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In order to ensure that the Agency carry out its tasks, the Management Board shall: appoint, and if appropriate dismiss, the Executive Director, in accordance with Article 18; exercise disciplinary authority over the Executive Director and oversee his performance including the implementation of the Management Board’s decisions; establish the Agency’s organisational structure after consulting the Commission; establish the rules of procedure of the Agency after consulting the Commission; approve, following a proposal by the Executive Director, the Headquarters Agreement concerning the seat of the Agency and Agreements concerning the technical and backup sites set up in accordance with Article 10(4) to be signed by the Executive Director with the host Member States; in agreement with the Commission, adopt the necessary implementing measures referred to in Article 110 of the Staff Regulations of Officials; adopt the necessary implementing measures on the secondment of national experts to the Agency; adopt a multi-annual work programme based on the tasks referred to in Chapter II on the basis of a draft submitted by the Executive Director as referred to in Article 17, after consulting the Advisory Groups referred to in Article 19, and following receipt of the Commission’s opinion. The multi-annual work programme shall, without prejudice to the annual budgetary procedure, include a multi-annual budget estimate and ex ante evaluations in order to structure the objectives and the different stages of the multi-annual planning; adopt a multi-annual staff policy plan and a draft annual work programme and submit them by 31 March each year to the Commission and the budgetary authority; by 30 September each year, and after receiving the opinion of the Commission, adopt by a two-thirds majority of its members with the right to vote, and in accordance with the annual budgetary procedure and the Union legislative programme in areas under Articles 67 to 89 TFEU, the Agency’s annual work programme for the following year; and ensure that the adopted work programme is transmitted to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission and published; by 31 March each year, adopt the Agency’s annual activity report for the previous year comparing, in particular, the results achieved with the objectives of the annual work programme and transmit it by 15 June of the same year to the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors; the annual activity report shall be published; carry out its functions relating to the Agency’s budget, including the implementation of pilot schemes as referred to in Article 9, pursuant to Article 32, Article 33(6) and Article 34; adopt the financial rules applicable to the Agency in accordance with Article 34; appoint an Accounting Officer who shall be functionally independent in the performance of his duties; ensure adequate follow-up to the findings and recommendations stemming from the various internal or external audit reports and evaluations; adopt the necessary security measures, including a security plan and a business continuity and disaster recovery plan, taking into account the possible recommendations of the security experts present in the Advisory Groups; appoint a Security Officer; appoint a Data Protection Officer in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001; adopt, by 22 May 2012, the practical arrangements for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001; adopt the reports on the technical functioning of SIS II pursuant to Article 50(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 and Article 66(4) of Decision 2007/533/JHA respectively and of VIS pursuant to Article 50(3) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 and Article 17(3) of Decision 2008/633/JHA; adopt the annual report on the activities of the Central Unit of Eurodac pursuant to Article 24(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2725/2000; make comments on the European Data Protection Supervisor’s reports on the audits pursuant to Article 45 of Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 and Article 42(2) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 and ensure appropriate follow-up of the audits; publish statistics related to SIS II pursuant to Article 50(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 and Article 66(3) of Decision 2007/533/JHA respectively; compile statistics on the work of the Central Unit of Eurodac pursuant to Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2725/2000; ensure annual publication of the list of competent authorities authorised to search directly the data contained in SIS II pursuant to Article 31(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 and Article 46(8) of Decision 2007/533/JHA, together with the list of Offices of the national systems of SIS II (N.SIS II) and SIRENE Bureaux as referred to in Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 and Article 7(3) of Decision 2007/533/JHA respectively; ensure annual publication of the list of authorities designated pursuant to Article 15(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2725/2000; perform any other tasks conferred on it in accordance with this Regulation.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-14 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.