Article LO7312-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
A request for empowerment to lay down a rule applicable in the territory of the local authority shall be adopted by reasoned deliberation of the assembly taken by an absolute majority of its members. This deliberation shall mention the matter likely to be the subject of the empowerment provided for in Article LO 7312-1. It sets out the specific local features justifying the request for empowerment and specifies the purpose…