Organisation

Two membership categories:

• Active members: drawn from national road transport associations
• Associate members: vehicle manufacturers, combined transport companies and the like

• Active members are grouped in two sections:

• Passenger Transport Council: Professional passenger transport by bus, coach and taxi.
• Goods Transport Council: Goods transport for hire or reward and own account
  • Taxis and Hire-Cars with Drivers

General Assembly

Composed of all active and associate members. The General Assembly meets twice yearly and makes major policy decisions.

Presidential Executive

Composed of representatives of the two Councils. Oversees general administration and financial matters and submits policy and other proposals to the General Assembly.

• The President
  Chairman of the General Assembly and of the Presidential Executive. The President and other members of the Presidential Executive normally hold office for two years.
• The Secretary General
  Responsible for the day-to-day running of the organisation, assisted by his staff at the Secretariat General in Geneva and the IRU delegations in Brussels, Moscow and Istanbul.

IRU Commissions, Working Parties and Liaison Committees with the European Union and the Commonwealth of Independent States, make proposals to the above-mentioned bodies and carry out work in specific fields on their behalf. .

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