Article L5211-10-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
I. – A development council is set up in public establishments with their own tax status with more than 50,000 inhabitants. Below this threshold, a development council may be set up by deliberation of the public inter-municipal cooperation establishment with its own tax status. It is made up of representatives of the economic, social, cultural, educational, scientific, environmental and associative circles within the perimeter of the public establishment. By deliberation…