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Article L2121-22 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The town council may, during each meeting, set up committees responsible for studying questions submitted to the council either by the administration or on the initiative of one of its members.

The committees are convened by the mayor, who is the chairman ex officio, within eight days of their appointment, or more quickly at the request of the majority of the members who make up the committees. At this first meeting, the committees appoint a vice-chairman who may convene and chair them if the mayor is absent or unable to attend.

In municipalities with more than 1,000 inhabitants, the composition of the various committees, including tender committees and tendering boards, must comply with the principle of proportional representation to allow pluralist expression of elected representatives within the municipal assembly.

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Article L2121-22

Le conseil municipal peut former, au cours de chaque séance, des commissions chargées d’étudier les questions soumises au conseil soit par l’administration, soit à l’initiative d’un de ses membres.

Elles sont convoquées par le maire, qui en est le président de droit, dans les huit jours qui suivent leur nomination, ou à plus bref délai sur la demande de la majorité des membres qui les composent. Dans cette première réunion, les commissions désignent un vice-président qui peut les convoquer et les présider si le maire est absent ou empêché.

Dans les communes de plus de 1 000 habitants, la composition des différentes commissions, y compris les commissions d’appel d’offres et les bureaux d’adjudications, doit respecter le principe de la représentation proportionnelle pour permettre l’expression pluraliste des élus au sein de l’assemblée communale.

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