Annex Methods of operation and the composition of the Audit Board of the Administrative Commission on Social Security for Migrant Workers
United Kingdom
- 1The Audit Board provided for in Article 101(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 shall, when carrying out its functions as laid down in Article 102(1) and Article 113(3) of Regulation 574/72, operate under the authority of the Administrative Commission on Social Security for Migrant Workers, from which it shall receive directives.
- 2The Audit Board shall, in principle, reach its decisions from documentary evidence. It can request from the competent authorities any information or enquiries it deems necessary for the investigation of the matters submitted for its examination. Where necessary, subject to the prior approval of the chairman of the Administrative Commission, the Audit Board may delegate a member of the Secretariat or certain members of the Audit Board to carry out, on the spot, any investigation required for the pursuit of its work. The chairman of the Administrative Commission shall notify the representative on the Administrative Commission of the Member State concerned that this investigation is being made.
- 3The Audit Board shall be composed of two representatives of each of the Member States of the European Union appointed by the competent authorities of those States.
- 4Decisions shall be taken by majority, each Member State having only one vote.
- 5Division 5
- 6The office of chairman of the Audit Board shall be held by a member belonging to the Member State whose representative on the Administrative Commission holds the office of chairman of that Commission.
- 7Division 7
- 8The agenda shall be forwarded by the Secretariat of the Administrative Commission to the members of the Audit Board and the members of the Administrative Commission not less than 20 days before the start of each meeting.
- 9Division 9