The duties of members of the Board of Directors are performed free of charge. Travel and accommodation expenses are reimbursed in accordance with the regulations applicable to civil servants.
The Board of Directors meets at least three times a year when convened by its Chairman, who sets the agenda. If the Chairman is unable to attend, the Board shall be convened by the Chief Executive Officer if this is justified by the urgency of the matter. The meeting is convened as of right within thirty days of the request being made by the Minister for Health, the Chief Executive…
The Board of Directors may only validly deliberate if at least half of its members with voting rights are present. If this quorum is not reached, the Board is reconvened within fifteen days with the same agenda. It shall then deliberate validly, regardless of the number of directors present. If the Chairman is unable to attend, the Board of Directors appoints a Chairman for the meeting. A vote by secret…
The Board of Directors sets the general guidelines for the agency and deliberates on the following matters: 1° The general organisation of the agency, at national and local level, and its internal regulations; 2° Multiannual strategic guidelines, which may be included in a contract of objectives and resources between the agency and the State; 3° The agency’s budget and its amending decisions, the financial account, the allocation of results and…
Subject to the provisions of the second and third paragraphs below, the decisions of the Board of Directors are enforceable fifteen days after their transmission to the Minister for Health, unless the latter objects. Where the Minister for Health requests additional information or documents in writing, this period is suspended until such information or documents are produced. In urgent cases, the Minister for Health may authorise immediate implementation. Decisions relating…
1° The Director General of the Agency is appointed for a renewable term of three years, on the recommendation of the Minister for Health. He is responsible for managing the Agency. He performs all acts that are not reserved to the Board of Directors by virtue of the provisions of article R. 1418-13. Each year, it proposes to the Board of Directors the general guidelines of the Agency’s policy. It…
At the request of the ministers responsible for research or health, the Director General shall provide them with any information and carry out any report or study falling within the Agency’s remit. Such information, reports or studies shall be submitted to the Advisory Board for its opinion, where they fall within the scope of the latter’s remit, as provided for in article L. 1418-4.
The Steering Committee examines the Agency’s medical and scientific policy with regard to ethical issues likely to arise in its field of competence, in particular when it is consulted on applications for authorisation mentioned in b of 10° of article L. 1418-1, as well as on any issue relating to medical and scientific research. It ensures the ethical and scientific consistency of the Agency’s decisions, opinions, recommendations and publications. The…
The Policy Board meets when convened by its Chairman, on the initiative of at least one third of its members or at the request of the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Managing Director. The Board’s decisions are taken by a majority of the members present. In the event of a tie, the Chairman has the casting vote. The operating procedures of the Policy Board, in particular the…
In addition to its Chairman, the Agency’s Steering Committee comprises twenty-eight members: 1° Three deputies and three senators appointed by their respective assemblies ; 2° One member or former member of the Conseil d’Etat with a grade at least equal to that of councillor, appointed by the vice-chairman of the Conseil d’Etat; 3° One member or former member of the Court of Cassation of a grade at least equal to…
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