At the end of a period of five years from the merger pronounced by the decree provided for in article L. 2113-5 as it read prior to Law no. 2010-1563 of 16 December 2010 on the reform of territorial communities or the creation of a new commune ordered by the decree provided for in Article L. 2113-3, the assets and rights of commune sections created following the merger of two or more communes or the attachment of part of the territory of one commune to another commune may be transferred in whole or in part, as necessary, to the commune by order of the State representative in the département issued after a public enquiry carried out in accordance with the code of relations between the public and the administration at the request of the municipal council.