Article L5211-40-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
If unable to attend, a member of a committee set up in application of article L. 2121-22 may be replaced for a meeting by a municipal councillor from the same municipality appointed by the mayor. The mayor’s appointment must comply with the principle of proportional representation defined in the last paragraph of the same article L. 2121-22. When a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with its own tax status forms…