The Chief Executive
Article 10
1. The Chief Executive, and the Deputy, shall be selected and appointed by the Steering Board on a recommendation from the Head of the Agency for three years. The Steering Board may grant a two-year extension. The Chief Executive and the Deputy shall act under the authority of the Head of the Agency and in accordance with the decisions of the Steering Board. 2. Participating Member States shall submit candidatures to the Head of the Agency, who shall inform the Steering Board thereof. The pre-selection process shall be organised under the responsibility of the Head of the Agency. Subject to approval by the Steering Board, an Advisory Panel shall be set up, and its composition shall be such that a proper balance of representatives from the EEAS, the Agency and participating Member States is achieved. On the basis of the pre-selection process, the Head of the Agency shall provide the Steering Board with a selection of at least two candidates indicating his/her recommended candidate. 3. The Chief Executive, assisted by the Deputy, shall take all necessary measures to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of the Agency's work. The Chief Executive shall be responsible for the oversight and coordination of the functional units, in order to ensure the overall coherence of their work. 4. The Chief Executive is responsible for: (a) ensuring the implementation of the Agency's three-year Planning Framework; (b) preparing the work of the Steering Board; (c) preparing the draft annual general budget to be submitted to the Steering Board; (d) preparing the three-year Planning Framework to be submitted to the Steering Board; (e) ensuring close cooperation with, and providing information to, the Council preparatory bodies, notably the PSC and the EUMC; (f) preparing the reports referred to in Article 4(2); (g) preparing the statement of revenue and expenditure and implementing the Agency's general budget and the budgets of ad hoc projects or programmes entrusted to the Agency; (h) the day-to-day administration of the Agency; (i) all security aspects; (j) all staff matters. 5. Within the terms of the general budget of the Agency and taking into account the agreed 3-year Planning Framework, the Chief Executive shall be empowered to enter into contracts and to recruit staff. The Chief Executive shall exercise the same power with regard to the other budgets defined in Article 12, in particular the budgets associated with the activities falling under Chapter IV and any budgets resulting from additional revenue referred to in Article 15. 6. The Chief Executive shall be accountable to the Steering Board. 7. The Chief Executive shall be the legal representative of the Agency.