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Article L5211-49 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The electors of the communes that are members of a public establishment of inter-communal cooperation may be consulted on decisions that the deliberative body or the president of this establishment are called upon to take in order to regulate matters within the competence of the establishment. At the proposal of all of the mayors of the member communes, or at the written request of half of the members of the…

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Article L5211-49-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The deliberative body of a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation may set up consultative committees on any matters of inter-municipal interest falling within its remit over all or part of the community territory. The committees may be consulted by the chairman on any question or project concerning local public services and facilities relating to the purpose for which they were set up and they may forward to the chairman any…

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Article L5211-50 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

An information file on the subject of the consultation is made available to the public on site at the headquarters of the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation, in each town hall and, where applicable, annex town hall of the communes that are members of the public establishment. Public access to the file is provided under the conditions set out in article L. 311-9 of the code des relations entre le…

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Article L5211-52 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

No consultation of the electors of the communes that are members of a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation may take place from 1 January of the calendar year preceding the year of the general renewal of the municipal councils or during the electoral campaigns preceding the elections by direct or indirect universal suffrage. Two consultations on the same subject may not take place within a period of less than two…

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Article L5211-53 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Where the appointment of the members of the deliberative body of the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation, or of the president of the latter, is the subject of a contentious appeal to the administrative court and, if necessary, to the Council of State, no consultation may take place until this appointment has been the subject of a decision that has become final.

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Article L5211-56 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Without prejudice to the provisions specific to metropolises, urban communities and conurbation communities, when a public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation provides a service on behalf of a local authority, another public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation or a mixed syndicate, the related expenditure is recorded in a budget annexed to the budget referred to in articles L. 5212-18 to L. 5212-21, L. 5214-23, or L. 5216-8 as appropriate. The revenues of…

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Article L5211-57 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Decisions by the council of a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax system, the effects of which affect only one of the member municipalities, may only be taken after obtaining the opinion of the municipal council of that municipality. If this opinion has not been given within three months of the community’s proposal being forwarded, it is deemed to be favourable. Where this opinion is unfavourable, the…

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Article L5211-58 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Any taxpayer registered on the roll of the municipality has the right to exercise, both as plaintiff and defendant, at his own expense and risk, with the authorisation of the administrative court, the actions that he believes belong to the public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation to which the municipality has joined and which the latter, previously called upon to deliberate, have refused or neglected to exercise. The taxpayer sends the…

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