Article 11

The Agency shall be managed by its Executive Director, who shall be independent in the performance of his/her duties. The Executive Director shall be responsible for: the day-to-day administration of the Agency; implementing the decisions adopted by the Management Board; after consultation with the Management Board, preparing the annual work programme and the multiannual work programme and submitting them to the Management Board after consulting the Commission; implementing the annual work programme and the multiannual work programme and reporting to the Management Board thereon; preparing the annual report on the Agency’s activities and presenting it to the Management Board for approval; preparing an action plan following-up on the conclusions of the retrospective evaluations and reporting on progress every two years to the Commission; protecting the financial interests of the Union by the application of preventive measures against fraud, corruption and any other illegal activities, by effective checks and, if irregularities are detected, by the recovery of the amounts wrongly paid and, where appropriate, by effective, proportionate and dissuasive administrative and financial penalties; preparing an anti-fraud strategy for the Agency and presenting it to the Management Board for approval; ensuring that the Agency performs its activities in accordance with the requirements of those using its services, in particular with regard to the adequacy of the services provided; developing and maintaining contact with the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies; developing and maintaining contact with the business community and consumers’ organisations to ensure regular dialogue with relevant stakeholders; other tasks assigned to the Executive Director by this Regulation. Where necessary and within the Agency’s objectives and tasks, the Executive Director may set up ad hoc Working Groups composed of experts, including from the Member States’ competent authorities. The Management Board shall be informed in advance. The procedures regarding in particular the composition, the appointment of the experts by the Executive Director and the operation of the ad hoc Working Groups shall be specified in the Agency’s internal rules of operation. The Executive Director shall make administrative support staff and other resources available to the Management Board and the Executive Board whenever necessary.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.