I. – A member of the public establishment for cultural or environmental cooperation may withdraw from it, provided that it has notified its intention to the board of directors of the establishment no later than 1st April of the year of its withdrawal. If the Board of Directors agrees to the withdrawal and its material and financial conditions, it is approved by the State representative. It takes effect on 31st December of the year in question.
II. – In the absence of an agreement between the withdrawing member and the establishment, the distribution of the assets or the proceeds of their realisation and the outstanding debt is carried out under the following conditions:
1° The movable and immovable assets made available to the establishment by the withdrawing member are returned to it at their net book value, with the additions made to these assets liquidated on the same basis. The outstanding debt relating to these assets is also returned to the withdrawing member;
2° The movable and immovable assets acquired by the establishment may be divided between the latter and the withdrawing member. The same applies to the proceeds of the realisation of such assets, occurring on this occasion. The outstanding debt relating to these assets is distributed under the same conditions.
III. – Allocation operations must take place no later than 30 September of the year following the withdrawal. Failing this, the distribution is carried out, in accordance with the terms specified in II, by order of the State representative.