Question 18784 — woods and forests

Summary

Mr. Patrick Hetzel draws the attention of the Minister of Agriculture and Food to the system for collecting sales of municipal wood by the accounting agency of the National Forestry Office. These revenues would be returned to the municipalities within a period of up to 3 months. This announcement caused indignation among forestry municipalities, especially since it comes on top of a freeze of 145 positions in 2018 and the elimination of 250 positions. in 2019, and this in total contradiction with the objectives and performance contract. The forestry municipalities fear that this new measure will profoundly affect the municipalities' cash flow and that it will have no effect on the structural financial deficits of the ONF. Elected officials believe that the introduction of a financial intermediary in revenue management would contravene the rules of public accounting, ensured by the municipal receiver for the municipalities and would harm the transparency and efficiency of the accounting system. They also consider that this intermediate management would generate unnecessary complexity and additional management costs. Finally, they fear payment delays and cash flow difficulties for municipalities. Thus, he would like to know what the Government plans to implement to support and reassure associations of forest communities.

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