File, report, study, minutes, minutes, electoral lists... Can a municipality charge for the cost of searching its archives for administrative documents that can be communicated to the public? That is the meaning of a senator's question to the Ministry of the Interior.
In its reply, the Ministry recalls that the administrative authorities may charge for this service once a copy of the document (paper or digital format) is made. The calculation of these costs takes into account certain elements (cost of the support provided, of the operation of the equipment to reproduce the requested document...). However, the amount of the copying fee to be paid by persons requesting a reproduction of the document may not exceed:
on paper, €0.18 per page in A4 format (black and white printing);
