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1. By derogation to Article 16(4), the Governing Board shall be chaired by the Commission on behalf of the Union.

2. The Governing Board shall have the following permanent observers:

(a) a representative of the European Defence Agency;

(b) a representative of civil users of airspace, designated by their representative organisation at European level;

(c) an air navigation service providers’ representative, designated by their representative organisation at European level;

(d) an equipment manufacturers’ representative, designated by their representative organisation at European level;

(e) an airports’ representative, designated by their representative organisation at European level;

(f) a representative from the bodies representing staff in the ATM sector, designated by their representative organisation at European level;

(g) a representative of the relevant scientific institutions or the relevant scientific community, designated by their representative organisation at European level:

(h) a representative of the EASA;

(i) a representative of the European standardisation organisation in aviation;

(j) a representative of the unmanned aerial vehicle industry, designated by their representative organisation at European level.

3. The number of votes of the members of the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking shall be in proportion to their contribution to the budget of the joint undertaking. However, the Union and Eurocontrol shall each have at least 25 % of the total number of votes and the representative of the civil users of airspace referred to in paragraph 2, point (b), shall have at least 10 % of the total number of votes.

4. Decisions of the Governing Board shall be adopted by a simple majority of the votes cast. Where the votes are evenly divided, the Union shall have the deciding vote.

5. Decisions relating to the revision of the European ATM Master Plan shall require the positive votes of the Union and Eurocontrol. Such decisions shall take into account the opinions expressed by all permanent observers referred to in paragraph 2 and the states’ representatives group.