Article 13

The Agency shall carry out its operations in accordance with its annual and multiannual work programme, which shall contain all of its planned activities. The work programme shall include tailored performance indicators allowing for effective assessment of the results achieved in terms of objectives. The Executive Director shall be responsible for drawing up the Agency’s draft work programme after prior consultation with the Commission services. By 15 March each year the Executive Director shall submit the draft work programme for the following year to the Management Board. By 30 November each year, the Management Board shall adopt the Agency’s work programme for the following year, after having received the opinion of the Commission. The work programme shall include a multiannual outlook. The Management Board shall ensure that the work programme is consistent with the Agency’s objectives and with the Union’s legislative and policy priorities in the area of network and information security. The work programme shall be organised in accordance with the activity-based management principle. The work programme shall be in line with the statement of estimates of the Agency’s revenue and expenditure and the Agency’s budget for the same financial year. The Executive Director shall, following adoption by the Management Board, forward the work programme to the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission and the Member States and shall publish it. At the invitation of the relevant committee of the European Parliament, the Executive Director shall present and hold an exchange of views on the adopted annual work programme.

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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.