CHAPTER I: Common provisions

In each of the departmental commissions for inter-communal cooperation provided for in article L. 5211-42 the number of members is set at 40. This number is increased by one additional seat: a) From a threshold of 600,000 inhabitants in the department, then per tranche of 300,000 inhabitants; b) Per commune with more than 100,000 inhabitants in the department; c) From a threshold of 400 communes in the department, then per…

The electoral colleges empowered to appoint the representatives of the communes are constituted as follows: a) The communes with a population below the commune average for the département have 40% of the number of seats set by the decree mentioned in article R. 5211-19 for communes; b) The five most populous communes have a number of seats representing 20%, 30% or 40% of that set by the decree mentioned in…

The representation of municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation located in mountain areas provided for in article L. 5211-44-1 is ensured according to the following procedures: 1° For the application of 1° of Article L. 5211-43, a number of seats corresponding to the proportion of the number of these communes in each electoral college in relation to all the communes in this college shall be allocated to the communes…

The election of the representatives of the communes, public establishments of inter-communal cooperation and mixed syndicates takes place within three months of the renewal of the municipal councils and the deliberative assemblies of the public establishments of inter-communal cooperation. The election of the representatives of the departmental council and the regional council or, in Corsica, the representatives of the Corsican Assembly and the executive council takes place within two months…

I. – A prefectoral order sets the date for the election of the members of the commission mentioned in 1°,2°, and 3° of Article L. 5211-43, lists the various colleges constituted pursuant to Articles R. 5211-20 and R. 5211-21 and defines the procedures for the material organisation of the ballot. This same order sets the closing dates and times for the submission of candidacies to the departmental prefecture. II. –…

Where an election is held to designate the representatives of the colleges mentioned in 1°,2° or 3° of article L. 5211-43, the vote shall take place without adding or deleting names and without changing the order of presentation. Where there is no need for an election pursuant to the seventh paragraph of the same article, the representatives shall be appointed by the State representative in the department in the order…

The election of the representatives mentioned in article R. 5211-23 shall take place by post. The ballot papers shall be sent or deposited at the prefecture of the department, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the order provided for in article R. 5211-23. Each ballot paper is placed in a double envelope: the inner envelope must not bear any indication or distinctive sign; the outer envelope must bear…

The list of members of the departmental commission for intercommunal cooperation is drawn up by the prefect in the light of the results of the elections and, where applicable, the designations made in accordance with the second paragraph of article R. 5211-24.

When a member’s seat becomes vacant as a result of his death, resignation or loss of the capacity in respect of which he was elected, it shall be allocated for the remainder of the term of office to the first non-elected candidate appearing on the same list. When the provisions of the previous paragraph can no longer be applied, by-elections shall be held within two months in the college in…