Section 1: Consultation on the creation of a new commune.

The administrative court shall rule within two months of registration of the appeal at the registry. Failing to give a ruling within this period, the administrative court shall be dismissed and the application shall be referred ex officio to the Council of State. The provisions of Article R. 123 of the Electoral Code relating to appeals to the Conseil d’Etat shall apply.

In the event that the project to create the new commune involves communes located in different départements, the electors are convened by joint order of the prefects of the départements concerned under the conditions defined in article R. 2113-1. The results of local elections are centralised by the prefect of the département in which the commune or communes with the largest number of registered voters are located. The notification and…