The UEFA Congress is UEFA's supreme controlling organ.
An Ordinary Congress is held every year. A second Ordinary Congress may be called by the Executive Committee to deal with financial matters and/or matters of particular significance.
Matters within its power include:
– receipt and consideration of the president's and Executive Committee's report, as well as the UEFA Administration's report;
– acknowledgement of the financial report and the auditors' report, approval of the general accounts and budget;
– election of the UEFA president;
– election of Executive Committee members;
– election of the European members of the FIFA Executive Committee;
– election of the auditing body; amendment of the UEFA Statutes;
– consideration and taking of decisions on proposals;
– consideration of membership applications and the exclusion of a member association;
– decisions on the lifting or continuation of the suspension of a member association, Executive Committee member or a member of another body;
– consideration of proposals for the dismissal of an Executive Committee member or the UEFA Organs for the Administration of Justice;
– receipt and consideration of the FIFA Congress agenda;
– receipt and consideration of the minutes of the previous Congress;
– bestowal of honorary membership.
An Extraordinary Congress may be convened by the UEFA Executive Committee, or at the written request of one fifth or more of the UEFA member associations, stating the items to be placed on the agenda.
Further details of the UEFA Congress can be found in Articles 12 to 20 of the Statutes of UEFA, 2012 edition. The XXXVI Ordinary UEFA Congress took place in Istanbul, Turkey, on 22 March 2012.
The next Ordinary UEFA Congress will take place in London on 24 May 2013. Astana, Kazakhstan, and Vienna, Austria, will be the respective venues for the 2014 and 2015 UEFA Ordinary Congresses.
The venues for all of UEFA's Ordinary and Extraordinary Congresses since 1955 can be found here.
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