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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…

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Article L5711-6 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Within one year of its creation, a public-private association resulting from a merger in application of Article L. 5711-2 may be authorised by the representative(s) of the State in the department(s) concerned to withdraw from a public-private association of which one or more of the merged associations were members in application of Article L. 5711-4, with the agreement of the deliberative body of the public-private association from which the public-private…

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Article L5721-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

A mixed syndicate may be formed by agreement between interregional institutions of common utility, regions, interdepartmental agreements or institutions, départements, the Lyon metropolitan area, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation, communes, mixed syndicates defined in article L. 5711-1 or article L. 5711-4, territorial chambers of commerce and industry, agriculture, trades and other public establishments, with a view to works or services of benefit to each of these legal entities. The mixed…

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Article L5721-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Municipalities, départements, territorial chambers of commerce and industry and public establishments may group together in the form of syndicates for the operation, by means of an agreement, of public services of interest to each of the legal entities in question. A decree in the Conseil d’Etat shall lay down the terms and conditions for the application of this article.

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Article L5721-4 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The provisions of Title III of Book I of Part Three relating to legality control and the publicity and entry into force of the acts of the departmental authorities are applicable to the mixed syndicates governed by this Title. The provisions of Chapters II and VII of the single title of Book VI of Part One relating to budgetary control and public accountants are also applicable to them.

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Article L5721-5 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The public-private association may achieve its purpose, in particular, by direct operation or by simple financial participation in companies or organisations under the same conditions as the départements or communes. In the latter case, the terms and conditions of this participation are set by the decision establishing it.

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Article L5721-6 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Any natural or legal person has the right to request communication of the deliberations and minutes of the deliberative body of mixed syndicates, budgets and accounts as well as the decisions of the president of these public establishments. Each may publish them under its own responsibility. The communication of the documents mentioned in the first paragraph, which may be obtained both from the president and from the decentralised departments of…

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Article L5721-6-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I.- The transfer of powers to a public-private association automatically entails the application to all the public property, facilities and services necessary for their exercise, as well as to all the rights and obligations attached to them on the date of the transfer: 1° When the association is created: of the provisions of the first three paragraphs of Article L. 1321-1, the first two paragraphs of l’article L. 1321-2 and…

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