CHAPTER V : Conditions of application of the second and third paragraphs of article 73 of the Constitution to the overseas departments

The request for empowerment to lay down a rule applicable within the territory of the department is adopted by reasoned deliberation of the departmental council taken by an absolute majority of its members. This deliberation mentions the matter likely to be the subject of the empowerment provided for in article LO 3445-9. It sets out the specific local features justifying the request for authorisation and specifies the nature and purpose…

The articles LO 3445-3 to LO 3445-8 are applicable to this section.