In the Seine basin, flooding is one of the biggest natural hazards, after drought. The Île-de-France metropolitan area is particularly vulnerable to the risk of flooding. The last major floods occurred in May-June 2016 and January-February 2018, costing €1.4 billion and €150 million to €200 million ...
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On 15 April 2019, a fire broke out at Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, destroying part of the monument and threatening its survival. Following this disaster, a wave of solidarity made it possible to raise the funds necessary for its preservation and restoration through a national contribution. This mo...
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Almost fifteen years after publication of the Conseil des Impôts (Tax Council) report "Fiscalité et environnement" (Taxation and the Environment –2005), its successor, the Conseil des Prélèvements Obligatoires (CPO – Council of Mandatory Contributions) decided to return to the subject of environment...
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With the authority to audit the use of resources by organisations appealing for public donations, the Court of Accounts conducts audits into the use of donations received following crises or disasters (Asian tsunami in 2004, Haiti earthquake in 2010, Notre-Dame de Paris fire in 2019). This audit by ...
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The financial outlook for the High Council of statutory auditing, flash auditThe high council of statutory auditing (Haut Conseil du commissariat aux comptes, H3C) is an independent public authority that became an oversight authority following the order of 17 March 2016 transposing the European audi...
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The French aeronautics industry was the second largest in the world behind the US’one in 2019, and was thus a strategic sector for the national economy. It was a large-scale exporter (€64 billion in foreign sales in 2019) and was enjoying a dynamic period in terms of job creation and building revenu...
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A sui generis institution created by the Act of 28 Pluviôse year VIII (17 February 1800), the Police Prefecture is a unique model of territorial administration, without equivalent in France because of its competences, which include municipal policing and internal security missions Gradually extended...
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The Court, which has already dedicated several reports to the nuclear power sector, analyses the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle, from reactor exit to disposal, through interim storage and, where applicable, reprocessing. The volume of materials and waste involved, the risks of saturation of cert...
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Publicly funded companies have not been spared by the health crisis, which has notably affected companies in the transport, automotive, aerospace, energy and tourism sectors, which represent a significant part of the State shareholder’s portfolio. A survey published today by the Court of Accounts fo...
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To better inform the Parliament during the public finance policy debate, the Cour now presents its analyses on the financial situation of the social security system in two stages. This report studying the social security accounts in 2018 is the first stage. The aggregate deficit of the general socia...
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