Section 2: Delegation of powers

A local authority may delegate to a local authority in another category or to a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status all or part of a remit for which it is responsible, including for the implementation or management of projects of structural importance to its territory. Where it is expressly authorised to do so by its articles of association, a public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation with…

Except where national interests are at stake, the State may delegate the exercise of certain of its powers by agreement to a territorial authority or a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status that so requests. The powers delegated pursuant to this article are exercised in the name and on behalf of the State. They may not empower the local authorities and public establishments concerned to derogate…

In areas of shared competence, the State, a territorial authority or a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status may, by agreement, delegate the appraisal and granting of aid or subsidies to one of the aforementioned public persons. Where the delegator and the delegatee are local authorities or public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status, the delegation is governed by article L. 1111-8. When…