State representatives on the Boards of Directors of central insurance companies are chosen either from among civil servants in accordance with Decree no. 52-49 of 11 January 1952 relating to the status of State representatives on the Boards of semi-public companies, or from among civil servants of a level equivalent to that of category A civil servants;
They may also be chosen from among the chief executive officers and deputy chief executive officers of the bodies mentioned in article 1 of the aforementioned law of 26 July 1983 relating to the democratisation of the public sector;
They cease to hold office if they lose the capacity by virtue of which they were appointed;
They are prohibited from entering the service in any capacity whatsoever of the company of which they were a director before the expiry of a period of five years from the day on which they left its Board of Directors, unless they have the special authorisation of the Minister for the Economy, Finance and the Budget and the Minister who nominated them.