Chapter IV – The Administrative Council
Article 2828
Board
(1) When there are at least eight Contracting States, the Administrative Council may set up a Board composed of five of its members.
(2) The Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Administrative Council shall be members of the Board ex officio; the other three members shall be elected by the Administrative Council.
(3) The term of office of the members elected by the Administrative Council shall be three years. They may not be re-elected.
(4) The Board shall perform the duties assigned to it by the Administrative Council in accordance with the Rules of Procedure.
28See decisions of the Administrative Council of 05.06.2003 setting up a Board of the Administrative Council (OJ EPO 2003, 333) and of 30.10.2003 concerning the operation of the Board of the Administrative Council (OJ EPO 2003, 579).