NOTRe law of 2015

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The NOTRe law of 2015 is a major French territorial reform that redefined the powers and responsibilities of local authorities, particularly strengthening and reorganizing the role of regions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French law
territorial reform
acronymMeaning Nouvelle organisation territoriale de la République NERFINISHED
affects French communes NERFINISHED
French departments
French regions
public inter-municipal cooperation establishments
aim clarify distribution of competences between regions, departments and communes
improve efficiency of public action at local level
promote administrative rationalization
redefine powers and responsibilities of local authorities
strengthen the role of regions
appliesTo French overseas territories (with adaptations)
metropolitan France NERFINISHED
complements law on the delimitation of regions of 2015
country France
dateOfEnactment 2015-08-07
governanceLevel subnational
impact reduced overlap of competences between local authorities
strengthened strategic role of regions in economic planning
jurisdiction local authorities in France
keyMeasure clarification of local authorities’ mandatory and optional competences
reinforcement of regional competences in economic development
reorganization of inter-municipal structures
transfer of certain departmental competences to regions
languageOfDocument French
legalSystem French public law
legislature French Parliament NERFINISHED
officialName Loi n° 2015-991 du 7 août 2015 portant nouvelle organisation territoriale de la République NERFINISHED
politicalContext territorial reform of François Hollande presidency
precededBy MAPTAM law of 2014 NERFINISHED
proposedBy Government of France NERFINISHED
relatedReformCycle French territorial reforms of the 2010s
shortName Loi NOTRe NERFINISHED
status in force (with later amendments)
subjectArea decentralization
local government
territorial organization
typeOfChange redistribution of competences between levels of local government
yearOfEnactment 2015

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French regional councils reformedBy NOTRe law of 2015