A local authority may delegate to a local authority in another category or to a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status all or part of a remit for which it is responsible, including for the implementation or management of projects of structural importance to its territory. Where it is expressly authorised to do so by its articles of association, a public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status, with the agreement of its member municipalities, expressed by concurring deliberations of all the municipal councils, may also delegate to a department or a region all or part of a competence transferred to it by its member municipalities.
The powers delegated in application of the previous paragraph are exercised in the name and on behalf of the delegating territorial authority or public establishment.
This delegation is governed by an agreement which sets the duration and defines the objectives to be achieved and the terms of control by the delegating authority over the delegatee authority. The terms of this agreement are specified by decree in the Council of State.