The highest authority is the General Assembly. The General Assembly elects the Board Members, approves the budgets and the accounts (after the review of the two auditors) and has to ratify all strategic and important decisions. The General Assembly/Meeting meets twice a year.

The Board, headed by the President, is also composed of the Immediate Past President, the Vice President, the Treasurer and may be joined by specially elected Members. The Board prepares and implements the decisions of the General Assembly, represents the association, controls and supervises the daily management. The Board also serves as a guidance, reference and conciliation authority to the various Committees.

AREA activities are mainly undertaken by several working bodies:

• Information Group, in charge of assessing any regulatory, legislative, vocational or technical issue relevant to the refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pumps contracting sector, and devising strategies and work plans
• Task Group, in charge of streamlining and coordinating the activities and priorities of ad hoc task forces
• Task Forces active to deal with specific issues and formulate draft positions
  

For more information about AREA's structural organisation, please see the STATUTES (unofficial English version)

The daily running of the association is the duty of the Secretary General acting as the General Manager.

Officers :

President                  Gerhard Neuhauser (OKKV, Austria)

Director                    Graeme Fox  (RACG, United Kingdom)

Director                    Per Vemork (VKF, Norway)

Director/Treasurer     Frank Heuberger (BIV, Germany)

Management :
Secretary General     Olivier Janin