives have been taken in recent years, and policies are beginning to...