Article L5210-1-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
I. – In each department, based on an assessment of the coherence of the perimeters and an inventory of the distribution of the competences of the existing groupings and their exercise, a departmental inter-municipal cooperation scheme is drawn up, providing for full coverage of the territory by public inter-municipal cooperation establishments with their own tax status and the elimination of enclaves and territorial discontinuities. II. – This plan also sets…