20th Century
By the 1905 French law on the Separation of Religions and the State the Israelite consistories in France lost their status as établissements publics du culte (public-law corporations of cult). In 1919 the three Israelite consistories in Alsace-Moselle returned to French jurisdiction and their concordatary status has been preserved since as part of the Local law in Alsace-Moselle. So they continue to be parastatal entities.
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