For each application for authorisation, a prefectoral order sets the composition of the departmental commission.
The elected representatives mentioned in a to e of 1° of II, a and b of 1° of III and a to c of 1° of IV of article L. 751-2 may only be represented by a member of the deliberative body that they chair.
No person may sit on the commission in two different capacities.
No elected representative of the commune in which the project is located and, in Paris, no elected representative of the arrondissement in which the project is located may sit in a capacity other than that of representative of his commune or arrondissement. When a project is planned for several municipalities or, in Paris, several arrondissements, the municipality or arrondissement in which the largest sales areas are to be built or modified is deemed to be the municipality or arrondissement in which the project is to be implemented.
No elected representative of a municipality or, in Paris, of an arrondissement located in the project’s catchment area may sit as a qualified personality.