I.-1° The reading committees responsible for selecting projects concerning a director’s first feature-length cinematographic work are made up of the co-presidents of the committee provided for in article 211-142, one other member of this committee, whether full or alternate, and two readers chosen from a list drawn up by the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée;
2° The reading committees responsible for selecting projects for a second or third feature-length film by a director are made up of the co-chairmen of the committee provided for in article 211-143 and three other members of this committee, whether full or alternate;
3° The reading committees responsible for selecting projects concerning other feature-length cinematographic works are made up of the co-chairmen of the committee provided for in article 211-144 and three other members of this commission whether they are full members or alternates.
II – To prepare the work of the reading committees mentioned in 2° and 3° of I, the co-chairmen of the committee concerned may call upon readers chosen from the list mentioned in 1° of I.
III – If one of the co-chairmen is absent, he or she may be replaced by another member of the committee concerned, whether a full member or an alternate. If both co-chairmen are absent, they may be replaced by two members of the committee concerned, whether full members or alternates.
IV – At each Reading Committee meeting, the co-chairmen of the committee concerned decide which of them will have the casting vote in the event of a tie.
Notwithstanding article 133-9, when the two co-chairmen are absent, a meeting chairman is appointed who has the casting vote in the event of a tie.