I.-In each department of the region, the representatives mentioned in 4° to 7° of II of article L. 1111-9-1 as follows:
a) The representative referred to in 4° is elected from among their number by the presidents of the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status with fewer than 30,000 inhabitants whose headquarters are in the territory of the department;
b) The representative referred to in 5° is elected from among their number by the mayors of the municipalities with more than 30,000 inhabitants in the department;
c) The representative referred to in 6° is elected from among their number by the mayors of communes with between 3,500 and 30,000 inhabitants in the department;
d) The representative referred to in 7° is elected from among their number by the mayors of communes with fewer than 3,500 inhabitants in the department.
II.-Following the election of the representatives mentioned in 4° to 7° of II of Article L. 1111-9-1, the representative of the mountain local authorities and groupings of local authorities, mentioned in 8° of the same article, is appointed by the State representative in the region, on the proposal of the National Association of Mountain Elected Representatives, from among the mayors or presidents of the public establishments for intercommunal cooperation with their own tax status in the mountain territories of the region, within the meaning of l’article 3 de la loi n° 85-30 du 9 janvier 1985 relative au développement et à la protection de la montagne. He may not be one of the representatives mentioned in 3° to 7° of II of article L. 1111-9-1.