The Enforcement Committee has six members:
1° Two members of the Conseil d’Etat, appointed by the Vice-President of the Conseil d’Etat, and one member of the Cour de cassation, appointed by the First President of the Cour de cassation ;
2° Three members chosen for their expertise in areas relevant to the performance of the Authority’s duties, appointed by order of the Minister for the Economy.
Alternate members are appointed in the same way.
All full and alternate members appointed under 1° shall include an equal number of men and women. Where the appointments made by the two authorities concerned do not enable this rule to be complied with, each of them must appoint an equal number of women and men.
All the full and alternate members appointed under 2° include an equal number of women and men.
The Vice-Chairman of the Council of State appoints which of the two members of the Council of State mentioned in 1° is to chair the Enforcement Committee.
The duties of a member of the Enforcement Committee are incompatible with those of a member of the Supervisory Board.
The members of the Enforcement Committee are appointed for a term of five years. They may be reappointed once, subject to the fifth and sixth paragraphs. They may not be over seventy years of age on the day of their appointment or reappointment.
If a seat on the Enforcement Committee falls vacant for any reason whatsoever, as confirmed by the Chairman, a person of the same gender shall be appointed to replace the member for the remainder of the term of office. A term of office of less than two years is not taken into account for the purposes of the renewal rule.
A member of the Enforcement Committee may only be removed from office in accordance with the procedure for appointment, after receiving the assent of a majority of the other members of the Enforcement Committee that he or she is no longer able to serve due to incapacity or a serious breach of duty that prevents him or her from continuing in office.
The compensation paid to committee members is set by decree.