Executive Director
Article 23
1. The Executive Director shall be engaged as a temporary agent of CEPOL under point (a) of Article 2 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants. 2. The Executive Director shall be appointed by the Management Board, following an open and transparent selection procedure, from a shortlist of at least three candidates proposed by a selection committee set up by the Management Board and composed of members designated by Member States and the Commission. The selection committee shall draw that shortlist from a list of all candidates, identified by the Commission in a transparent manner, whose profile matches the requirements for the function laid down in a notice of vacancy published in the Official Journal of the European Union . The Commission shall transmit to the selection committee a copy of all applications received for the vacancy. For the purpose of concluding a contract with the Executive Director, CEPOL shall be represented by the Chairperson of the Management Board. 3. The term of office of the Executive Director shall be four years. By the end of that period, the Commission, in association with the Management Board, shall undertake an assessment taking into account an evaluation of the Executive Director's performance and CEPOL's future tasks and challenges. 4. The Management Board, taking into account the assessment referred to in paragraph 3, may extend the term of office of the Executive Director once and for no more than four years. In such a case, the Executive Director shall not participate in another selection procedure for the same post at the end of the overall period. 5. The Executive Director may be removed from office by a decision of the Management Board. 6. The Management Board shall reach decisions on the appointment, extension of the term of office, or removal from office, of the Executive Director by a majority of two-thirds of its members.