The closure of the budget year and settlement of accounts requires the government, in application of article 46 of the Constitutional Bylaw on Budget Acts of 1 August 2001, to introduce a budget review bill before 1 June of the following fiscal year. This retraces budget operations and closes the ac...
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Historically, policing has always been one of the most ancient powers of mayors, and Central Government has only gradually emerged as the guarantor of security for citizens. Organisation of public security authorities was introduced through legislation dated 6th April 1884, which shared policing pow...
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As is the case every year, the Annual Public Report presents an illustrative sample of the work carried out by the Financial Courts along with information on implementation of their recommendations, which is monitored and measured with the help of a special indicator (I) This year’s Annual Report al...
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Every year, in application of article L.O. 132-2-1 of the French Financial Jurisdiction Code, the Cour des comptes drafts a report on the certification of the general social security regime financial statements, which it submits to Parliament and the Government.
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In order to ensure that the French National Assembly is better informed, since 2019, the Cour des comptes has presented its annual report on local public finances in two parts. Pamphlet 1, focusing on the financial position in 2019, was published in June 2020. Pamphlets 2 and 3, published jointly, f...
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The Cour des comptes and the regional chambers of accounts of Occitania conducted a survey of 26 medium-sized cities in Occitania and their intermunicipal authority for cooperation between local authorities (EPCI). These regions, which are home to 1.8 million people, i.e. 31% of the region's populat...
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For 40 years, the policy towards disadvantaged urban districts has set out to close the gaps between “targeted poor neighbourhoods” and others, by improving the living environment for their residents. The central government is putting forward €10 billion a year towards this aim, which is being combi...
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This report analyses the policies for entry, residence and initial reception services for immigrants and asylum seekers As such, it deals with the procedures and arrangements as specified by the code governing the entry and residence of immigrants and asylum seekers and the right of asylum (Ceseda),...
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The Central Government’s financial statements and the Cour des comptes’ certification document are attached to the draft budget review act for the past financial year. These documents make it possible to ensure there is transparent information on the Central Government’s financial situation, in orde...
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The European pressurized water reactor (EPR) project was the result of a French-German partnership entered into in 1989. Germany withdrew from that agreement in 1998. After 2001, the recently set-up Areva group developed a “turnkey” EPR sales strategy to compete with EDF which saw itself as the fron...
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