I.-The duties of director, member of the Supervisory Board and mutual agent are free of charge.
However, if the Articles of Association so provide, the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board may decide to allocate allowances to its members, within the limits set by the General Meeting, and to reimburse their travel, subsistence and childcare expenses.
The Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board may also decide to allocate, under the same conditions, allowances to the mutualist representatives in respect of the constraints relating to the missions entrusted to them in the exercise of their mandate and to reimburse their travel, subsistence and childcare expenses.
This article is applicable to civil servants under the conditions laid down by the statutory or regulatory provisions governing them.
Each year, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board informs the General Meeting of the amount of remuneration and indemnities actually allocated, expenses reimbursed and benefits of any kind paid, during the financial year, to each company officer and to the mutualist officers by the company, by the companies it controls within the meaning of Article L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code or by the company which controls, within the meaning of the same Article, the company in which the office is held. Such remuneration, indemnities, expenses and benefits are charged to the operating expenses of the company from which they originate. Remuneration, indemnities and benefits are taken into account in determining the basis of assessment for contributions defined in article L. 242-1 of the Social Security Code.
II – The Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board determines the remuneration of the Chief Executive Officer, the Deputy Chief Executive Officers or the members of the Management Board and sets the terms and conditions of their employment contracts if they are salaried executives.
No remuneration linked directly or indirectly to the amount of the Company’s contributions may be allocated, in any capacity whatsoever, to a director or an executive employee.
The foregoing provisions do not preclude the institution of a collective profit-sharing scheme for the company’s employees under the conditions laid down by Order 86-1134 of 21 October 1986 as amended relating to profit-sharing and employee share ownership.
III – Mutual insurance companies may under no circumstances contract out their management to any person or organisation whatsoever.