The Executive Director shall perform the following tasks:
representing the Agency, except in respect of activities and decisions undertaken in accordance with Chapters II and III and signing the delegation agreements referred to in Article 14(2)(of Regulation (EU) No 1285/2013, in accordance with point (j) of Article 6(2) of this Regulation;
preparing the working arrangements between the Agency and ESA referred to in Article 14(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1285/2013 submitting them to the Administrative Board in accordance with point (k) of Article 6(2) of this Regulation and signing them after receiving the approval of the Administrative Board;
preparing the work of the Administrative Board and participating, without having the right to vote, in the work of the Administrative Board, subject to the second subparagraph of Article 5(5);
implementing the decisions of the Administrative Board;
preparing the multiannual and the annual work programmes of the Agency and submitting them to the Administrative Board for approval, with the exception of the parts prepared and adopted by the Security Accreditation Board in accordance with points (a) and (b) of Article 11(4);
implementing the multiannual and the annual work programmes, with the exception of the parts implemented by the Chairperson of the Security Accreditation Board in accordance with point (b) of Article 11a(1);
preparing a progress report on the implementation of the annual work programme and, where relevant, of the multiannual work programme for each meeting of the Administrative Board, incorporating, without any change, the section prepared by the Chairperson of the Security Accreditation Board, in accordance with point (d) of Article 11a(1);
preparing the annual report on the activities and prospects of the Agency with the exception of the section prepared and approved by the Security Accreditation Board in accordance with point (c) of Article 11(4) concerning the activities covered by Chapter III, and submitting it to the Administrative Board for approval;
taking all necessary measures, including the adoption of internal administrative instructions and the publication of notices, to ensure the functioning of the Agency in accordance with this Regulation;
drawing up a draft statement of the Agency’s estimated revenue and expenditure in accordance with Article 13, and implementing the budget in accordance with Article 14;
ensuring that the Agency, as the operator of the Galileo Security Monitoring Centre, is able to respond to instructions provided under Council Joint Action 2004/552/CFSP (1) and to fulfil its role referred to in Article 6 of Decision No 1104/2011/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) ;
ensuring the circulation of all relevant information, in particular as regards security, between the bodies of the Agency referred to in Article 3(1) of this Regulation;
communicating to the Commission the view of the Agency on the technical and operational specifications necessary to implement systems evolutions referred to in point (d) of Article 12(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1285/2013, including for the definition of acceptance and review procedures, and research activities in support of those evolutions;
preparing, in close cooperation with the Chairperson of the Security Accreditation Board for matters relating to security accreditation activities covered by Chapter III of this Regulation, the organisational structures of the Agency and submitting them for approval to the Administrative Board;
exercising, with regard to the Agency’s staff, the powers referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 6(3), to the extent that those powers shall be delegated to him/her in accordance with the second subparagraph thereof;
adopting, after approval by the Administrative Board, the measures necessary to establish local offices in Member States or in third countries in accordance with Article 4(3);
ensuring that the secretariat and all the resources necessary for its proper functioning are provided to the Security Accreditation Board, the bodies referred to in Article 11(11) and to the Chairperson of the Security Accreditation Board;
preparing an action plan for ensuring the follow up of the findings and recommendations of the evaluations and audits referred to in Article 26, with the exception of the section of the action plan concerning the activities covered by Chapter III, and submitting, after having incorporated, without any change, the section drafted by the Security Accreditation Board, a twice-yearly progress report to the Commission, which shall also be submitted to the Administrative Board for information;
taking the following measures to protect the financial interests of the Union:
preventive measures against fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity and making use of effective supervisory measures;
recovering sums unduly paid where irregularities are detected and, where appropriate, applying effective, proportionate and dissuasive administrative and financial penalties;
drawing up an anti-fraud strategy for the Agency that is proportionate to the risk of fraud, having regard to a cost-benefit analysis of the measures to be implemented and taking into account findings and recommendations arising from OLAF investigations and submitting it to the Administrative Board for approval.]
Textual Amendments
[F1Council Joint Action 2004/552/CFSP of 12 July 2004 on aspects of the operation of the European satellite radio-navigation system affecting the security of the European Union ( OJ L 246, 20.7.2004, p. 30 ).]
[F1Decision No 1104/2011/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the rules for access to the public regulated service provided by the global navigation satellite system established under the Galileo programme ( OJ L 287, 4.11.2011, p. 1 ).]