Mayors, the presidents of departmental councils and the presidents of regional councils, the presidents of public establishments attached to a territorial authority or grouping these authorities and the presidents of mixed syndicates are authorised to receive and authenticate, with a view to their publication in the real estate file, deeds concerning real property rights as well as leases, passed in administrative form by these authorities and public establishments.
When the procedure for receiving and authenticating deeds mentioned in the first paragraph is applied, the local authority or public establishment party to the deed is represented, when the deed is signed, by a deputy or a vice-president in the order of their appointment.