President
Article 3
1. The President shall lay down the political guidelines within which the Commission is to work. The President shall steer the work of the Commission and represent it. 2. The President shall decide on the internal organisation of the Commission, ensuring that it acts consistently, efficiently and as a collegiate body ( 6 ) . 3. The President shall structure and allocate responsibilities among the Members of the Commission without prejudice to Article 18(4) of the Treaty on European Union. The President may reshuffle the allocation of those responsibilities during the Commission’s term of office ( 7 ) . At the beginning of the term of office, the President shall send the Members of the Commission mission letters setting out their duties and the conditions for carrying them out in the fields of activity assigned to them. 4. The President shall appoint Vice-Presidents, other than the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, from among the Members of the Commission ( 8 ) . 5. The President shall adopt a decision on the order of precedence of all the Members of the Commission. As regards the Members of the Commission other than the Vice-Presidents, that order shall be based on their seniority in the Commission or, in the event of equal seniority, on their age. 6. The President may decide at any time to set up groups of Members of the Commission. The decision of the President shall determine the mandate, the composition, the duration and the working methods of the group, and shall appoint the Member(s) to lead the work of the group. 7. If Members of the Commission are prevented from carrying out their duties, the President shall appoint replacements from among the other Members of the Commission and adopt the provisions implementing that decision. 8. A Member of the Commission shall resign if the President so requests ( 9 ) . 9. The President shall ensure the proper application of the Code of Conduct for the Members of the Commission ( 10 ) .