In compliance with France’s international commitments, local and regional authorities and their groupings may implement or support any annual or multi-annual international cooperation, development aid or humanitarian action. In doing so, they shall take into consideration the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015.
To this end, local authorities and their groupings may, where appropriate, enter into agreements with foreign local authorities. These agreements specify the purpose of the actions envisaged and the provisional amount of the financial commitments. They come into force as soon as they have been sent to the State representative under the conditions set out in articles L. 2131-1, L. 2131-2, L. 3131-1, L. 3131-2, L. 4141-1 et L. 4141-2. The articles L. 2131-6, L. 3132-1 and L. 4142-1 are applicable to them.