PARIS (AFX) - The final budget deficit for 2001 is expected to rise to 211 bln ffr, above the government's forecast of 186 bln for the full year, according to unnamed sources in a report in Les Echos. The increase is due to a projected 25 bln ffr shortfall in tax receipts this year stemming from the slowing French economy. However, budget spending will represent 1.5 pct of GDP this year, and is likely to remain at this level in 2002, the report said. Since Finance Minister Laurent Fabius has projected that growth will increase next year, the budget deficit projected for 2002 should be below the 2001 deficit. To accomplish this, the Finance Ministry will require additional cash transfers from "dormant treasuries" such as the state-owned Caisse des Depots et des Consignations (CDC) or Coface, the report said. Fabius will present next Tuesday the government's financial budget for 2002.