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Article L5212-7-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

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…

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Article L5212-8 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

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…

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Article L5212-15 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The administration of establishments which are the subject of syndicates is subject to the rules of ordinary law. In particular, the laws which lay down, for similar establishments, the constitution of advisory or supervisory committees, the composition or appointment of staff, the formation and approval of budgets, the approval of accounts, the rules of internal administration and accounting are applicable to them. With regard to these establishments, the syndicate committee…

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Article L5212-16 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

A commune may join a syndicate for only some of the competences exercised by the syndicate. In this case, the decision to set up the syndicate or an amending decision determines the list of communes that are members of the syndicate, the list of competences that the syndicate may exercise and the conditions under which each member commune transfers to the syndicate all or part of the competences that the…

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Article L5212-17 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The provisions of article L. 5212-16 to unions existing on 6 January 1988, the date of publication of the loi n° 88-13 du 5 janvier 1988 d’amélioration de la décentralisation, if the municipal councils of the member municipalities of these unions have made known, under the majority conditions provided for in II of article L. 5211-5, their willingness to amend the decision to set up the syndicat accordingly. The modification…

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Article L5212-19 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The revenue in the syndicate’s budget comprises: 1° Contributions from associated communes; 2° Income from the union’s movable or immovable property; 3° Sums it receives from public administrations, associations, private individuals, in exchange for a service rendered; 4° Subsidies from the State, the region, the department and the communes; 5° Proceeds from donations and bequests; 6° Proceeds from taxes, fees and contributions corresponding to the services provided or investments made;…

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Article L5212-20 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The contribution of the associated communes mentioned in 1° of article L. 5212-19 is compulsory for these communes for the duration of the syndicate and within the limit of the requirements of the service as determined by the decisions of the syndicate. The committee of the syndicate may decide to replace all or part of this contribution with the proceeds of the council tax on second homes and other furnished…

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Article L5212-21 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The revenues of the syndicate’s budget may include: 1° Where the syndicate is responsible for the collection as well as the destruction or treatment of household waste, either the proceeds of the tax for the removal of household waste and the fee provided for in Article L. 2333-78, or, where applicable, the proceeds of the fee for the removal of household waste from campsites; 2° Or, where the syndicate is…

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Article L5212-21-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of article L. 1618-2, syndicates of municipalities may waive the obligation to deposit with the State the amount of the balance of the investment section from the previous financial year, up to the limit of the depreciation allowance for fixed assets operated as part of a public service of an industrial and commercial nature.

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