9.1. A scientific committee is created of which the board of directors determines the composition and the working methods. The scientific committee is composed of at least three members attached to a higher education or research establishment in each of the Regions. The scientific committee shall select a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its members.

The members of the scientific committee shall be elected or reelected for a period of five years by the board of directors, upon presentation by the scientific committee, on the basis of their active interest in the study of multiple sclerosis. Their terms of office may be renewed, where appropriate several times.

9.2. The mission of the scientific committee shall be as follows:

a) to study all the questions which are submitted to it by the board of directors;

b) to suggest to the board of directors fundamental or clinical research projects connected with the fight against multiple sclerosis for which scholarships or subsidies may be granted in order to finance their implementation.