Section 7: Transformation and merger.

When a public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status already exercises, on behalf of the communes that make it up, the competencies set by the present code for another category of public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status, this establishment may be transformed, provided that it fulfils the conditions for creation, into a public establishment of this category by concordant deliberations of the deliberating…

The perimeter of the public establishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax status that has decided to transform itself may be extended to municipalities whose inclusion in the community perimeter is likely to ensure the spatial and economic coherence as well as the financial and social solidarity that are necessary for the development of a conurbation community and its evolution into an urban development pole, for the development of…

When a syndicat de communes already exercises, on behalf of the communes that make it up, the competencies set by the present code for communities of agglomerations or communities of communes, this syndicat may be transformed into one of these two categories of establishment, provided that it fulfils the required conditions for creation. This conversion is decided by a joint decision of the trade union committee and the municipal councils…

I. – Public establishments for intercommunal cooperation, at least one of which has its own tax status, may be authorised to merge under the following conditions. The proposed perimeter of the new public inter-municipal cooperation establishment envisaged may be set by order of the State representative in the department when the communes are part of the same department, or by joint order of the State representatives in the departments concerned…