Article L1311-13 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
Mayors, the presidents of departmental councils and the presidents of regional councils, the presidents of public establishments attached to a territorial authority or grouping these authorities and the presidents of mixed syndicates are authorised to receive and authenticate, with a view to their publication in the real estate file, deeds concerning real property rights as well as leases, passed in administrative form by these authorities and public establishments. When the…