1.An Administrative Board is hereby set up, attached to the Office. Without prejudice to the powers attributed to the Budget Committee in Section 5 — budget and financial control — the Administrative Board shall have the powers defined below.
2.The Administrative Board shall draw up the lists of candidates provided for in Article 125.
3.It shall advise the President on matters for which the Office is responsible.
4.It shall be consulted before adoption of the guidelines for examination in the Office and in the other cases provided for in this Regulation.
5.It may deliver opinions and requests for information to the President and to the Commission where it considers that this is necessary.
1.The Administrative Board shall be composed of one representative of each Member State and one representative of the Commission and their alternates.
2.The members of the Administrative Board may, subject to the provisions of its rules of procedure, be assisted by advisers or experts.
1.The Administrative Board shall elect a chairman and a deputy chairman from among its members. The deputy chairman shall ex officio replace the chairman in the event of his being prevented from attending to his duties.
2.The duration of the terms of office of the chairman and the deputy chairman shall be three years. The terms of office shall be renewable.
1.Meetings of the Administrative Board shall be convened by its chairman.
2.The President of the Office shall take part in the deliberations, unless the Administrative Board decides otherwise.
3.The Administrative Board shall hold an ordinary meeting once a year; in addition, it shall meet on the initiative of its chairman or at the request of the Commission or of one-third of the Member States.
4.The Administrative Board shall adopt rules of procedure.
5.The Administrative Board shall take its decisions by a simple majority of the representatives of the Member States. However, a majority of three-quarters of the representatives of the Member States shall be required for the decisions which the Administrative Board is empowered to take under Article 125(1) and (3). In both cases each Member State shall have one vote.
6.The Administrative Board may invite observers to attend its meetings.
7.The Secretariat for the Administrative Board shall be provided by the Office.