Article L5217-18 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
As from the general renewal of the municipal councils following the promulgation of Law no. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of territorial public action and the affirmation of metropolises, the provisions relating to the metropolises mentioned in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 5211-10 are applicable to the public establishments for intercommunal cooperation with their own tax status provided for in article L. 5217-1.