Based in particular on the audits carried out by the Regional and Territorial Chambers of Accounts, the Court has examined the conditions under which local authorities and their groupings delegate the management of local public services to private companies. The Court proposes a series of measures t...
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Sport at school in France combines the compulsory teaching of physical education (PE), and optional school sport, concerning over 12.4 and 2 million pupils respectively PE teaching, which mobilises €4 billion and 37,000 teachers, is the largest item of government expenditure on sport. The Court has ...
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The employment of a significant number of contract civil servants is now a major feature of public employment in France. However, their role in central government, local authority and public hospital services is still very poorly defined.
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In hosting Euro 2016, France sought to demonstrate its ability to hold one of the largest international sports competitions. The dual challenge of providing sports and transportation facilities tailored to the tournament’s needs and running a successful event was easily met, in a manner acknowledged...
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Pursuant to Article L. 132-5 of the Financial Jurisdictions Code,the President of the French National Assembly wrote to the First President on 7 October 2014 to request his assistance in carrying out a study in conjunction with the work of the Public Policy Assessment and Oversight Committee (CEC) t...
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The creation of the Direction Générale des Finances Publiques (DGFiP – Public Finances General Directorate) in 2008, by the merger of the Direction Générale des Impôts (DGI – General Directorate of Taxes) with the Direction Générale de la Comptabilité Publique (DGCP – General Directorate of Public A...
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"The regional administration of the French Republic is performed by local authorities and by local state organisations": this principle, enshrined in the Law of 6 February 1992, underlines the paradoxical situation of local state organisations. A lack of resources means that at times they are strugg...
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Pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 111-2 of the financial courts code, the Cour des comptes conducted an investigation on the implementation and management of the financial transaction tax.
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On 12 June 2014, the Cour des comptes has released a report on Health in french overseas territories : The Republic's responsibility. The French Overseas Territories each have specific geographic, organisational and human characteristics, but they all face similar problems in the field of health, al...
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Banque de France, a unique institution wholly owned by the French state, is part of the Eurosystem. Accordingly, it issues banknotes and circulates them within French territory, maintains paper money and ensures that it is circulated effectively. It holds the nation's foreign currency reserves and e...
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