Section 1: Management of undivided property and rights.

Where several communes own undivided property or rights, a legal entity governed by public law shall be created for their management and for the management of the related public services, administered in accordance with the procedures set out in Article L. 5222-2, by a syndicate commission made up of delegates from the municipal councils of the communes concerned and by the municipal councils of these communes. The decision to set…

The syndicate committee and the syndic ensure the administration and development of undivided property and rights. Their powers are the same as those of town councils and mayors in similar matters. However, sales, exchanges, divisions, acquisitions of real estate and related transactions remain reserved for town councils, which may authorise the president of the commission to pass the related deeds. Decisions concerning the acquisition of real estate and related transactions,…

On the proposal of the syndicate commission and on the decision of the municipal councils of two thirds of the communes representing more than half of their total population, or of at least half of the municipal councils representing more than two thirds of the population, a syndicate of communes may be created whose powers are at least those of the syndicate commission as set out in Article L. 5222-2….