Duties
Article 7
1. SNEs shall assist staff members of the Agency and carry out the tasks and duties assigned to them by the Chief Executive of the Agency. 2. Taking into consideration the composition of the staff of the Agency and, in particular, their role in contributing to the results of the Agency, the Chief Executive may entrust an SNE with management duties if so required in the interests of the service. In any case, an SNE shall not be able to legally commit the Agency. 3. An SNE may take part in missions and meetings. Nevertheless, the Chief Executive may decide to limit the SNE's participation to missions and meetings only to: (a) accompany an Agency staff member; or (b) if alone, to attend as an observer or solely for information purposes. 4. The Agency shall retain sole responsibility for approving the results of tasks performed by the SNE. 5. The Agency, the SNE's employer and the SNE shall make every effort to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to the SNE's duties during secondment. To that end, the Agency shall, in good time, inform the SNE and the employer of the intended duties and shall ask each of them to confirm in writing that they know of no reason why the SNE should not be assigned to those duties. The SNE shall be asked in particular to declare any potential conflict between the SNE's family circumstances (in particular the professional activities of close or extended family members, or any important financial interests of their own or of family members) and the proposed duties while on secondment. The employer and the SNE shall undertake to notify the Agency of any change of circumstances during the secondment which could give rise to any conflict of interest. 6. Where the Agency considers that the nature of the tasks entrusted to the SNE requires particular security precautions, security clearance shall be obtained before the SNE is seconded.