1. The CEC Chair has the following competencies:

a) chairs the CEC meetings and represents the CEC in its relations with other institutions;
b) performs the duties of the administrative head of the institution. In carrying out the competencies according to this letter, the CEC Chair issues internal orders only on the basis of and for the implementation of CEC decisions.

2. The CEC Deputy Chair performs the duties of the Chair when the latter is absent.

3. The Chair exercises the competences under letter “a” of point 1 of this article together with the Deputy Chair. All acts issued according to letter “b” of point 1 of this article are also to be signed by the Deputy Chair; otherwise they are invalid. The cases when the Chair or the Deputy Chair does not exercise their functions for objective reasons are exempt from this rule.