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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NOTRe law of 2015 canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French law ⓘ
territorial reform ⓘ
acronymMeaning Nouvelle organisation territoriale de la République ⓘ
affects French communes ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Metropolitan France
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 ⓘ
officialName Loi n° 2015-991 du 7 août 2015 portant nouvelle organisation territoriale de la République ⓘ
politicalContext territorial reform of François Hollande presidency ⓘ
precededBy MAPTAM law of 2014 ⓘ
proposedBy Government of France ⓘ
relatedReformCycle French territorial reforms of the 2010s ⓘ
shortName Loi NOTRe ⓘ
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 ⓘ
French municipal system → reformedBy → NOTRe law of 2015 ⓘ