Subsection 1: The trade union committee.

The trade union committee is set up in accordance with the rules laid down in articles L. 5211-7, L. 5211-8 and, unless otherwise provided for in the founding decision, in article L. 5212-7.

The number of seats on the syndicate’s committee, or their distribution among the member communes, may be modified at the request of: 1° Either the syndicate’s committee; 2° Or the municipal council of a member commune, on the occasion of a change in the syndicate’s perimeter or powers or with the aim of establishing a fairer balance between the representation of the communes on the committee and the size of…

The decision to establish or an amending decision may provide that the delegates appointed by the municipal councils of the communes that are members of the syndicat shall constitute a college for the election of their representatives to the committee. Unless otherwise provided for in the statutes of the syndicat de communes and notwithstanding 1° of Article L. 5212-16, the representatives thus elected are also entitled to take part in…