The groupings that the territorial chambers of commerce and industry and the regional chambers of commerce and industry are authorised to form between themselves for the defence of special and common interests may be set up as public establishments.
These public establishments, known as “interconsular groupings”, are created by decree issued on the report of the minister responsible for overseeing the chambers of commerce and industry, on the proposal of the territorial or regional chambers of commerce and industry concerned, after obtaining the opinion of the departmental prefect(s) and regional prefect(s) concerned.