At the initiative of the regional chamber of commerce and industry other than the Ile-de-France region or at their own initiative, territorial chambers of commerce and industry may join forces with their parent regional chamber of commerce and industry within the framework of the master plans mentioned in 2° of Article L. 711-8; they disappear within the regional chamber of commerce and industry and no longer have the status of a public establishment.
Unless otherwise provided by law or regulation, the regional chamber of commerce and industry shall exercise, throughout the district of the territorial chamber or chambers of commerce and industry thus dissolved within it, the functions normally devolved to the territorial chambers.