The number of members of the Board of Directors may not exceed twenty-four. It may be increased to thirty if justified by the scope of the missions assigned to the public establishment or the number of local authorities comprising it.
The Board of Directors comprises, in the proportions defined in article L. 1431-4 :
1° a) The representative(s) of the local authority(ies) or their groupings appointed from among their members by their councils or deliberative bodies, for the remainder of their elected term of office;
b) The representative(s) of the State appointed by the Prefect ;
c) The representative(s) of the national public establishment(s);
d) The mayor of the municipality in which the establishment has its headquarters or his representative, where he has so requested;
e) The representative(s) of the local public establishment(s), where it is a public establishment for environmental cooperation;
2° Personalities qualified in the areas of competence of the establishment, appointed jointly by the local authorities, their groupings, the State and, where applicable, national or local public establishments for a renewable term of three years; in the absence of agreement, each of the members of the establishment appoints the qualified personalities in accordance with the distribution defined by the articles of association;
3° Staff representatives elected for this purpose for a renewable term of three years;
4° Elected student representatives where the establishment’s mission is to provide teaching or professional artistic training. The duration of their term of office is set by the articles of association.
5° Where applicable, representatives of foundations or associations appointed under the conditions set out in 2°;
6° Where the public establishment for environmental cooperation constitutes a regional biodiversity agency, within the meaning of Article L. 131-8 of the Environment Code, representatives of the economic sectors concerned, appointed under the conditions set out in 2°.
The Articles of Association may provide for substitute members for elected or appointed members of the Board of Directors.
In the absence of his substitute, a member of the Board of Directors may give a mandate to another member to represent him at a meeting. No member may receive more than one proxy.