Administrative Board 

3.1  Represents CEN in all writs and extra-judicial deeds  

The Statutes of CEN, Article 25 (PDF - E, F, D)

3.2  Prepares the annual budget for the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre (CCMC) operation and accounts

3.3  Prepares the statutory business (e.g. membership applications)

Process - Annual budget planning

The Statutes of CEN, Article 28 (PDF - E, F, D)

3.4  Deals with legal affairs that are referred to it

The Statutes of CEN, Article 29 (PDF - E, F, D)

3.5  Defines steps for the achievement of CEN's corporate goals and business objectives

3.6  Directs CEN business operations and coordinates actions taken by its bodies

4.1 Voting rights are restricted to each Member of the Administrative Board present or represented

4.2 Casting vote may be exercised by the Chairperson

• Chairperson: President of CEN
• Secretariat: CCMC 
• the Vice-Presidents
• the Director General
• one permanent and one alternate representative of each CEN National Member
• each representative may be accompanied by individual experts when items on the agenda necessitate their assistance and by invitation to the open session for policy discussions (see 7.2)

+ CA (part 2):

• Counsellors (EC and EFTA Secretariat)
• Associates

Members of the Administrative Board (CA) are:

• appointed/dismissed by the AG;
• elected for 2 years at least and 3 years at most;
• are re-eligible.   

7.1  Solves as many problems as possible by correspondence

7.2  Meetings are convened by the Director General on the instructions of the President. Meetings are structured in two parts, an open session dealing with policy matters in which all CA Members participate and to which Associates and Counsellors are invited (Part 2), and a separate session restricted to matters only relevant to the representatives of the CEN National Members as the effective membership of CEN (Part 1). This latter session is restricted in participation to CEN National Members, the President, Vice-Presidents and Director General.

7.3 Much work is prepared in the two CA Consultative Committees (External Policy and Financial Affairs), each chaired by the relevant Vice-President.

7.4  Associates are invited to report their strategies and concerns regarding standardisation.