Subsection 3: Democratisation and transparency.

Subject to the provisions specific to them, the provisions of Book III of Part Two are applicable to public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation However, articles L. 2312-1 and L. 2313-1 only apply to public establishments for inter-communal cooperation which include at least one commune of 3,500 inhabitants or more. When the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation has more than 10,000 inhabitants and includes at least one municipality of 3,500 inhabitants…

The balance sheet of acquisitions and disposals carried out by public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation is submitted each year for deliberation by the deliberative body. This balance sheet is appended to the administrative account of the establishment concerned. Any sale of buildings or real property rights planned by a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation gives rise to a reasoned decision by the decision-making body on the conditions of the sale…

In order to ensure better organisation of services, in the year following each general renewal of the municipal councils, the president of the public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status may draw up a report on the pooling of services between the services of the public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status and those of the member municipalities. This report includes a draft scheme…

In the event of the attachment of a commune to a public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status under the conditions provided for in article L. 5210-1-2, the creation of such an establishment by sharing under the conditions provided for in article L. 5211-5-1 A, the extension of the perimeter of a public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation under the conditions provided for in articles L. 5211-18 or…

If unable to attend, a member of a committee set up in application of article L. 2121-22 may be replaced for a meeting by a municipal councillor from the same municipality appointed by the mayor. The mayor’s appointment must comply with the principle of proportional representation defined in the last paragraph of the same article L. 2121-22. When a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with its own tax status forms…

Municipal councillors of member municipalities of a public inter-municipal cooperation establishment who are not members of its deliberative body are informed of the affairs of the establishment that are the subject of deliberation. They receive a copy of the notice sent to the community councillors or to the members of the trade union committee before each meeting of the deliberative body of the public inter-communal cooperation establishment, accompanied, where applicable,…