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(1) The executive committee shall be elected at least every two calendar years. It must comprise at least three members.
(2) By virtue of the statutes, the executive committee may include members of parliament and other high-ranking persons in the party if they hold office or mandate as the result of an election. The proportion of members not elected under the provisions of Article 9(4) must not exceed one fifth of the total number of executive committee members. The chairperson and treasurer of a party may not exercise comparable functions in any political foundation associated
with the party.
(3) The executive committee shall manage the regional branch and conduct its affairs in accordance with the law and the statutes as well as with the resolutions of the higher-level bodies of the party. It shall represent the regional branch in accordance with Article 26(2) of the Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) unless the statutes specify otherwise.
(4) An executive presiding committee may be formed from the members of the executive committee to implement the resolutions of the latter and to carry out regular and particularly urgent executive committee business. Its members may also be elected by the executive committee or stipulated in the statutes.