The affairs of the City of Paris are regulated by the Paris council and those of the communes of Marseille and Lyon by a municipal council. The affairs of these three territorial collectivities are regulated by arrondissement councils for certain powers exhaustively defined in this chapter.
The deliberations of the Paris council are prepared and executed by the mayor of Paris.
The deliberations of the Paris council are prepared and executed by the mayor of Paris, those of the municipal councils of Marseille and Lyon by the mayor of the commune and those of each arrondissement council by the mayor of the arrondissement.