TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

I. – A section de commune is any part of a commune permanently and exclusively possessing property or rights distinct from those of the commune. The section de commune is a legal person governed by public law. The members of the section de commune are the inhabitants having their real and fixed domicile within its territory. II. – No section de commune may be formed as from the promulgation of…

The property and rights of the section are managed by the town council and the mayor. When it is formed pursuant to Article L. 2411-3, the syndicate commission and its chairman exercise the management functions provided for in I of Article L. 2411-6, aux articles L. 2411-8 and L. 2411-10, in II of article L. 2411-14, as well as articles L. 2411-18 and L. 2412-1 and are consulted in the…

The syndicate committee comprises the mayor of the commune and elected members, the number of whom, which may be 4, 6, 8 or 10, is set by the order of the State representative in the department convening the electors. The members of the trade union committee, chosen from among the members of the section, are elected in accordance with the rules laid down in Chapters I and II of Title…

When they are entered on the supplementary electoral roll for the municipality drawn up pursuant to article LO 227-2 of the Electoral Code, nationals of a Member State of the European Union other than France participate in the election of the deliberative body of a section of a commune under the same conditions as French voters.

To carry out its duties, the trade union committee meets when convened by its chairman. The chairman is required to convene, within one month, the commission at the request:

The syndicate commission is not constituted and its prerogatives are exercised by the municipal council, subject to article L. 2411-16, when:

I. – Subject to the provisions of article L. 2411-15, the syndicate commission deliberates on the following matters:

The syndicate commission is called upon to give its opinion on the arrangements for the enjoyment of the section’s property, the fruits of which are collected in kind, as determined by the town council. It is consulted on the development of marshland and uncultivated or obviously under-exploited land belonging to the section under the conditions provided for by the articles L. 125-1 to L. 125-7 of the Rural and Maritime…

The Trade Union Committee shall decide what actions to bring or support on behalf of the Section. The chairman of the union commission, by virtue of the latter’s deliberation, represents the section in legal proceedings. He may, without the prior authorisation of the trade union commission, take any protective measures or interrupt forfeiture. Any taxpayer registered on the roll of the commune has the right to exercise, both as plaintiff…

When a municipal council is reduced to less than one third of its members, as a result of the abstention, prescribed by article L. 2131-11, of the municipal councillors who are interested in the enjoyment of the property and rights claimed by a section, the councillors required to abstain are replaced by an equal number of citizens drawn by lot by the representative of the State in the department from…