 The "syndicats intercommunaux", which do not receive subsidies from the national government and are now somewhat declining in numbers, often count communities of agglomerations and communities of municipalities as their members.The resulting duplication has been criticized as wasteful by the ""Black Book of Intercommunality"" in 2006.A 2005 report by the Cour des Comptes also stated that the quality of the municipal associations is "not fully satisfactory".