The duties of president of a departmental council are incompatible with the exercise of one of the following elective offices: president of a regional council, mayor.
The functions of president of a departmental council are also incompatible with those of member of the European Commission, member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank or member of the Monetary Policy Council of the Banque de France.
[Provisions declared not in conformity with the Constitution by decision of the Constitutional Council n° 2000-426 DC of 30 March 2000.]
Any president of a departmental council who holds a position that places him in a situation of incompatibility as provided for in the two preceding paragraphs shall thereby cease to hold his position as president of the departmental council. In the event of a dispute, the incompatibility takes effect from the date on which the court decision confirming the election becomes final.