General Assembly

The General Meeting of Shareholders represents all the active members and disposes of the powers invested in it by the law and the Articles of Association.

One single Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders is held each year within six months following the end of the accounting period on 31 December. The venue for this alternates between Brussels and, at the invitation of one of its member companies, the country in which the latter is based. Only the active members have a voting right and on this occasion they are called upon to vote on the financial results of the company and on the actions taken and to be taken in order to respond to the very broad object of the company such as it is determined by the Articles of Association. Exceptional circumstances can justify the calling of an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders.

By tradition, the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders is closed by a conference dealing with a theme of current importance attended by the high-ranking political representatives of the UE and, where applicable, of the inviting country, the directors of the federations concerned, the clients, the directors of the railway undertakings and of the UIRR member companies, and the specialist press.