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Council is the governing body of the Association, with each member represented on the Council by a senior management executive. The Chairman of the Council is elected from among the IACS Members for a term of two years. Reporting to the Council is the General Policy Group (GPG), made up of a senior management representative from each member society. The GPG develops and implements actions giving effect to the policies, directions, and long-term plans of the Council and provide advice to the Council as necessary on issues in the maritime field, and initiate action in areas of strategic importance to the Association. The technical work of IACS (i.e. development of IACS Resolutions/Recommendations) is undertaken by several Working Groups (WGs) which comprise seven panels (a permanent WG related to specific areas of the technical work) and nine EGs (a non-permanent WG to advise on a specialised area of IACS' work), the members of which are drawn from the technical, engineering, survey or quality management staff of the member societies.
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