Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

I. - The competences of territorial authorities whose exercise requires the support of several territorial authorities or groupings of territorial authorities are implemented in accordance with the following rules:

1° Delegations of competence are organised within the framework of the territorial agreement for concerted exercise provided for in V of Article L. 1111-9-1;

2° The minimum participation of the project owner, provided for in the second paragraph of III of l'article L. 1111-10, is set at 30% of the total amount of funding provided by public bodies;

3° With the exception of operations included in the plan contract concluded between the State and the region and in the convergence contract, projects falling within these areas of responsibility may receive investment and operating subsidies either from the region or from a department.

II. - The region is responsible for organising, in its capacity as lead partner, the arrangements for joint action by territorial authorities and their public establishments for the exercise of competences relating to:

1° Sustainable regional planning and development;

2° Protection of biodiversity;

3° Climate, air quality and energy;

4° Youth policy;

5° (Repealed)

6° (Repealed)

7° Mobility, in particular intermodality, complementarity between modes of transport and the development of stations;

8° Support for higher education and research.

III. - The department is responsible for organising, in its capacity as lead partner, the procedures for joint action by local and regional authorities and their public establishments for the exercise of competences relating to:

1° Social action, social development and the contribution to the elimination of fuel poverty;

2° Personal autonomy;

3° Territorial solidarity.

It shall be consulted by the region prior to the preparation of the plan contract concluded between the State and the region pursuant to the loi n° 82-653 du 29 juillet 1982 portant réforme de la planification in order to take account of the specific characteristics of its territory.

IV. - The municipality or the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status to which it has transferred its competences is responsible for organising, as lead partner, the procedures for joint action by territorial authorities and their public establishments for the exercise of competences relating to:

1° Sustainable mobility;

2° The organisation of local public services;

3° Spatial planning;

4° Local development.

V. - The procedures for joint action by territorial authorities and their groupings for the exercise of the competences mentioned in II to IV are debated by the territorial conference on public action provided for in Article L. 1111-9-1.