The BNAE, like any association under the 1901 law, is administered by a Board of Directors comprising all subscribers and ex-officio members (AAAF, CNES, DGA, DGAC, and GIFAS). The General Assembly, comprising all its members, meets twice a year. The BNAE relies on a Technical Committee for the programming and monitoring of standardization activities. The Technical Committee reports to the Board on its activities and proposes all measures intended to facilitate, develop, or improve aeronautics and space standardization. The permanent services of the BNAE are placed under the authority of a director supported by a technical director in charge of managing standardization activities.
The Association's General Meeting comprises all its members. The General Meeting may be ordinary or extraordinary, depending on its purpose. Each legal entity, a subscribing member, is represented by a delegate with a number of votes equal to the number of shares held by the legal entity. Individual members each have one vote. Ex-officio members each have one vote, with the exception of the Directorate General of Armaments, which is represented by a delegate with one-tenth of the total votes of the other members.
The Ordinary General Meeting, duly convened 15 days in advance, meets at least once a year and whenever convened by the Board of Directors or at the request of at least a quarter of its members. Its agenda is set by the Board of Directors. It selects its own officers, which may be those of the Board. It hears the Board's reports on the management, financial, and moral situation of the Association. It approves the accounts for the closed fiscal year, votes on the budget for the following fiscal year, deliberates on the items on the agenda, and, if necessary, provides for the renewal of the Board of Directors.
The Ordinary General Meeting may only validly deliberate if the members present or represented hold at least a quarter of the votes calculated as set out in paragraphs 3, 4, and 5 of this article.
Votes are obtained by half plus one of the votes cast.
The annual report and accounts are sent each year to all members of the Association. The Association's paid agents have access to the General Meeting, subject to the conditions set out in the previous article.
Minutes are kept of each meeting. The minutes are signed by the President and the Secretary. They are drawn up without blanks or erasures on numbered sheets and kept at the Association's Headquarters.
The Board of Directors determines the composition of a Technical Committee of at least ten members chosen from among the members of the Association, including two from the DGA, one from the DGAC and one from CNES. It appoints its President. The members are chosen to best represent the manufacturers of aircraft, propulsion systems, engines, missiles, space equipment, equipment manufacturers, materials producers as well as civil and military users. The President of the Technical Committee attends the meetings of the Board of Directors. The Technical Committee, under the authority of the Board of Directors, is responsible for establishing and maintaining the activity program, taking into account:
- the directives of the Interministerial Delegate for Standards,
- the guidelines jointly established by the Directorate General of Armaments, the French Aeronautical and Space Industries Association, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, and the National Center for Space Studies,
- and based on the priorities it sets and the available resources as provided for in the annual budget proposed by the Board and approved by the General Assembly.
It establishes standardization commissions and working groups. The Technical Committee reports to the Board on its activities and proposes any measures intended to facilitate, develop, or improve aeronautics and space standardization. It carries out a general examination of the proposals for implementing procedures developed by the Association's permanent services, in conjunction with the firms, organizations and civil and military users concerned, and aimed in particular at updating the list of standards for mandatory application in aeronautical and space construction. The Technical Committee meets twice a year or more often at the invitation of its President.