Municipalities and their groupings may create, within the framework of the powers attributed to them by law, local public companies in which they hold all the capital.
These companies are competent, subject to compliance with II of Article 43 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia, to carry out development operations within the meaning of locally applicable town planning regulations, or construction operations. They are also competent to operate industrial or commercial public services or any other activities of general interest. Where the objects of these companies include several activities, these must be complementary. The realisation of this object contributes to the exercise of at least one competence of each of the shareholders.
These companies carry out their activities exclusively on behalf of their shareholders and within the territory of the communes and groupings of communes which are members.
These companies take the form of sociétés anonymes and are composed of at least two shareholders.
Subject to the provisions of this article, they are subject to Chapter II of this title.