BOOK VII: JOINT ASSOCIATIONS

The metropolitan cluster is a public establishment set up by agreement between public establishments for intercommunal cooperation with their own tax status and, where applicable, the Lyon metropolis, with a view to actions of metropolitan interest, in order to promote a model of planning, sustainable development and territorial solidarity. By way of derogation from the first paragraph of this article, a new commune mentioned in the first and second paragraphs…

I. – The metropolitan cluster groups together public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status provided that one of them has more than 100,000 inhabitants. By way of derogation from the previous paragraph, the metropolitan cluster may group together, in a single territory without an enclave, public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status including at least one public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation with more than…

The metropolitan pole is subject to the rules applicable to mixed syndicates provided for in article L. 5711-1, or article L. 5721-2 when a region, a department or the metropolis of Lyon is a member, subject to the provisions of this title. By way of derogation from the rules mentioned in the first paragraph, the procedures for the distribution of seats within the trade union committee take into account the…

I. – The territorial and rural balance cluster is a public establishment formed by agreement between several public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status and, where applicable, a new commune mentioned in the first and second paragraphs of article L. 2113-9 , within a perimeter that is continuous and without enclaves. A public establishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax status may not belong to more…

I. – Within twelve months of its establishment, the territorial and rural balance cluster draws up a territorial project on behalf of and in partnership with the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation that make it up. At the decision of the cluster’s trade union committee, the departmental councils and regional councils concerned may be involved in drawing up the territorial project. The territorial project defines the conditions for economic, ecological,…

I. – When the perimeter of the territorial and rural balance cluster corresponds to that of a territorial coherence scheme, the cluster may be entrusted, by the public establishments of inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status that make it up, with the preparation, review and amendment of this scheme. Where the perimeter of the territorial and rural balance cluster partially overlaps with one or more territorial coherence schemes, the…

When a mixed syndicate composed exclusively of public establishments of intercommunal cooperation with their own tax status fulfils the conditions set out in I of article L. 5741-1, it may be transformed into a territorial and rural balance centre. This transformation is decided, on a proposal from the syndicate committee, by concurring deliberations of the public establishments of intercommunal cooperation with their own tax status that are members of the…