The appointment of directors of the regional mutual credit banks is subject to the approval of the central body of Crédit Agricole. Such appointments may not include any commitment by the regional mutual to maintain the director in office for a fixed term.
Directors may be dismissed by a decision of the Managing Director of the Central Body of Crédit Agricole, taken after consulting the Board of Directors.
They are prohibited, except with the special authorisation of the central body of agricultural credit, from engaging in an industrial or commercial occupation, from holding a remunerated private job, from carrying out, on a private basis, work for remuneration, or from holding the office of director of an institution likely to receive loans from agricultural credit.