The categories of territorial authorities mentioned in the third paragraph of Article 72-2 of the Constitution are:
1° The communes;
2° The departments to which the Department of Mayotte, the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and the collectivities with special status resulting from the merger of one or more communes and a department are assimilated;
3° The regions and the territorial collectivity of Corsica to which the overseas collectivities governed by Article 74 of the Constitution other than those mentioned in 2°, the authorities with special status resulting from the merger of departments and regions and the authorities mentioned in the last paragraph of article 73 of the Constitution.