French General Code of Local Authorities
In force
The methods for calculating and distributing the financial contributions of the fire and rescue services are set out in the agreement between the Collectivité européenne d'Alsace and the fire and rescue services.
The procedures for calculating and distributing the contributions of the municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation responsible for managing the fire and rescue services to the financing of the fire and rescue service to which they belong are set by the latter's board of directors.
To this end, the board of directors may take into account, for the benefit of the municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation, the presence in their workforce of permanent or non-permanent public employees with the status of volunteer firefighters, the availability granted to them during working hours or the social measures taken in favour of volunteers. The Board of Directors may also take into account the situation of municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation located in rural areas or with a population of less than 5,000.
The contributions of municipalities, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation are determined by the Board of Directors.
The contributions of the municipalities, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation and the European Collectivity of Alsace to the budget of the fire and rescue service to which they belong constitute compulsory expenditure.
By way of derogation from the fourth paragraph of this article, the contributions to the fire and rescue service budget of the municipalities that are members of a public inter-municipal cooperation establishment with its own tax status created after 3 May 1996 may be transferred to this establishment, under the conditions provided for in article L. 5211-17. In this case, the contribution of this public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation is determined by taking into account the sum of the contributions of the communes concerned for the financial year preceding the transfer of these contributions to the public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation.
The presence of permanent or temporary public employees in the public sector is not taken into account.
The presence of permanent or non-permanent public employees with the status of volunteer firefighters among the workforce of the communes that are members of this establishment may be taken into account when calculating the overall amount of the contribution that it pays.
Before 1st January of the year in question, the estimated amount of the contributions referred to in the fourth and fifth paragraphs, decided by each fire and rescue service board of directors, is notified to the mayors and presidents of the public establishments for inter-communal cooperation within their respective areas of jurisdiction.
The total amount of the contributions from the municipalities and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation is determined by the board of directors of the fire and rescue services.
The total amount of contributions from the municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation may not exceed the total amount of contributions from the municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation for the previous financial year, increased by the consumer price index and, where applicable, by the amount of transfer contributions to be paid by the municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation requesting that their fire and rescue centres be attached to the service to which they belong.
In the six months following the renewal provided for in the Act, the mayors and presidents of the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation will be notified of the amount of the transfer contributions to be paid by the municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation requesting that their fire and rescue centres be attached to the service to which they belong.
In the six months following the renewal provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 1424-96, the board of directors of each fire and rescue service organises a debate on the distribution of contributions between the communes and the public establishments for inter-communal cooperation within its jurisdiction.
If no decision is taken, the board of directors of the fire and rescue service must submit a report to the council.
If no decision is taken under the conditions set out in the third paragraph, the contribution of each municipality and each public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation is calculated, under conditions set by decree, according to the size of its population, its per capita tax potential and the share of its contribution in the total contributions of the municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation recorded in the last known administrative account.
