In the perimeter of the Greater Paris metropolitan area, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation known as “territorial public establishments” are created on 1 January 2016. Subject to the provisions of this chapter, these public establishments are subject to the provisions applicable to syndicats de communes. Consisting of a single area without an enclave, with a population of at least 300,000, these establishments include all the member municipalities of the Greater Paris metropolitan area, with the exception of the municipality of Paris. Communes belonging to the same public establishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax status on the date of promulgation of loi n° 2015-991 du 7 août 2015 portant nouvelle organisation territoriale de la République may not belong to separate territorial public establishments.
In each public territorial establishment, a territorial council is created made up of the delegates of the communes included in the perimeter of the establishment, appointed to the council of the Greater Paris metropolis pursuant to Article L. 5219-9. The perimeter and headquarters of the public territorial establishment are set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, after consultation, by the State representative in the Ile-de-France region, of the municipal councils of the municipalities concerned, which have a period of one month to give their opinion. The definition of these perimeters may take into account the project territories constituted with a view to drawing up territorial development contracts provided for in article 21 of law no. 2010-597 of 3 June 2010 relating to Greater Paris.
The president of the territorial council is elected from among its members. The Territorial Council also appoints one or more vice-presidents from among its members. The number of vice-presidents may not exceed 20% of the total number of members of the territorial council.
In each public territorial establishment, a conference of mayors governed by article L. 5211-11-3 is created.