A mutual insurance company is managed by a Board of Directors. However, it may be stipulated in the articles of association of any mutual insurance company that it shall be managed by a management board and a supervisory board. The introduction of this stipulation in the articles of association, or its deletion, may be decided during the existence of the company.
A decree of the Conseil d’Etat shall lay down the conditions for the application of the first paragraph.
The members or their delegates elect from among their number, by direct or indirect suffrage, the directors and members of the Supervisory Board, with the exception of those elected by the employees. Any elected representative or public official may sit on the board of directors or supervisory board of a mutual insurance company as a representative of a legal entity governed by public law which is itself a member-policyholder.
The Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board shall comprise, in addition to the directors and members of the Supervisory Board whose number and method of appointment are provided for by this Code, one or more directors or members of the Supervisory Board elected by the salaried employees. Their number, which is determined by the Articles of Association, may not exceed four or one third of that of the other directors or Supervisory Board members. Where the number of directors or members of the supervisory board elected by employees is equal to or greater than two, managers and similar staff have at least one seat.
In mutual insurance companies employing, at the close of two consecutive financial years, at least one thousand permanent employees, the articles of association shall provide that at least two directors or members of the supervisory board shall be elected by the employees.
For the application of this article, the procedures for appointing the directors or members of the Supervisory Board elected by the employees are determined in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 225-28, L. 225-29, first paragraph, and L. 225-30 to L. 225-34 of the Commercial Code.
The Articles of Association may not make the election to the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board of members who are up to date with their subscriptions subject to any conditions whatsoever.
Any appointment made in breach of this article shall be null and void. This nullity does not entail the nullity of the deliberations in which the director or member of the Supervisory Board unlawfully appointed took part.