Article 71 — Composition and organisation of the Board

1. The regulatory bodies from each Member State that has a rail network in use shall be members of the Board. They shall appoint a representative and an alternate to the Board. The Commission shall be a non-voting member of the Board and appoint a representative and an alternate to the Board. 2. Members of the Board and their alternates shall act independently and objectively in the interests of the Union, regardless of any particular national or personal interests. They shall neither seek nor take instructions from any government, institution, person or body. 3. An up-to-date list of members of the Board and their alternates, together with their declarations of interest and contact details, shall be made publicly available by the secretariat of the ENRRB. 4. The Board shall adopt and publish its rules of procedure, subject to approval by the Commission. The rules of procedure may establish more detailed voting arrangements, in particular the procedure for voting on urgent matters. 5. The Board shall take decisions by a majority of two-thirds of its members, unless otherwise provided for in the rules of procedure. Each member shall have one vote. In the absence of a member representative, the alternate shall be entitled to exercise the right to vote. 6. The Board shall be co-chaired by the Commission and by one member elected from and by the Board. The Commission shall be a permanent co-chair of the Board and the other co-chair shall be elected for a period of two years. 7. The secretariat shall provide the necessary services for organising the meetings and the work of the Board. 8. In accordance with the Board’s rules of procedure, the Board may decide to set up working groups to organise the work of the ENRRB on specific topics related to the implementation of this Regulation, in particular on matters related to the performance of railway infrastructure services. The working groups shall be open to the participation of experts from rail regulatory bodies and the Commission. The experts from operational stakeholders and from other public or private bodies may be invited to participate in those working groups on an ad hoc basis.