Question 9684 — local authorities

Summary

Mr. Pascal Jenft alerts the Minister of State, Minister of the Interior, to the conditions for granting the solidarity grant to communities affected by a climatic event (DSEC), provided for in articles L. 1613-6 and R. 1613-3 et seq. of the general code of local authorities (CGCT). Following the floods which hit the Sarreguemines Confluences urban community in May 2024, this intercommunity requested the granting of the DSEC to cover part of the damage not covered by insurance, i.e. more than 86,000 euros out of a total of nearly 482,000 euros of damage. This request was rejected by the State services on the grounds that the amount of damage represented less than 1% of the total budget of the public intermunicipal cooperation establishment (EPCI), in accordance with the last paragraph of article R. 1613-8 of the CGCT. However, this same aliéna expressly provides that the application of this provision must be assessed by the representative of the State based on local circumstances and the extent of the damage. In the present case, the remaining liability remains very high (nearly 400,000 euros), in a context where insurance companies are significantly withdrawing from contracts with local authorities, increasing premiums and reducing compensation. He The result is a paradoxical situation: intermunicipalities which invest massively and therefore have a substantial budget cannot benefit from national solidarity in the event of a disaster, even though they already bear considerable costs and loans. Furthermore, these same intermunicipalities are regularly called upon to contribute to other equalization mechanisms (FPIC, DILICO), without being able to benefit in return of solidarity provided for by the DSEC. He asks what measures he intends to take to, on the one hand, clarify and relax the conditions of application of article R. 1613-8 of the CGCT so that the DSEC criteria take into account not only revenues, but also the expenses and financial commitments of communities; on the other hand, guarantee that the solidarity system can effectively play its role in a context of multiplication of climatic events and gradual withdrawal of insurers; and thus, allow, in the short term, the re-examination of files such as that of the Sarreguemines Confluences urban community, where the extent of the damage would justify the application of the exemption provided for by the regulations.

Machine translation from French. The official text remains authoritative.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

No documents linked.

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.