The use of public facilities by a local authority, a public institution for inter-municipal cooperation or a mixed syndicate is subject to a financial contribution for the benefit of the local authority, the public institution for inter-municipal cooperation or the mixed syndicate that owns these facilities. However, when the equipment in question is allocated to the exercise of a competence transferred to the public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation or to the mixed syndicate by the local authority or establishment using this equipment, this provision does not apply to this local authority or establishment.
The amount of the financial contribution is calculated by reference to the operating costs of the equipment. The terms and conditions for calculating this contribution are defined in an agreement between the owner and the user community, institution or trade union. If this agreement has not been signed by the end of a period of one year of use of this equipment, the owner determines the amount of this financial contribution, which constitutes a compulsory expense for the user.
Under the same conditions as those provided for in the first and second paragraphs, a local authority, a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation or a mixed syndicate may make available to another local authority, a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation or a mixed syndicate a fleet of vehicles of which it is the owner.