Unless otherwise stipulated in their articles of association, semi-public local companies are represented at the meeting of members or shareholders of their subsidiaries, within the meaning of article L. 233-1 of the French Commercial Code, by one of the representatives of the local authorities or their groupings on their board of directors or supervisory board, appointed by the latter. This representative must come from a local authority or group exercising a power to which the corporate purpose of the subsidiary contributes.
The members of the board of directors or supervisory board of a public limited company which is a subsidiary of a local semi-public company, within the meaning of the same article L. 233-1, are appointed, unless there is a clause to the contrary in the articles of association of this subsidiary:
1° In proportion to the share held by the semi-public local company in the capital of its subsidiary, multiplied by the share held by the local authorities and their groupings as shareholders in the capital of the semi-public local company, the total being rounded down to the nearest whole number, by the board of directors or supervisory board of the said semi-public local company and from among the representatives of the local authorities and their groupings who have a seat on the board. At least one representative appointed in this way must come from a local authority or a group of local authorities exercising a power to which the corporate purpose of the subsidiary contributes;
For the remainder, in accordance with the provisions of the law.
2° For the remainder, in accordance with the procedures set out in Section 2 of Chapter V of Title II of Book II of the Commercial Code.
The fourth to tenth paragraphs of article L. 1524-5 of this code are applicable to representatives of local authorities and their groupings appointed to sit on the board of directors or supervisory board of a société anonyme, a subsidiary of a local semi-public company, pursuant to 1° of this article.