Publications

The 2023 Annual Public Report, published today, in figures: 572 pages (-18.52 % compared to 2022), including 186 pages of responses from administrations 26 audit recommendations The result of the work of the seven chambers of the Court, fifteen regional Chambers of - Accounts (CRCs), eight inte...

The flash audit presented today provides an insight into the coordination and conditions for supporting and taking in Ukrainian refugees in the wake of the war that broke out in the country on 24 February 2022. Between the start of the conflict and September 2022, more than 7.1 million Ukrainian nat...

Value Added Tax (VAT) is a general consumption tax charged directly to customers on the goods they consume or the services they use in France. The substantial changes in its budgetary and legal framework, as well as recent developments in the economic situation, marked by the health crisis, the ener...

The Court of Accounts has carried out an assessment of the support measures deployed by the State and its operators in 2020 and 2021 to help tourism businesses cope with the crisis. These measures were presented to the sector's stakeholders at the interministerial committees on tourism of 14 May 202...

In France, the number of higher education graduates in the 25-34 age group is good (49.4% compared to an average of 45.6% for all OECD countries). However, if we look at the geographical distribution of this graduation rate, we can see that there are still territorial inequalities with regard to acc...

Pupils' success at school owes a great deal to the quality of the teaching and the support provided by their teachers throughout their learning process. The quality of teacher recruitment and training is thus crucial for school performance. The recruitment and initial training of future teachers hav...

The French Federation of Cardiology (FFC), a non-profit organisation governed by the law of 1901 and created in 1964, has been recognised as a public-interest organisation since 1977. It brings together 27 independent regional cardiology associations, spread throughout the country, mainly around the...

The desire for strategic independence and the narrowness of the domestic defence market, combined with the need to build solid military cooperation, have led France to develop an ambitious military equipment export policy. This strategy is part of an international context marked by higher volumes of...

The Greater Paris Metropolis (MGP) comprises 130 municipalities and the City of Paris, representing a total population of over seven million inhabitants. The report published today by the Court of Auditors begins with a reminder that the decision to create the MGP was prompted by an ambitious reform...

Although national expenditure on education is higher than the average of OECD countries, the French education system is struggling to produce satisfactory results. Despite the objectives of equality, the national uniformity specified is dealing with real inequalities in the treatment of pupils and l...