Publications

Between 2017 and mid-2023, more than €3 billion in government funding was committed to the cultural sector outside the budget of the ministry of culture, which is almost equivalent to one year’s funding for the ministry’s cultural mission. On an unprecedented scale, these exceptional appropriations ...

A thriving charitable sector depends on the trust placed in organisations that promise to act in accordance with their appeals for donations and the wishes of donors. Since the law of 7 August 1991, the Court of Accounts has had the role of contributing to this confidence by verifying that donations...

Law no. 2021-1104 of 22 August 2021 on combating climate change and building resilience to its effects, known as the “Climate and Resilience Law”, is a major step forward in climate action. Following on from the work of the Citizens’ Convention on Climate, it covers a very wide scope. In view of the...

From the second half of 2021, energy prices have begun to bounce back with the post-covid global economic recovery. The rise accelerated in the spring of 2022 in Europe, after the outbreak of war in Ukraine. As a result of price-setting mechanisms on European wholesale electricity markets, which pas...

At the request of the Senate Finance Committee, against the backdrop of an unprecedented rise in issuing times for identity cards and passports, the Court of Accounts has carried out an investigation entitled “The issuance of identity and driving documents: A crisis in the process of being resolved,...

The 2024 Annual Public Report, published today, in figures: 725 pages in two volumes; 62 audit recommendations; the result of the work of the six chambers of the Court, seventeen regional Chambers of Accounts (CRCs), five inter-jurisdictional committees (common to the Court and a CRC) ; contribution...

When it comes to accidents in the workplace, prevention must take precedence over compensation. However, prevention measures currently account for only 2 % of the total budget for the occupational accidents and diseases component of the health insurance system. In companies with more than 150 employ...

Dock dues, a tax with a long history, are levied in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte and La Réunion. They are applied to imports of goods as well as to deliveries of goods provided in exchange for payment by those who produced them. This tax, to which elected representatives are deeply...

In 2022, the French cattle industry made a significant contribution to the country’s agriculture, producing over 23 billion litres of cow's milk and rearing over four million cattle for slaughter. Production activities primarily involve livestock farmers. There are a great many of them, and they sel...

Created on 1stJanuary 2020, the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion (ANCT) is a public body that aims to facilitate projects led by local authorities, by deploying State schemes to promote territorial cohesion and by facilitating access to technical support for small local authorities. The ANCT...