Article L1412-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
Local authorities, their public establishments, public establishments for inter-communal cooperation or mixed syndicates, for the direct operation of an industrial and commercial public service falling within their remit, set up an régie subject to the provisions of Chapter I of Title II of Book II of Part Two, where applicable, after obtaining the opinion of the consultative commission for local public services provided for in Article L. 1413-1. The operation…