The Articles of Association must provide for an age limit for the performance of the duties of Chief Executive Officer or Deputy Chief Executive Officer which, in the absence of an express provision, is set at sixty-five years.
Any appointment made in breach of the provisions set out in the previous paragraph shall be null and void.
When a Chief Executive Officer or a Deputy Chief Executive Officer reaches the age limit, he shall be deemed to have resigned automatically.
A Chief Executive Officer or a Deputy Chief Executive Officer placed under guardianship shall also be deemed to have resigned automatically.
The nullity provided for in the second paragraph and the compulsory resignation provided for in the third and penultimate paragraphs shall not entail the nullity of decisions taken by the Chief Executive Officer or the Deputy Chief Executive Officer who has been irregularly appointed or deemed to have compulsorily resigned.