{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-1937/article-3",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2015/1937",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision (EU) 2015/1937 of 21 October 2015 establishing an independent advisory European Fiscal Board",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-1937",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Composition",
  "text": "1. The Board shall be composed of a Chair and four members.\n2. The Chair shall be responsible for overseeing the performance of tasks entrusted to the Board and ensuring its proper functioning. He/She shall convene and chair meetings of the Board. The Chair and one member shall be appointed by the Commission upon proposal of the President, after having consulted the Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue and the Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs. The other three members shall be appointed by the Commission upon proposal of the President, after having consulted the national fiscal councils, the European Central Bank and the Eurogroup Working Group. For all Board members, including the Chair, an equal opportunities policy shall apply.\n3. The Chair and the members of the Board shall be renowed international experts appointed on the basis of merit, skills, knowledge of macroeconomics and public finances, and experience relevant to fiscal policy and budgetary management.\n4. The members of the Board shall be appointed for a period of 3 years, renewable once.\n5. The Chair and the members of the Board shall be appointed as Special Advisors, whose status and remuneration are defined pursuant to Articles 5, 123 and 124 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants.\n6. Travel and subsistence expenses incurred by the Chair and the members shall be reimbursed by the Commission in accordance with the provisions in force within the Commission. Those expenses shall be reimbursed within the limits of the available appropriations allocated under the annual procedure for the allocation of resources.\n7. The Board shall be supported by a secretariat consisting of a Head of secretariat and dedicated supporting staff members. The secretariat is attached, for administrative purposes, to the Secretariat-General and shall be responsible for the following activities:\n(a) assist in the decision-making process of the Board by preparing the meetings of the Board, reviewing the documents to be discussed and monitoring the progress of work against the priorities set out by the Board;\n(b) provide high-quality analytical, statistical, administrative and logistical support to the Board under the direction of the Chair;\n(c) ensure cooperation with the national fiscal councils as necessary for supporting the mission and tasks of the Board in line with Article 2.\n8. The Commission shall appoint the Head of Secretariat, after having consulted the Chair of the European Fiscal Board. The Head of Secretariat shall be appointed for a period of three years, renewable once. His/her tasks shall include preparing the setting up of the Board. The other members of the secretariat shall be officials, temporary agents, contract agents, and seconded national experts, selected by the Head of Secretariat in agreement with the Chair. All members of the secretariat shall be selected on the basis of high levels of qualification and experience in areas relevant for the Board's activity and be assigned or attached (mis à disposition).\n9. By derogation to paragraph 8, if the Chair of the European Fiscal Board has not yet been appointed, the Commission shall directly appoint the Head of Secretariat.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Decision (EU) 2016/221 of 12 February 2016 amending Decision (EU) 2015/1937 establishing an independent advisory European Fiscal Board."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "replacement",
      "affecting": "eudn/2016/221",
      "affecting_title": "Commission Decision (EU) 2016/221 of 12 February 2016 amending Decision (EU) 2015/1937 establishing an independent advisory European Fiscal Board"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/1937/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:14:10.880879+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}