Article D1811-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
For the application of the provisions of Part One to the communes of French Polynesia: 1° The references to the representative of the State in the department or collectivity, the prefect and the regional prefect and the reference to the prefecture are replaced, respectively, by the reference to the high commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia and by the reference to the high commission of the Republic in French…