I. – Subject to the application of article L. 133-7 of the Tourism Code, the proceeds of the tourist tax or flat-rate tourist tax are allocated to expenditure intended to encourage the tourist industry in the commune.
II. – In municipalities that have instituted the tourist tax or flat-rate tourist tax for actions to protect and manage their natural areas, the proceeds of the tax may be allocated, subject to the same article L. 133-7, to expenditure intended to encourage the protection and management of their natural areas for tourism purposes. When these municipalities are located, in their entirety or in part, within the territory of a national park or a regional nature park managed by a public administrative establishment, the proceeds of the tax may be transferred by the municipality or the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation to the park management body, within the framework of an agreement.
III. – When a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with economic development powers includes at least one mountain municipality mentioned in 3° of I of Article L. 2333-26, all the member municipalities may transfer to this public establishment all or part of the tax that they collect.