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Article L5211-12 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The maximum allowances voted by the council or committee of a syndicat de communes, communauté de communes, communauté urbaine, communauté d’agglomération and métropole for the actual performance of the duties of president and vice-president are determined by a Conseil d’Etat decree by reference to the amount of the salary corresponding to the terminal gross index of the civil service index scale. The allowance paid to the chairman of the council…

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Article L5211-12-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Each year, the public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own taxation system draw up a statement showing all the allowances of all kinds, denominated in euros, received by the elected members sitting on their council, in respect of any mandate or any duties exercised within them and within any union within the meaning of books VII and VIII of this part or any company mentioned in book V of…

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Article L5211-12-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Under conditions set by their internal regulations, the amount of the functional allowances that the deliberative body of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation of 50,000 inhabitants or more allocates to its members may be adjusted according to their actual attendance at plenary sessions and meetings of the committees of which they are members. Any reduction in this amount may not exceed, for each member, half of the allowance that could…

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Article L5211-13 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

When the members of the deliberative bodies of the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation mentioned in article L. 5211-12 incur travel expenses on the occasion of meetings of these councils or committees, of the bureau, of the commissions set up by deliberation of which they are members, of the advisory committees provided for in Article L. 5211-49-1, the advisory commission provided for in Article L. 1413-1 and the deliberative bodies…

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Article L5211-13-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

According to the conditions set out in an annual resolution, the deliberative body of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation may make a vehicle available to its members or to the public establishment’s employees when this is justified by the performance of their mandates or duties. Any other benefit in kind is subject to a resolution specifying the name of the vehicle and the terms and conditions of use.

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Article L5211-15 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Establissements publics de coopération intercommunale are liable, under the conditions set out in articles L. 2123-31 to L. 2123-33 for municipal councillors and mayors, accidents to members of their deliberative bodies and their chairmen in the performance of their duties. The provisions of article L. 2123-34 relating to the responsibility of elected representatives are applicable to the president and vice-presidents who have received a delegation.

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Article L5211-16 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with competence in town planning matters are, on the proposal of the vendors, authorised to acquire, in return for the payment of a life annuity, properties that they require for property restoration, development or equipment operations. Where a property sold in this way is occupied in whole or in part by the vendor, the life annuity sale contract must include, for his benefit and that…

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Article L5211-17 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Municipalities that are members of a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation may at any time transfer, in whole or in part, to the latter, some of their competencies whose transfer is not provided for by law or by the founding decision, as well as the property, equipment or public services necessary for their exercise. These transfers are decided by concordant deliberations of the deliberating body and the municipal councils deciding…

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Article L5211-17-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Powers exercised by a public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation, the transfer of which to the latter is not provided for by law or by the decision establishing it, may, at any time, be returned to each of its member communes. This return is decided by joint deliberations of the deliberative body of the establishment and the municipal councils of the member communes pronouncing under the majority conditions required for the…

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