The Conseil national des opérations funéraires comprises thirty full members appointed by the Minister of the Interior:
1° Five representatives of government departments:
– two representatives of the Minister of the Interior;
– one representative of the Minister of the Economy;
– two representatives of the Minister of Health.
2° Three mayors, deputy mayors or delegated municipal councillors and one president, vice-president or community delegate who has been delegated by a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with its own tax system, proposed by the Association of French Mayors;
3° Four representatives of companies or associations carrying out funeral operations and two representatives of the régies, proposed by the professional organisations ;
4° Five representatives of employees in the funeral sector, proposed by the trade unions most representative of employees at national level;
5° Two representatives of families, proposed by the National Union of Family Associations;
6° Four representatives of consumer associations, proposed by the Minister for Consumer Affairs from among the member associations of the National Consumer Affairs Council;
7° Four competent figures, including one appointed on the proposal of the Minister for Health.
The chairman is appointed from among the full members by the Minister of the Interior for a term of six years.
An alternate is appointed for each full member.