CERN Council
The Council is where authority begins: delegates of the 25 Member States, responsible for all important decisions about the Organization — scientific programmes, budgets, and the approval of structures like sector-structure-2026. Every euro of data-centre hardware traces its authorization here.
Topology
- Part of: governance-structure
- Governs: sector-structure-2026 — endorsed the 2026–2030 directorate structure at its March session.
- Funds: medium-term-plan — approves the plan and its budget.
- Cites: cern-convention — Articles IV–V establish the Council as supreme organ.
- Cites: member-states — the current list of 25.