Article L6433-5 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
The employer is required to allow any employee of his company who is a member of the territorial council the time necessary to travel to and participate in: 1° The plenary sessions of this council; 2° The meetings of the committees of which he is a member and set up by a deliberation of the territorial council; 3° The meetings of the deliberative assemblies and the boards of the bodies…