BOOK V: SPECIAL PROVISIONS

If they are unable to attend, the members of the committee referred to in Article L. 2531-12 may be represented. The presidents of the regional council and the departmental councils are replaced by a vice-president. The mayor of Paris is replaced by a deputy or, failing that, by a Paris councillor. Representatives of groups of communes and mayors are replaced by alternates elected at the same time as them and…

The office of member of the committee is renewable. The presidents of the regional and departmental councils and the mayor of Paris serve for the duration of their term of office. The term of office of the elected representatives of the presidents of groups of municipalities and mayors expires on the occasion of the general renewal of the municipal councils. However, the term of office of the members of the…

In the event of the death or resignation of an elected full member or the loss of the capacity in respect of which he was elected, he is replaced by his alternate. If, for reasons of the same nature, the alternate is unable to sit, the first non-elected full member candidate in the order of presentation of the list is called upon. However, for the replacement of either the president…

The election of representatives of groups of municipalities and mayors takes place by ballot paper sent by registered post to the prefecture of the Ile-de-France region, prefecture of Paris. The ballot papers are counted by a commission comprising: 1° The prefect of the Ile-de-France region or his representative, chairman; 2° A chairman of a grouping of municipalities in the Ile-de-France region, appointed by the prefect of the Ile-de-France region; 3°…

Applications must be submitted to the prefecture of the Ile-de-France region, prefecture of Paris by a date set by prefectoral order. This order also sets the deadline for sending or, where applicable, depositing ballot papers to the prefecture of the Ile-de-France region, prefecture of Paris. Each ballot paper shall be placed in a double envelope; the outer envelope must bear the words “Election of the members of the Ile-de-France region’s…

The committee elects its chairman from among its members by secret ballot by an absolute majority. If, after two ballots, no member of the committee has obtained an absolute majority, a third ballot is held and the election is by relative majority. In the event of a tie, the oldest member is declared elected. The chairman is elected until the renewal of the representatives of the groups of communes and…