Article L5212-27 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
I. – Syndicats de communes and syndicats mixtes may be authorised to merge under the conditions set out in this article. The draft perimeter of the proposed new syndicate may be set by order of the State representative in the department when the members are part of the same department, or by joint order of the State representatives in the departments concerned in the opposite case: 1° Either within two…