Article 129

Meetings of the Administrative Board shall be convened by its chairman. The President of the Office shall take part in the deliberations, unless the Administrative Board decides otherwise. 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. The Administrative Board shall adopt rules of procedure. 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. The Administrative Board may invite observers to attend its meetings. The Secretariat for the Administrative Board shall be provided by the Office.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-12 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.