Section 2: Organisation

In addition to its Chairman, the Board of Directors comprises: 1° A college made up of eight members representing the State: a) A representative of the Minister for Health; b) A representative of the Minister for the Environment; c) A representative of the Minister for Labour; d) A representative of the Minister for Agriculture; e) A representative of the Minister for Consumer Affairs; f) A representative of the Minister for…

The term of office for members of the Board of Directors is three years. It may be renewed. The qualified person mentioned in 5° is appointed by order of the supervisory ministers. The staff representatives elected in accordance with 6° of article R. 1313-4 are appointed by order of the supervisory ministers. The members of the colleges mentioned in 2°, 3° and 4° are appointed by order of the supervisory…

The term of office of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, appointed for three years, is renewable once. This provision shall not prevent the Chairman from holding a directorship before or after his term of office, where applicable for a further term of three years. The duties of Chairman of the Board of Directors are incompatible with those of Chief Executive Officer of the Agency. The age limit for…

In the event of a vacancy arising from the permanent inability of the incumbent to perform his duties or the loss by a member of the capacity in which he was appointed, a new member shall be appointed in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article R. 1313-5 or the Chairman shall be appointed in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article L. 1313-4. The term of office…

The duties of a member of the Board of Directors are incompatible with that of a member of the Scientific Advisory Board, a member of the Marketing Authorisation Monitoring Committee and a member of the Ethics and Conflict of Interest Committee.

The Managing Director, the Budget Controller, the Accounting Officer and the Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board attend meetings of the Board of Directors in an advisory capacity. The Chief Executive Officer may also be assisted by any person of his choice. The Chairman of the Board of Directors may also invite any person whose presence he considers useful to attend meetings in an advisory capacity.

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. In addition, a meeting must be convened within thirty days of a request to do so by one of the supervisory ministers, by the Managing Director or by at least one third of the members of the Board of Directors. In urgent cases, the deliberations of the Board of Directors may be adopted by…

The Chairman sets the agenda on a proposal from the Chief Executive Officer. Items which one of the supervisory ministers or at least one third of the members of the Board of Directors request to be included on the agenda for the next meeting are automatically included. Except in cases of urgency, when they are to be discussed, these questions must be tabled at least fifteen days before the date…

Decisions of the Board of Directors are taken by simple majority. Board members each have one vote, with the exception of the representatives of the ministers mentioned in a, b, c, d and e of 1° of article R. 1313-4, who each have five votes. The Board of Directors may only validly deliberate if at least one quarter of its members holding at least half of the votes are present….