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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Administration of assets owned jointly by several municipalities.

Article L5816-8

…in respect of which, if necessary, action is taken in accordance with the provisions of article L. 1612-15.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Single chapter

Article L5741-4

…communal cooperation with their own tax status fulfils the conditions set out in I of article L. 5741-1, it may be transformed into a territorial and rural balance centre. This transformation is decid…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L5731-2

…ts of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status provided that one of them has more than 100,000 inhabitants.By way of derogation from the previous paragraph, the metropolitan cluster may g…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5721-2-1

Where the Articles of Association have not provided for a specific procedure, amendments to the Articles of Association are decided by a two-thirds majority of the members making up the Syndicate Comm…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5721-1

The syndicat mixte is a public establishment.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L5711-2

…ay be authorised to merge. The merger is carried out under the conditions laid down in article L. 5211-41-3, with the exception of provisions relating to territorial continuity. For the application of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Inter-municipal agreements, conventions and conferences

Article L5842-31

…ndicated in the right-hand column of the same table. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5221-1 law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 L. 5221-2 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 10: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5842-13

I. - The provisions of articles L. 5211-56 to L. 5211-58 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of Article L. 5211-56, the words: "t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Urban communities and metropolises.

Article L5821-1

Chapters V and VII of Title I of Book II of this Part do not apply in the communes of the department of Guadeloupe and the territorial collectivities of French Guiana and Martinique..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L5731-3

…tropolitan pole is subject to the rules applicable to mixed syndicates provided for in article L. 5711-1, or article L. 5721-2 when a region, a department or the metropolis of Lyon is a member, subjec…

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