Article 31. General Meeting of Members of the Bureau

1. The general meeting of members of the Bureau shall be the supreme body of the Bureau.

2. The general meeting of members of the Bureau shall:

1) elect and dismiss members of the Council of the Bureau;

2) amend and supplement the Statutes of the Bureau;

3) approve the estimate of revenue and expenditure of the Bureau;

4) approve annual financial accounts of the Bureau;

5) take decisions on the proposals made by members of the Bureau regarding the activities of the Council of the Bureau;

6) contract an auditing company and fix the amount and conditions of payment for auditing services;

7) take decision on proposals made by individual members of the Bureau or initiated by the head of the Bureau;

8) take decisions on issues related to the restructuring, reorganisation or liquidation of the Bureau;

9) decide other issues falling within the scope of competence of the general meeting of members of the Bureau.

3. Each member of the Bureau shall have one vote in the general meeting of members of the Bureau. The Ministry of Finance, the supervisory institution and the State Consumer Rights Protection Authority may each send one representative to attend the general meeting of members of the Bureau in an advisory capacity.

4. The general meeting of members of the Bureau shall be convened in accordance with the procedure established in the Statutes of the Bureau. The general meeting of members of the Bureau must be convened at least once a year.

5. The general meeting of members of the Bureau may adopt decisions if it is attended by at least half of the members of the Bureau. The Statutes of the Bureau may provide for a possibility to vote in advance. In this case, member of the Bureau may, after having examined the agenda and draft decisions, notify the general meeting of members of the Bureau in advance and in writing of his position (“for” or “against”) in respect of each individual decision. Advance voting shall be included in the quorum of the meeting and in the voting results. The decisions of the general meeting of the members of the Bureau shall be adopted by a simple majority vote of members of the Bureau present, except in cases where the voting concerns decisions referred to in subparagraphs 2 and 8 of paragraph 2 of this Article. The decision referred to in subparagraph 2 of paragraph 2 of this Article shall be taken by at least 2/3 of the votes of members of the Bureau present in the general meeting, while the decision referred to in subparagraph 8 of paragraph 2 of this Article shall be taken by at least 3/4 of the votes of members of the Bureau present in the general meeting.

6. If the general meeting of members of the Bureau does not have a quorum, a repeat meeting shall be convened in accordance with the procedure established in the Statutes of the Bureau. This meeting shall be authorised to take decisions on the issues which were on the agenda of the originally planned meeting, irrespective of the number of members attending the repeat meeting.