Responsibilities of the Director
Article 20
1. The Director shall be in charge of the administrative management of the BEREC Office. The Director shall be accountable to the Management Board. 2. The Director shall assist the Chair of the Board of Regulators and the Chairperson of the Management Board in preparing the meetings of their respective bodies. 3. Without prejudice to the powers of the Board of Regulators, the Management Board and the Commission, the Director shall be independent in the performance of his or her duties and shall neither seek nor take instructions from any government, institution, person or body. 4. The Director shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the performance of his or her duties when invited to do so. 5. The Director shall be the legal representative of the BEREC Office. 6. The Director shall be responsible for the implementation of the BEREC Office’s tasks and following the guidance provided by the Board of Regulators and the Management Board. In particular, the Director shall be responsible for: (a) the day-to-day administration of the BEREC Office; (b) implementing administrative decisions adopted by the Board of Regulators and the Management Board; (c) preparing, and submitting to the Management Board, the single programming document referred to in Article 23; (d) assisting the Board of Regulators in the preparation of BEREC’s annual activity report as referred to in Article 22; (e) assisting the Board of Regulators in the preparation of BEREC’s annual work programme as referred to in Article 21; (f) implementing the single programming document, and reporting to the Management Board on its implementation; (g) preparing the draft consolidated annual report on the BEREC Office’s activities as referred to in Article 27 and presenting it to the Management Board for assessment and adoption; (h) preparing an action plan following-up conclusions of internal or external audit reports and evaluations, as well as investigations by the OLAF and reporting on progress at least once a year to the Management Board; (i) protecting the financial interests of the Union by applying preventive measures against fraud, corruption and any other illegal activities, by carrying out effective checks and, if irregularities are detected, by recovering amounts wrongly paid and, where appropriate, by imposing effective, proportionate and dissuasive administrative measures, including financial penalties; (j) preparing an anti-fraud strategy for the BEREC Office and presenting it to the Management Board for approval; (k) preparing draft financial rules applicable to the BEREC Office; (l) preparing the BEREC Office’s draft statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure and implementing its budget; (m) authorising, together with the Board of Regulators, the conclusion of working arrangements with competent Union bodies, offices, agencies and advisory groups and with competent authorities of third countries and with international organisations in accordance with Article 35. 7. The Director shall, under the supervision of the Management Board, take the necessary measures, in particular with regard to adopting internal administrative instructions and publishing notices, in order to ensure the functioning of the BEREC Office in accordance with this Regulation. 8. The Director shall, subject to the prior consent of the Commission, the Management Board and the Member States concerned, decide whether it is necessary for the purpose of carrying out the BEREC Office’s tasks in an efficient and effective manner to locate one or more members of staff in one or more Member States. The decision shall specify the scope of the activities to be carried out in a manner that avoids unnecessary costs and duplication of administrative functions of the BEREC Office. Before such a decision is taken, its impact in terms of staff allocation and budget shall be set out in the multi-annual programming document referred to in Article 23(4).