TITLE X. OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITIES
Article 85
The territorial collectivities are moral persons of public law which enjoy administrative and financial autonomy.
The territorial collectivities are the regions, the communes and the other territorial collectivities of specific status.
Article 86
The territorial collectivities are administered freely by councils with a view to development and of promotion of the local and regional interests.
Article 87
The mission, the organization, the functioning and the financing regime of the territorial collectivities are determined by an organic law.
Article 88
In the territorial collectivities, the delegate of government has the responsibility for the national interests, of administrative control a posteriori and of respect for the laws.