French General Code of Local Authorities
In forceNew communes are eligible for communal equalisation grants under the conditions of ordinary law, subject to Article L. 2334-22-2.
New communes that have benefited from the provisions of the second paragraph of this article in its wording resulting from Law no. 2010-1563 of 16 December 2010 on local authority reform and prior to Law no. 2017-1837 of 30 December 2017 on finance for 2018 shall receive in 2020, 2021 and 2022 allocations under the three fractions of the rural solidarity allocation at least equal to the allocations received in 2019 under each of these three fractions.
During the three years following 1 January of the year of their creation, new communes whose creation order was issued between 2 January 2019 and 1 January 2020 and which have a population of 150,000 inhabitants or less will receive allocations under the two fractions of the national equalisation allowance, the urban solidarity and social cohesion allocation and the three fractions of the rural solidarity allocation at least equal to the allocations received in respect of each of these allocations by the former communes in the year prior to the creation of the new commune.
During the three years following their creation, new communes whose creation order was issued as of the next general renewal of municipal councils following the promulgation of Finance Act no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 for 2020 and grouping a population less than or equal to 150,000 inhabitants receive allocations under the two parts of the national equalisation allocation, the urban solidarity and social cohesion allocation and the three fractions of the rural solidarity allocation at least equal to the allocations received in respect of each of these allocations by the former communes in the year prior to the creation of the new commune.
During the three years following their creation, the new communes in the overseas departments for which the decree of creation was issued as of 2 January 2021 and which group together a population less than or equal to 150,000 inhabitants receive an allocation in respect of the sum of the allocations mentioned in II and III of article L. 2334-23-1 at least equal to the allocations received by the former communes the year preceding the creation of the new commune in respect of the sum of these two allocations. Where applicable, the adjustment is made under the conditions provided for in the second sentence of the penultimate paragraph of article L. 2334-23-2.
For the application of the ceilings provided for in articles L. 2334-14-1, L. 2334-21 and L. 2334-22, the amount received the year before the creation of the new commune corresponds to the sum of the allocations received by the former communes.
