Art. L.O. 6211-1, book 2, part 6 of the
Code général des collectivités territoriales.
Art. L.O. 6311-1, book 3, part 6 of the
Code général des collectivités territoriales.
The United Kingdom relinguished its claim to Flanagan Island in
1977 in an agreement with a US delegation headed by David Colson,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans, US Dept. of State
(http://www.archive.org/stream/conventiononcons00unit/conventiononcons00unit_djvu.txt)