Article IVGoverning bodies
1.The Ministers Conference is the superior governing body of the OSJD.
2.The Conference is the governing body at the level of railways (railway enterprises).
3.The Ministers Conference examines and, with consideration the proposals of the Conference, takes decisions concerning the OSJD activities, in particular on issues 1,2,3,4,7 of the Article II of the actual Statutes, and also on:
the report on OSJD activities;
the budget and staff list of the Committee;
the report of the auditing commission of the OSJD (hereinafter referred to as the auditing commission);
the admission of the new members, the grant of the observer status in the OSJD;
the amendments and modifications of the OSJD Statutes.
4.The members of Ministers Conference implement the decisions taken by the Ministers Conference within the limits of the rights given to them in compliance with the national legislation of their states. The decisions on issues, which are beyond the limits of the rights given to them, are subject of approval by the appropriate government.
5.The session of the Ministers Conference is conducted usually once per annum.
6.The Conference organizes the work and takes decisions concerning the scope of activity of the OSJD within the limits of responsibility of the railways (railway enterprises), accordingly on issues 4,5,6,7 of Article II of the actual Statutes, and also on granting of the affiliated enterprise status.
7.The Conference is conducted usually once per annum. The Conference may authorize the commissions, permanent working groups of the OSJD and the Committee to take their proper decisions concerning certain questions, belonging to the Conference’s responsibility.
8.The Ministers Conference and the Conference accordingly to their scope take decisions concerning:
establishment of working and another bodies, adoption of their number, structure, program of work, tasks, internal regulations and duration of mandate;
appointment the board of Committee management, arrangement among OSJD members the positions of chairmen and experts of commissions, experts of permanent working groups of the OSJD;
another issues related to the OSJD activities.
9.The Ministers Conference and the Conference setting up their own rules of procedure and the procedures on adoption of decision within the framework of all OSJD bodies, which are subordinated to them, including the internal regulations of