Publications

With the authority to audit the use of resources by organisations appealing for public donations, the Court of Accounts conducts audits into the use of donations received following crises or disasters (Asian tsunami in 2004, Haiti earthquake in 2010, Notre-Dame de Paris fire in 2019). This audit by ...

Telework under general laws, which appeared informally in the 1990s, was introduced in the civil service in 2012 by the so-called Sauvadet law. It is distinct from “enforced” telework in exceptional circumstances, imposed by the employer to protect staff and simultaneously ensure the continuity of p...

In the Seine basin, flooding is one of the biggest natural hazards, after drought. The Île-de-France metropolitan area is particularly vulnerable to the risk of flooding. The last major floods occurred in May-June 2016 and January-February 2018, costing €1.4 billion and €150 million to €200 million ...

To improve the provision of information to Parliament, since 2019 the Court of Accounts has presented its annual report on local government finances in two stages. In the first part, published in July 2022, the Court analysed the situation of local governments as at 31 December 2021, after a year ma...

At the request of the Senate Finance Committee, the Court of Accounts has initiated a reflection on scenarios for the funding of local governments. This investigation comes at a time when the abolition of the housing tax on main residences and the reduction in production taxes have profoundly altere...

As the second largest budget item for universities after the wage bill, real estate is a strategic factor of primary importance for the integration of universities in their territory, and a central element for the reception of students and the fulfilment of scientific objectives. It is also at the h...

On 15 April 2019, a fire broke out at Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, destroying part of the monument and threatening its survival. Following this disaster, a wave of solidarity made it possible to raise the funds necessary for its preservation and restoration through a national contribution. This mo...

For the last 15 years, foreign trade has been experiencing growing difficulties and the French trade balance has continued to worsen. In 2021, in an admittedly unusual context, it reached an all-time low of -€84.7bn. The low buoyancy of exports, compared to that of imports, puts France in a recurren...

Created in 1990, the “Fondation Abbé Pierre pour le logement des défavorisés” is a mem-ber of the Emmaüs movement, which brings together the organisations affiliated to the Emmaüs France federation. Its links - organic and financial - with the latter constitute a particular feature in the landscape ...

The health crisis has recently reminded us that waste management, and in particular the public waste management service (SPGD), is an essential service provided by municipalities or their groupings. The wide variety of materials and objects that make up the 39 million tonnes of household and similar...