Article LO6431-11 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
The meetings of the territorial council shall be public. However, at the request of five members or the President, the Territorial Council may decide, without debate, by an absolute majority of the members present or represented, that it shall meet in camera, except when the articles LO 6413-3, LO 6413-4, LO 6461-2, LO 6461-4, LO 6461-12, LO 6461-13 or LO 6461-16. Without prejudice to the powers that the president of…