EPCI Competition Fund: Financing Territorial Communities Effectively

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[...] - Issues around the allocation decisions of competition funds - Risk of financial dependence of certain local authorities - Financing problem of the structures of the largest municipalities - Possibility of a lack of transparency - Demonstrate how the grant fund can increase inequalities between territorial collectivities and therefore challenge their autonomy The grant fund, an exceptional financing - A financing that remains exceptional, raised for a specific purpose and therefore should not serve as recurrent financing for the EPCI - A financing that remains complex in relation to its integration into the annex budgets of the collectivities - The limit of the grant fund amounts - The temporal limit of the grant fund, a financing that is not perpetual - The exclusion of grant funds from the VAT Compensation Fund, except in exceptional cases that prevent the EPCI from accessing the tax on this investment Conclusion: The grant fund is relevant in its original functioning because it allows for quick financing of general interest projects, however it must not be diverted from this purpose since it is a punctual financing. [...]

[...] In what way does the competition fund constitute an interesting and relevant financing for the EPCI and territorial communities that constitute it? - Detailed Plan The competition fund is a real advantage for EPCI allowing them to quickly raise funds for a public interest but its relevance must be examined in light of the principles of territorial community autonomy Financing by grant funds, a useful exception to the principles of specialisation and exclusivity of EPCI The strict conditions related to the use of a grant fund - The conditions for creating a grant fund, inflexibility of the conditions of form and substance concerning grant funds - The conditions of use of the funds - Demonstrate how these conditions allow for a reasonable use of the fund The benefits of this type of financing in the service of the public interest - The plurality of financing actors - A way to support local equipment, invest directly at the local level - Flexibility of financing - Demonstrate the best cooperation within the EPCI II) The competition fund, an exception to the autonomy of local authorities The competition fund, cooperation or competition between local authorities? [...]