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Article L5215-28 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Buildings and movable property forming part of the public domain of the municipalities belonging to the conurbation are assigned ipso jure to the urban community, as soon as it is established, insofar as they are necessary for the exercise of the community’s powers. The definitive transfer of ownership and of the rights and obligations attached to the transferred assets is effected by amicable agreement. Failing an amicable agreement, a decree…

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Article L5215-30 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

A decree in the Conseil d’Etat sets the conditions under which the technical services of the urban community provide maintenance for roads temporarily retained by the communes. In addition, in the other areas of competence retained by the communes, the urban community may, under the conditions laid down by deliberation of the community council, make its technical services available to those of the communes that so request. The mayor directly…

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Article L5215-31 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Within the perimeter of the conurbation in which the urban community exercises its powers, roads may be redistributed between the State, the département and the urban community. The corresponding classifications and declassifications take place after a public enquiry carried out in accordance with the code of relations between the public and the administration and consultation with the community council and the departmental council. They are pronounced either by joint order…

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Article L5215-32 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The revenue of the urban community’s budget includes: 1° The tax resources mentioned in II or, where applicable, I of Article 1379-0 bis of the General Tax Code, as well as those mentioned in V and V bis of the same article; The urban community may, in addition, collect, in respect of the authority to organise the public distribution of electricity mentioned in l’article L. 2224-31, provided that this competence…

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Article L5215-35 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The loss of revenue that the urban community suffers as a result of the temporary exemptions enjoyed by new constructions as well as the premises referred to in articles 1384 C and 1384 D of the General Tax Code in respect of property tax on built-up properties are offset by a State subsidy, determined under the same conditions as the allowance paid to the municipalities, in accordance with the provisions…

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Article L5215-36 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The lump-sum allocation for urban communities is increased by a share of the lump-sum allocation paid to the communes that make them up. This share is equal to the deduction made from the lump-sum allocations of the member municipalities in 1981, increased each year by the rate of increase in the lump-sum allocation.

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