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I. - Within twelve months of its establishment, the territorial and rural balance cluster draws up a territorial project on behalf of and in partnership with the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation that make it up.

At the decision of the cluster's trade union committee, the departmental councils and regional councils concerned may be involved in drawing up the territorial project.

The territorial project defines the conditions for economic, ecological, cultural and social development within the perimeter of the territorial and rural balance cluster. It specifies the actions in terms of economic development, spatial planning and promotion of the ecological transition that are carried out by the public establishments for inter-communal cooperation or, in their name and on their behalf, by the territorial and rural balance cluster. It must be compatible with the territorial coherence schemes applicable within the perimeter of the cluster. It may include provisions relating to any other issue of territorial interest.

Where the perimeter of the territorial and rural balance cluster overlaps with that of a regional nature park, the territorial project must be compatible with the park's charter. An agreement concluded between the cluster and the joint association responsible for the development and management of the regional nature park determines the conditions for coordinating the exercise of their competences on their common perimeter.

The territorial project is submitted for the opinion of the conference of mayors and the territorial development council and approved by the deliberative bodies of the public establishments of inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status that make up the territorial and rural balance cluster and, where applicable, by the departmental councils and regional councils that have been involved in its preparation.

An annual report on its implementation is sent to the conference of mayors, the territorial development council, the public establishments for intercommunal cooperation with their own tax status that are members of the cluster and the departmental councils and regional councils that were involved in its preparation.

It is revised, under the same conditions, within twelve months of the general renewal of the deliberative bodies of the public establishments for intercommunal cooperation with their own tax status that make it up.

II. - For the implementation of the territorial project, the territorial and rural balance cluster, on the one hand, and the public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status that make up the cluster and, where applicable, the departmental councils and regional councils that have been involved in its development, on the other hand, conclude a territorial agreement determining the tasks delegated to the territorial and rural balance cluster by the public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation and by the departmental councils and regional councils to be carried out on their behalf.

The agreement sets out the duration, scope and financial terms of the delegation as well as the conditions under which the services of the établissements publics de coopération intercommunale, the conseils départementaux and the conseils régionaux are made available to the pôle d'équilibre territorial et rural.

III. - The territorial and rural balance cluster and the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation of which it is composed may set up unified services under the conditions set out in article L. 5111-1-1 of this code. As part of its annual report on the implementation of the territorial project, the territorial and rural balance cluster presents a section on the functional integration and prospects for mutualisation between the public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status that make it up.

The territorial and rural balance cluster presents a section on the functional integration and prospects for mutualisation between the public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status that make it up.