Publications

On 1 April 2015, the Cour des comptes issued a public report devoted to Radio France : the reasons for a crisis, avenues for reform, a joint stock company wholly owned by the state, 90% of whose turnover – €641 million in 2013 – comes from the public audiovisual contribution, namely the licence fee.

On 4 March 2015, the Cour des comptes issued a public report devoted to pupils’ individual monitoring: an ambition to be reconciled with the organisation of the education system. The target enshrined by the Law of 23 April 2005 and later reaffirmed by that of 8 July 2013, is to bring 100% of student...

The 2015 annual public report comprises two parts : - Part I which comprises two volumes (I-1 and I-2), outlines the observations and recommendations drawn from a selection of audits, surveys and evaluations carried out in 2014 by the Cour des comptes, regional and territorial courts of accounts, or...

For the first time, on 18 December 2014, the Cour des comptes issued a public report on Ensuring the future of additional private sector pensions (agirc and arrco), the additional pension schemes managed by the two main associations that act as pension funds for both executives and non executive emp...

In October 2014, the Cour des comptes issued a public report devoted to High-speed rail : a model extended beyond its relevance. The history of high-speed rail in France is the history of the convergence, 30 years ago of an avant-garde technology with a large public. Indeed, many French people have ...

For the second year running, on 14 October 2014, the Cour des comptes issues a public report devoted to Local government finances. A work of collaboration between the Cour and the Regional and Territorial Audit Chambers (based on 136 audits of local authorities), this report aims to analyse the fina...

On 29 September 2014, The Cour des comptes - French Supreme Audit Institution - hereby issues a thematic public report regarding In-service support for military equipment - Continuing rationalisation. In a previous report, in 2004, the Cour noted that the crisis of availability of military equipment...

On 17 September 2014, The Cour des comptes hereby issues its annual report on the application of the Social Security Finance Acts. France has been late in committing itself to a course of action for re-establishing the balance of public accounts, for which the administrations as a whole need to work...