Loi relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération intercommunale
The loi n° 99-586 du 12 juillet 1999 relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération intercommunale, commonly called the loi Chevènement after its proposer Jean-Pierre Chevènement, then Interior Minister in the Jospin government, is one of the principal laws encouraging inter-municipal cooperation in France.
It defined the roles of three new types of établissements publics de coopération intercommunale with their own financing:
- Community of communes
- Agglomeration community
- Urban community, for which the minimum population is.