When the sites council sits in a formation known as “new tourist units”, it comprises in equal parts:
1° State representatives, including in particular the regional director of the environment, the departmental director of infrastructure and the regional tourism delegate;
2° Elected representatives of the local authorities and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation in the massif;
3° Personalities qualified in the protection of sites, the living environment and the natural sciences, including representatives of approved environmental protection associations and the regional nature park;
4° Representatives of the consular chambers and socio-professional organisations concerned.