6.1.1 Summary of Findings The Austrian Committee on the Court of Audit (Auditor-General) was established in accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the National Council. Rule vi section 29 on "Establishment of Committees" states that "The National Council shall elect the Main Committee from among its Members in accordance with the principles of proportional representation" and it states further in section 32e (1) "The Court of Audit Committee shall elect a Standing Sub-Committee, in which each party represented in the Main Committee shall have at least one member." It is however that the current Chairperson of the Court of Audit Committee is a member of the opposition.