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The statutes of the EU DSO entity adopted in accordance with Article 53 shall safeguard the following principles: participation in the work of the EU DSO entity is limited to registered members with the possibility of delegation within the membership; strategic decisions regarding the activities of the EU DSO entity as well as policy guidelines for the board of directors are adopted by the general assembly; decisions of the general assembly are adopted according with the following rules: each member disposes of a number of votes proportional to the number of that member's customers; 65 % of the votes attributed to the members are cast; and the decision is adopted by a majority of 55 % of the members; decisions of the general assembly are rejected according with the following rules: each member disposes of a number of votes proportional to the number of that member's customers; 35 % of the votes attributed to the members are cast; and the decision is rejected by at least 25 % of the members; the board of directors is elected by the general assembly for a mandate of a maximum of four years; the board of directors nominates the President and the three Vice-Presidents from among the members of the board; cooperation between transmission system operators and distribution system operators pursuant to Articles 56 and 57 is led by the board of directors; decisions of the board of directors are adopted by an absolute majority; on the basis of a proposal by the board of directors, the secretary general is appointed by the general assembly from among its members for a mandate of four years, renewable once; on the basis of a proposal by the board of directors, Expert Groups are appointed by the general assembly and do not exceed 30 members, with the possibility of one-third of the members coming from outside the membership of EU DSO; in addition, one ‘country’ expert group shall be established and shall consist of one representative of distribution system operators from each Member State.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-30 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.