commission or committee

English translation: committee

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English term or phrase:commission or committee
Selected answer:committee
Entered by: Neil Ashby

05:53 Sep 2, 2015
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Names (personal, company) / meaning
English term or phrase: commission or committee
The body which organises and then supervises election of the company board members.

- election commission ?
- electoral commission ?
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- election committee ?
- electoral committee ?

Many thanks indeed for your attention to this my problem!
George BuLah (X)
Poland
Local time: 08:28
committee
Explanation:
I think "committee" will do the job when it's just for a company.
"Commission" for a government election, as in "The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)", "the Election Commission of India".

For "committee" see:

Election Committee - Election Committee : Volvo Group Global
www.volvogroup.com › ... › Investors › Corporate Governance
It follows from the Swedish Corporate Governance Code ("the Code") that companies that are subject to the Code shall have an Election Committee that .

Search Results

Election Committee - Election Committee : Volvo Group Global
www.volvogroup.com › ... › Investors › Corporate Governance

It follows from the Swedish Corporate Governance Code ("the Code") that companies that are subject to the Code shall have an Election Committee that ...
Election Committee - Nattopharma
www.nattopharma.com › Investors Relations › Corporate Governance
The Company have an Election Committee comprised of a chairman and to members to be elected by the General Meeting. The Election Committee shall ...

Corporate Governance: Election Committee - Sectra
www.sectra.com/corporate/investor/corporate.../election_com...
Jan-Olof Brüer, who is the company's second-largest shareholder in terms of votes, has been appoint

The Election Committee´s proposal - Addtech
www.addtech.com/$-1/file/election-committee-proposal.pdf
The Election Committee in Addtech AB (“the Company”) proposes the Annual General Meeting. August 23, 2011 to decide as follows: Election of Chairman to ...

Election committee - B&B TOOLS
www.bb.se › Home › Corporate governance
The Election Committee's motions are to be presented in the notice of the Annual General Meeting and on the Company's website at www.bbtools.com in ...

[PDF]Instructions to the Election Committee - Vistin Pharma
www.vistin.com/.../Instructions to the Election Committee.....
The Election Committee shall submit a recommendation to the Annual Shareholders' ... The Election Committee's expenses shall be covered by the Company. 3.

I'm not an expert in the area, if I were you I'd await the thought of others...
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Neil Ashby
Spain
Local time: 08:28
Grading comment
Again - many thanks indeed, Neil !
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3 +5committee
Neil Ashby
4Electoral Commission
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
committee


Explanation:
I think "committee" will do the job when it's just for a company.
"Commission" for a government election, as in "The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)", "the Election Commission of India".

For "committee" see:

Election Committee - Election Committee : Volvo Group Global
www.volvogroup.com › ... › Investors › Corporate Governance
It follows from the Swedish Corporate Governance Code ("the Code") that companies that are subject to the Code shall have an Election Committee that .

Search Results

Election Committee - Election Committee : Volvo Group Global
www.volvogroup.com › ... › Investors › Corporate Governance

It follows from the Swedish Corporate Governance Code ("the Code") that companies that are subject to the Code shall have an Election Committee that ...
Election Committee - Nattopharma
www.nattopharma.com › Investors Relations › Corporate Governance
The Company have an Election Committee comprised of a chairman and to members to be elected by the General Meeting. The Election Committee shall ...

Corporate Governance: Election Committee - Sectra
www.sectra.com/corporate/investor/corporate.../election_com...
Jan-Olof Brüer, who is the company's second-largest shareholder in terms of votes, has been appoint

The Election Committee´s proposal - Addtech
www.addtech.com/$-1/file/election-committee-proposal.pdf
The Election Committee in Addtech AB (“the Company”) proposes the Annual General Meeting. August 23, 2011 to decide as follows: Election of Chairman to ...

Election committee - B&B TOOLS
www.bb.se › Home › Corporate governance
The Election Committee's motions are to be presented in the notice of the Annual General Meeting and on the Company's website at www.bbtools.com in ...

[PDF]Instructions to the Election Committee - Vistin Pharma
www.vistin.com/.../Instructions to the Election Committee.....
The Election Committee shall submit a recommendation to the Annual Shareholders' ... The Election Committee's expenses shall be covered by the Company. 3.

I'm not an expert in the area, if I were you I'd await the thought of others...

Neil Ashby
Spain
Local time: 08:28
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Again - many thanks indeed, Neil !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: Generally election committee in an organisation and electoral commission to oversee legislative elections, though in the US it's called the Federal Election Committee, so not hard-and-fast.
42 mins
  -> Thanks Charles, like you say and from what I could see, it's just a rule of thumb.

agree  Sheri P
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Sheri

agree  Jean-Claude Gouin
6 hrs
  -> Thanks

agree  Charlesp
6 hrs
  -> Thanks Charles

agree  bestofbest
8 days
  -> Gracias "best of best"
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Electoral Commission


Explanation:
"A board of commissioners created in 1877 by act of Congress to decide the validity of certain electoral votes following the election of 1976".

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 02:28
Native speaker of: Spanish
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