I.-The directors or members of the Supervisory Board are chosen from among the members who are up to date with their subscriptions, with the exception of those elected by employees. If, during their term of office, a director or member of the Supervisory Board ceases to be a member-policyholder, they are automatically deemed to have resigned if they have not regularised their situation within three months. However, the Articles of Association may derogate from the foregoing provisions where membership of the Company is conditional on the exercise of a specific professional activity.
Under no circumstances may the number of directors or members of the Supervisory Board who are not members of the Company exceed one third of the total number of members of the Supervisory Board.
The Statutory Auditors are responsible for ensuring that the foregoing provisions are complied with.
The term of office of a director or Supervisory Board member is determined by the Articles of Association, but may not exceed six years. The term of office of a director or a member of the Supervisory Board expires at the end of the Ordinary General Meeting of members called to approve the financial statements for the previous financial year and held in the year in which the term of office of the said director or member of the Supervisory Board expires.
Directors and Supervisory Board members may be re-elected, unless otherwise stipulated in the Articles of Association. They may be dismissed at any time by the Ordinary General Meeting.
II – Subject to the provisions of article L. 322-26-2, it is forbidden for directors, members of the supervisory board and mutual representatives to be part of the staff remunerated by the mutual insurance company, the union of mutual insurance companies, the mutual reinsurance company or the mutual insurance group company or to receive, in the performance of their duties, any remuneration or benefit other than those provided for in articles R. 322-53, R. 322-55-1 and R. 322-120-3.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to the Chairman of the Board of Directors when he performs the duties of Chief Executive Officer of the mutual insurance company in the case provided for in article R. 322-53-2 .
The company’s articles of association may also derogate from these provisions, provided that the number of directors or supervisory board members bound to the company by an employment contract may not exceed 10% of the board members in office.
Directors, members of the Supervisory Board and mutual representatives may not hold any office giving rise to remuneration from the mutual insurance company, union, mutual reinsurance company or mutual insurance group company until one year after the end of their term of office.
Appointments made in disregard of the provisions of this article shall not render null and void any deliberations in which the director, supervisory board member or mutual representative who was improperly appointed took part.
III -A corporate member may be appointed as a director or member of the Supervisory Board. At the time of its appointment, it is required to designate a permanent representative who, in the performance of his duties, is subject to the same conditions and obligations and incurs the same civil and criminal liability as if he were a director or member of the Supervisory Board in his own name, without prejudice to the joint and several liability of the legal entity which he represents.
If the legal entity dismisses its representative, it must at the same time provide for his replacement.
IV – In the event of a vacancy arising from the death, resignation or termination of office of one or more members of the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board following a decision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, the Board may, between two General Meetings, make provisional appointments.
If the number of members of the Board falls below the legal minimum, the remaining directors or the Management Board must immediately convene an Ordinary General Meeting in order to complete the membership of the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board.
If the number of members of the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board falls below the statutory minimum but is not less than the legal minimum, the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board must make provisional appointments to fill the vacancy within three months of the date on which the vacancy occurs.
Appointments made by the Board pursuant to the provisions of this IV are subject to ratification by the next Ordinary General Meeting. In the absence of ratification, the resolutions passed and acts performed previously by the Board shall nonetheless remain valid.
If the Board fails to make the required appointments or if the General Meeting is not convened, any interested party may apply to the courts for the appointment of an agent to convene the General Meeting for the purpose of making the appointments or ratifying the appointments provided for in the third paragraph.
V.-In the event of the temporary impediment or death of the Chairman, the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board may delegate the duties of Chairman to a director or a member of the Supervisory Board.
In the event of temporary impediment, this delegation is given for a limited period. It may be renewed. In the event of death, it is valid until the election of a new Chairman.