Article L5711-5 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
A commune or a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation may be authorised by the representative of the State in the department to withdraw from a mixed syndicate if, following a change in the regulations, in the situation of this legal entity of public law with regard to these regulations or in the competences of this legal entity, its participation in the mixed syndicate has become irrelevant. The withdrawal is pronounced…