Decision of the Secretaries-General of the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Comittee of the Regions and the Representative of the European Ombudsman of 26 January 2005 on the organisation and running of the European Administrative School (2005/119/EC) (c. 119)

Article 7 Tasks of the Management Board

In the common interest of the institutions, the Management Board shall:

(a)

acting by a qualified majority, approve the rules governing the running of the School;

(b)

acting by a simple majority on a proposal from the Principal of the School, approve the organisational structure of the School;

(c)

acting by a simple majority under the budget procedure on the basis of a draft drawn up by the Principal of the School, prepare an estimate of the School's revenue and expenditure and send it to the Commission with a view to the drawing-up of the estimate of the Commission's revenue and expenditure; at the same time it shall propose to the Commission any adjustments to the School’s establishment plan that it deems necessary;

(d)

acting by a simple majority, approve the type of and the rates chargeable for additional services that the School may perform against payment for the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and the terms and conditions on which the School may perform them;

(e)

acting unanimously on a proposal from the Principal of the School, approve the work programme. The work programme shall also cover services not relating directly to training activities;

(f)

acting by a qualified majority on the basis of a draft drawn up by the Principal of the School, approve an annual management report covering all individual revenue and expenditure headings relating to work performed and services provided by the School. Before 1 May each year, it shall send to the institutions the report on the preceding financial year, drawn up in the light of the analytical accounts;

(g)

acting by a qualified majority on the basis of training needs, define the rules governing how each institution is to provide the School with an adequate number of officials to serve as trainers.