The Court of Audit consists of a college of 12 magistrates, assisted by civil servants.
The college
The Court of Audit is divided into two chambers, one French speaking and one Dutch speaking - each consisting of a president, four councilors ("conseillers" or "raadsheren") and a registrar ("greffier" or "griffier"). The senior of the two presidents is designated "Premier Président" or "Eerste Voorzitter" and the senior of the two registrars "Greffier en chef" or "Hoofdgriffier".
All members of the Court of Audit are elected by the House of Representatives for terms of six years and can be reappointed.
The salaries and retirement pensions of the members of the Court of Audit are established by law.
To ensure that the members of the Court of Audit act independently and impartially, the legislative body has made up a list of activities prohibited or incompatible with their function.
The Court of Audit is in session all year round.
Dutch speaking chamber
French speaking chamber
Voorzitter :
I. Desomer
Premier Président :
Ph. Roland
Raadsheren :
J. Beckers
R. Lesage
J. Debucquoy
R. Moens
Conseillers :
M. de Fays
P. Rion
D. Claisse
Fr. Wascotte
Hoofdgriffier :
J. Van Ingelgem
Greffier :
A. Bolly
Administrative organisation
The administrative organisation of the Belgian Court of Audit as modified from September 1st 2004 is described on page 10 and following of the Court's annual report (document available in French or in Dutch).
Staff
The Court of Audit appoints and dismisses its staff. The registrars are in charge of recruiting candidates in open competition.
The Court of Audit fixes the salary and the other staff benefits under the supervision of the board of the House of Representatives.
The Court of Audit's staff has 608 members, evenly divided between French and Dutch speakers. The present staff has four levels. About half of the staff belongs to level 1 (auditors) which deals with the audit cases with the help of the staff members of level 2+. Levels 2 and 3 provide logistic services.
