Article 32. Council of the Bureau

1. The Council of the Bureau is a collegiate body directed by a chairman and elected by the general meeting of members of the Bureau to supervise the activities of the Bureau.

2. The Council of the Bureau shall:

1) develop and set the strategy of the Bureau’s activity;

2) follow and analyse the Bureau’s activity, use of financial resources, organisation of management; conduct a perspective assessment of its financial status, examine reports by the Bureau on these issues;

3) appoint and dismiss the Director of the Bureau; fix his remuneration; decide on incentives and sanctions in respect of the Director of the Bureau;

4) examine disputes between members of the Bureau and disputes between the Bureau and its members related to the business of compulsory insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles;

5) convene a general meeting of members of the Bureau;

6) give opinions and proposals on issues which are on the agenda of the general meeting of members of the Bureau;

7) take decisions regarding the establishment of branches or representative offices of the Bureau and termination of their activity, and also approve their regulations;

8) make proposals to the supervisory institution on imposing sanctions in respect of members of the Bureau;

9) take decision regarding other issues falling within the scope of competence of the Council of the Bureau as provided for in the Statutes of the Bureau as well as issues decided by the general meeting of members of the Bureau.

3. The number of members in the Council of the Bureau, which shall be at least 3, the procedure for electing members and taking decisions, and also the working procedure of the Council of the Bureau shall be established in the Statutes of the Bureau and in the work regulations of the Council of the Bureau.

4. The Council of the Bureau shall be elected in the general meeting of members of the Bureau for a term of 2 years. Members of the Council of the Bureau may be elected only from among the representatives of members of the Bureau who shall be natural persons linked with the insurer, which is a member of the Bureau, by virtue of employment. The chairman of the Council of the Bureau shall be elected by the Council of the Bureau from among its members by a simple majority of votes. Where the employment relationship with the insurer, which is a member of the Bureau, is terminated, the said person shall lose his membership in the Council of the Bureau.

5. The Council of the Bureau and its members shall not have the right to delegate or transfer their functions to other persons.

6. Members of the Council of the Bureau shall be jointly and severally liable to compensate the Bureau for the losses incurred by a decision of the Council of the Bureau taken in breach of this Law and other legal acts. Members who voted against such a decision or who were not present at the meeting where the decision was taken and who lodged a written protest against it with the chairman of the meeting within 7 days after they learned or should have learned of such a decision shall be released from the liability to compensate for losses. Any disputes regarding compensation of losses shall be settled in court.