air the General Council of the ECB.
46.2. The President of the Council and a member of the Commission
may participate, without having to right to vote, meetings of the
General Council.
46.3. The President shall prepare the meetings of the General Council.
46.4. By way of derogation from Article 12.3, the General Council shall
adopt its Rules of Procedure.
46.5. The Secretariat of the General Council shall be provided by the
ECB.
ARTICLE 47
Responsibilities of the General Council
47.1. The General Council shall:
- perform the tasks referred to in Article 44;
- contribute to the advisory functions referred to in Articles 4 and 25.1.
47.2. The General Council shall contribute to:
- the collection of statistical information as referred to in Article 5;
- the reporting activities of the ECB as referred to in Article 15;
- the establishment of the necessary rules for the application of Article
26 as referred to in Article 26.4;
- the taking of all other measures necessary for the application of
Article 29 as referred to Article 29.4;
- the laying down of the conditions of employment of the staff of the
ECB as referred to in Article 36.
47.3. The General Council shall contribute to the necessary
preparations for irrevocably fixing the exchange rates of the
currencies of Member States with a derogations against the
currencies, or the single currency, of the Member States without a
derogation, as referred to in Article 109(5) of this Treaty.
47.4. The General Council shall be informed by the President of the
ECB of decisions of the Governing Council.
ARTICLE 48
Transitional provisions for the capital of the ECB
In accordance with Article 29.1 each national central bank shall be
assigned a weighting in the key for subscription of the ECB's capital.
By way of derogation from Article 28.3, central banks of Member
States with a derogation shall not pay up their subscribed capital
unless the General Council, acting by as majority representing at least
two thirds of the subscribed capital of the ECB and at least half of the
shareholders, decides that a minimal percentage has to be paid up as
a contribution to the operational costs of the ECB.
ARTICLE 49
Deferred payment of capital,
reserves and provisions of the ECB
49.1. The central bank of a Member State whose derogation has been
abrogated shall pay up its subscribed share of the capital of the ECB
to the same extent as the central banks of other Member States
without a der