Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939Show full title

Article 19 U.K. Responsibilities of the Administrative Director

1. For administrative and budgetary purposes, the EPPO shall be managed by its Administrative Director.

2. Without prejudice to the powers of the College or the European Chief Prosecutor, the Administrative Director shall be independent in the performance of his/her duties and shall neither seek nor take instructions from any government or any other body.

3. The Administrative Director shall be the legal representative of the EPPO for administrative and budgetary purposes. The Administrative Director shall implement the budget of the EPPO.

4. The Administrative Director shall be responsible for the implementation of the administrative tasks assigned to the EPPO, in particular:

(a) the day-to-day administration of the EPPO and staff management;

(b) implementing the decisions adopted by the European Chief Prosecutor or the College;

(c) preparing a proposal for the annual and multi-annual programming document and submitting it to the European Chief Prosecutor;

(d) implementing the annual and multi-annual programming documents and reporting to the College on their implementation;

(e) preparing the administrative and budgetary parts of the annual report on the EPPO’s activities;

(f) preparing an action plan following-up on the conclusions of the internal or external audit reports, evaluations and investigations, including those of the European Data Protection Supervisor and OLAF and reporting to them and to the College twice a year;

(g) preparing an internal anti-fraud strategy for the EPPO and presenting it to the College for approval;

(h) preparing a proposal for the draft financial rules applicable to the EPPO, and submitting it to the European Chief Prosecutor;

(i) preparing a proposal for the EPPO’s draft statement of estimates of revenues and expenditures, and submitting it to the European Chief Prosecutor;

(j) providing necessary administrative support to facilitate the operational work of the EPPO;

(k) providing support to the European Chief Prosecutor and the Deputy European Chief Prosecutors in the carrying out of their duties.