TITLE II: MUNICIPAL SERVICES

The income of the régies endowed with sole financial autonomy, including taxes as well as charges, is the subject of a special budget appended to the municipal budget voted by the municipal council. However, the establishment of an annexed budget, for drinking water and wastewater services managed in the form of a simple or direct public service, is optional for municipalities with fewer than 500 inhabitants, provided that they produce,…

The articles L. 2122-21, L. 2342-1 and L. 2343-1 are applicable to régies with sole financial autonomy only subject to the modifications provided for by the decree in Council of State mentioned in article L. 2221-14.

Where the régies are of inter-municipal interest, they may be operated: 1° Either under the management of a commune acting, vis-à-vis the other communes, as a concessionaire; 2° Or under the management of a syndicate formed by the communes concerned. If this syndicate is formed exclusively with a view to operating an administrative or industrial or commercial service, the communes may request that the administration of the syndicate be merged…

Regies with sole financial autonomy are created, and their administrative and financial organisation determined, by deliberation of the municipal council. They are administered, under the authority of the mayor and the municipal council, by an operating board and a director appointed under the same conditions on the proposal of the mayor. A decree in the Council of State determines, as necessary, the terms of application of this article as well…