Publications

At 10:30 a.m. on 15 September, the Committee on Finance, the General Economy and Budget Oversight, chaired by Éric Woerth, will hear André Barbé, Chairman of the “Civil Service” inter-institutional body in charge of financial jurisdictions, present the report on the survey, which the Court of Accoun...

On 15 September at 9:00 a.m., the Committee on Finance, the General Economy and Budgetary Audit, chaired by Mr Éric Woerth, will question Mr Pierre Moscovici, First President of the Court of Accounts, on the audit report requested of the Court, pursuant to Article 58 (2) of the by-law relating to fi...

This report, the result of a joint survey between the Court of Accounts and 9 Regional and Territorial Chambers of Accounts, observes that district heating networks make an effective contribution to the energy transition but that this resource remains underexploited. It analyses the way in which the...

In the context of the health crisis, the Court decided to initiate an audit that, while respecting its professional standards, is noteworthy for the speed of its investigation, carried out within four months. This work is presented as an initial assessment of the financial effort made to support pub...

In accordance with the duty to assist set out in Article LO. 132-3-1 of the French Courts Code, the Social Affairs Committee of the National Assembly asked the Court of Auditors to produce a report on complementary health insurance, with a particular focus on complementary solidarity health cover an...

The Institute and the academies operate freely and are financially independent under the sole control of the Court of Auditors. Honouring for the second time the mandate it is set by law, the Court again examined the management of the Quai de Conti institutions and the use of their heritage between ...

Faced with the health crisis and its economic and social consequences, the French Ministry of Labour, Employment and Professional Integration has provided wide-ranging and rapid support to companies and employees. In addition to emergency measures implemented in the early stages and extended beyond ...

In 2017, three hurricanes of exceptional violence hit the islands of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy, 250 kilometres north-west of Guadeloupe. The most devastating of them, Irma, caused considerable damage to both territories. The two northern islands suffered the same cataclysm, but each have kno...

The massive proliferation of green algae has affected many sites on the coasts of Britanny since the seventies. These stranding of green algae, also called “green tides”, have important consequences in terms of health, costs and image for the concerned areas and for Brittany. It is worth recalling t...

On a half-century scale, the effectiveness of the road safety policy is indisputable and its results spectacular: from more than 18,000 killed on the roads of France in 1972, that number fell to less than 3,500 in 2018 and 2019. It is therefore an indisputable success. There are signs, however, tha...