TITLE I : JOINT UNDERTAKINGS COMPOSED OF COMMUNES AND PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS OF INTERCOMMUNAL COOPERATION OR EXCLUSIVELY PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS OF INTERCOMMUNAL COOPERATION

Mixed unions made up exclusively of communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation and those made up solely of public establishments for inter-communal cooperation are subject to the provisions of Chapters I and II of Title I of Book II of this Part. For the application of the second paragraph of Article L. 5211-3, they are subject to the provisions applicable to syndicats de communes. For the election of the…

Mixed syndicates may be authorised to merge. The merger is carried out under the conditions laid down in article L. 5211-41-3, with the exception of provisions relating to territorial continuity. For the application of II of this article, the agreement to the merger is expressed by concordant deliberations of the deliberative bodies of the mixed unions concerned and by at least two-thirds of the members of each union representing more…

Where, pursuant to articles L. 5214-21, L. 5215-22 and L. 5216-7, a public establishment for intercommunal cooperation replaces all or some of its member communes within a syndicate, this establishment is represented by a number of delegates equal to the number of delegates the communes had before the replacement.

In matters of water and watercourse management, drinking water supply, collective or non-collective sanitation, collection or treatment of household and similar waste, or distribution of electricity or natural gas or local electronic communications networks and services, a mixed syndicate covered by this Title may join another mixed syndicate defined in this Title or established pursuant to Article L. 5721-2, following the procedure defined in Article L. 5211-18.The accession of a…

A commune or a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation may be authorised by the representative of the State in the department to withdraw from a mixed syndicate if, following a change in the regulations, in the situation of this legal entity of public law with regard to these regulations or in the competences of this legal entity, its participation in the mixed syndicate has become irrelevant. The withdrawal is pronounced…

Within one year of its creation, a public-private association resulting from a merger in application of Article L. 5711-2 may be authorised by the representative(s) of the State in the department(s) concerned to withdraw from a public-private association of which one or more of the merged associations were members in application of Article L. 5711-4, with the agreement of the deliberative body of the public-private association from which the public-private…