Working arrangements
Article 39
1. The Conciliation Body shall meet at the headquarters of the Commission. The chairperson shall prepare and organise the work. In the chairperson’s absence, and without prejudice to the first subparagraph of Article 37(5), the most senior member shall take the chair. The secretariat of the Conciliation Body shall be provided by the Commission. 2. Without prejudice to the second subparagraph of Article 38(1), reports shall be adopted by an absolute majority of members present, the quorum for deliberations being three. The reports shall be signed by the chairperson and members who have taken part in the deliberations. They shall be co-signed by the secretariat.