Translation of "Décision majoritaire " (French → English) :

majority gate [ majority element | majority decision gate ]

hold a quorum

legal basis calling for a majority decision

majority interest | controlling interest

majority electoral system | majority system

majority gate

simple majority system | first-past-the-post system | FPTP system | majority system | majority election system

In key areas where executive directors clearly have conflicts of interests (i.e. remuneration of directors, and supervision of the audit of the company's accounts), decisions in listed companies should be made exclusively by non-executive or supervisory directors who are in the majority independent.

Increasing objectivity: the Austrian Accreditation Council uses almost exclusively foreign evaluators and Austrians are not in a majority in the decision-making Board.

However, with regard to the acquisition of majority shareholdings in entities resident in extra-EU countries acquired between 21 December 2007 and 21 May 2011 (date of publication in the Official Journal of the Second Decision), the deductions might be applied if it is proven that there are explicit legal obstacles to cross-border business combinations within the meaning of Article 1(4) and (5) of the Second Commission Decision of 12 January 2011.

On a proper construction of point (c) of the second subparagraph of Article 1(9) of Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts, a body such as a professional association governed by public law satisfies neither the criterion relating to financing for the most part by the public authorities when that body is financed for the most part by contributions paid by its members, in respect of which it is authorised by law to fix and collect the amount, if that law does not determine the scope of, and procedures for, the actions undertaken by that body in the performance of its statu ...[+++]tory tasks, which those contributions are intended to finance, nor the criterion relating to management supervision by the public authorities simply because the decision by which that body sets the amount of those contributions must be approved by a supervisory authority.