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Section 5: Modification of the initial conditions of membership and operation

Article L5212-27 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – Syndicats de communes and syndicats mixtes may be authorised to merge under the conditions set out in this article. The draft perimeter of the proposed new syndicate may be set by order of the State representative in the department when the members are part of the same department, or by joint order of the State representatives in the departments concerned in the opposite case: 1° Either within two…

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Article L5212-29 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

As an exception to the provisions of article L. 5211-19, a commune may be authorised by the representative of the State in the department, after receiving the opinion of the departmental commission for inter-communal cooperation meeting in the formation provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 5211-45, to withdraw from the syndicate if, as a result of a change in the regulations or the situation of the commune…

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Article L5212-29-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

A commune may be authorised, by the State representative in the department following the opinion of the departmental commission for inter-communal cooperation meeting in the formation provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 5211-45 and in compliance with the provisions of the second to fifth paragraphs of article L. 5212-29, to withdraw from the union in order to join a community of communes, or to withdraw from it…

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Article L5212-30 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Where a commune considers that the provisions of the articles of association relating to the representation of communes on the committee of the syndicate, or to the powers exercised by the syndicate, or to the contribution of communes to the expenses of the syndicate, are such as to essentially compromise its interest in participating in the object of the syndicate, it may request the amendment of the provisions of the…

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Article L5212-32 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Unless there are provisions to the contrary, confirmed by the founding decision, the union’s membership of a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation is subject to the agreement of the municipal councils of the municipalities that are members of the union, given under the majority conditions provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 5212-2.

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