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Interdepartmental institutions or bodies are freely constituted by two or more departmental councils of even non-adjacent departments; they may also associate regional councils or municipal councils. Interdepartmental institutions or bodies are public establishments, invested with legal personality and financial autonomy. They are administered in accordance with the rules laid down for departmental management. Their administration is carried out by departmental councillors elected for this purpose. Where they involve regional councils…

The provisions of Title III of Book I of Part Three relating to the control of legality and the publicity and entry into force of the acts of the departmental authorities are applicable to interdepartmental public establishments.

Any natural or legal person has the right to request communication of the deliberations and minutes of the deliberative assemblies of the public establishments of interdepartmental cooperation, budgets, accounts, as well as the decrees of the presidents of these public establishments. Each may publish them under its own responsibility. The communication of the documents mentioned in the first paragraph, which may be obtained both from the president and from the…

The provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 3313-1 apply to interdepartmental cooperation establishments. The places where the documents are made available to the public are the head office of the establishment and the hotels of the member departments.

When an interdepartmental institution or body mentioned in Article L. 5421-1 meets the conditions set out in Article L. 5721-2, it may be transformed into a mixed syndicate. This transformation is decided, on the proposal of the board of directors of the institution or body, by the concurring deliberations of its members. The deliberative bodies of the members decide within three months of notification to their president of the deliberation…