A syndicat mixte benefiting from a transfer of competence provided for in article L. 1425-1 and constituted pursuant to article L. 5721-2 may receive assistance funds from legal entities governed by public law that are members of it, for the establishment of an electronic communications network under the conditions provided for in Article L. 1425-1, for a maximum period of thirty years from the promulgation of the loi n° 2015-991 du 7 août 2015 portant nouvelle organisation territoriale de la République, after agreement by the union committee and the deliberative bodies of the legal entities concerned.
The total amount of assistance funds paid may not exceed the amount of the investments to be made, after deduction of self-financing and subsidies received.