BOOK VIII: SPECIAL PROVISIONS

With regard to the administration of the common property and the execution of works relating thereto, the syndicate commission has all the powers attributed to the municipal council. The powers of the mayor are exercised by the president of the commission. With regard to the alienation of undivided property and rights, their pledging, divisions, acquisitions and transactions, the municipal councils concerned deliberate. They may authorise the chairman of the commission…

The corresponding provisions relating to municipal councils shall apply to the debates and deliberations of the syndicate commission.

The distribution between the interested communes of the expenditure decided by the syndicate commission is made by the municipal councils. In the event of disagreement between the municipal councils on the distribution of expenses, the State representative in the department decides. Expenditure charged to the municipalities is compulsory expenditure in respect of which, if necessary, action is taken in accordance with the provisions of article L. 1612-15.

If the communes concerned belong to different départements, the Minister of the Interior has the power to set up and dissolve the syndicate commission.