Article L5842-20 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
I. – The articles L. 5214-1 and L. 5214-4 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II. – For the application of Article L. 5214-1, the third paragraph is replaced by the following provisions: “Territorial continuity between the communes that are members of the same community of communes is assessed without taking into account the maritime space that exists between the latter.”