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The situation and outlook for public finances
With a public deficit of 6.4% of GDP in 2021, i.e., more than double that of 2017, and a public debt of more than 110% of GDP, France is emerging from the health crisis with one of the most deteriorated public finance situations in the euro area. The report published today by the Court of Accounts i...
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Cinema and audiovisual production
On 2 April 2014, the Cour des comptes issued a public report on Cinema and audiovisual production support, changes needed. The policy of providing public aid for cinema and audiovisual production was introduced in the late 1950s for cinema projects and in the 1980s for the audiovisual sector. The em...
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International student mobility
In 2017-2018, 245,000 students came to France for credited study (for a period of more than a year), ranking France 4th in the world. Over 90,000 French students took part in credited study abroad (ranking 6th in the world). In addition, almost 44,000 French students took part in Erasmus+ in 2016 (n...
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The Territoires d’industrie programme
The Territoires d'Industrie Programme was launched in 2018 by the government to set up a cooperative framework to support industry outside metropolitan areas, around small and medium-sized towns and in rural areas. These areas are home to a large number of companies and production units, with a prop...
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Certification of the French general social security system financial statements for 2016
The Cour des comptes – France’s supreme audit institution – hereby issues its eleventh audit opinion of the French general social security system financial statements for the year 2016. The fact that the Cour des comptes confirms that these financial statements present a reliable, true and fair view...
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Related institutions
Two institutions are linked to the Cour des comptes : the Council of Mandatory Contributions (CPO) and the High Council of public finances (HCFP). The Council of Mandatory Contributions The High Council of public finances Council of Mandatory Contributions « Le Conseil des prélèvements obligatoire... -
Pierre Moscovici elected as President of the Panel of External Auditors of the UN
Pierre Moscovici, First président of the French Cour des comptes, was elected Chairman of the Panel of External Auditors at the 63rd Panel Session, held at the United Nations headquarters in New York on November 20 and 21.
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ICC - International Criminal Court
The First President of the French Cour des comptes has been appointed as the External Auditor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), on 21 December 2011, for a four-year mandate (financial years 2012-2015) and two additional two-year mandate (financial years 2016-2019), and finally extended to... -
UN - United Nations
The United Nations General Assembly appointed the First President of the Cour des comptes of France as one of the three members of the United Nations Board of auditors on 9 November 2021 for a 6 years mandate (2022-2028). As early as 1986, the United Nations trusted the Cour des comptes by appoin... -
Joint report on the parallel audit of Medium-Term Budgetary Frameworks
In 2019, the EU Contact Committee launched a parallel audit of Medium-Term Budgetary Frameworks (MTBFs) within its Fiscal Policy Audit Network. The SAIs of Finland, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia and Sweden took part, completing the relevant national audits and assessments mostly...
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