Article L6412-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
I. – The State representative implements the policies of the State in the local authority. He/she directs the services of the State subject to the exceptions listed exhaustively by a decree in the Conseil d’Etat. He alone is authorised to speak on behalf of the State before the Territorial Council and to commit the State to the local authority. II. – The representative of the State may take, for the…