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Article L5212-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Unless it is the result of concordant deliberations by all the municipal councils, the creation of a syndicate of municipalities gives rise to the drawing up of a list of the municipalities concerned. This list is drawn up by the representative(s) of the State in the department(s) concerned, on the initiative of one or more municipal councils. It is sent to the departmental council for information.

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Article L5212-7-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The number of seats on the syndicate’s committee, or their distribution among the member communes, may be modified at the request of: 1° Either the syndicate’s committee; 2° Or the municipal council of a member commune, on the occasion of a change in the syndicate’s perimeter or powers or with the aim of establishing a fairer balance between the representation of the communes on the committee and the size of…

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Article L5212-8 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The decision to establish or an amending decision may provide that the delegates appointed by the municipal councils of the communes that are members of the syndicat shall constitute a college for the election of their representatives to the committee. Unless otherwise provided for in the statutes of the syndicat de communes and notwithstanding 1° of Article L. 5212-16, the representatives thus elected are also entitled to take part in…

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Article L5212-15 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The administration of establishments which are the subject of syndicates is subject to the rules of ordinary law. In particular, the laws which lay down, for similar establishments, the constitution of advisory or supervisory committees, the composition or appointment of staff, the formation and approval of budgets, the approval of accounts, the rules of internal administration and accounting are applicable to them. With regard to these establishments, the syndicate committee…

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Article L5212-16 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

A commune may join a syndicate for only some of the competences exercised by the syndicate. In this case, the decision to set up the syndicate or an amending decision determines the list of communes that are members of the syndicate, the list of competences that the syndicate may exercise and the conditions under which each member commune transfers to the syndicate all or part of the competences that the…

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