Article L2333-26 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
I. – Subject to Article L. 5211-21, a tourist tax or flat-rate tourist tax may be instituted by deliberation taken by the municipal council before 1 July of the year to be applicable from the following year: 1° Tourist communes and classified tourist resorts falling under the section 2 of Chapter III of Title III of Book I of the Tourism Code; 2° Coastal communes, within the meaning of article…