{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-411/article-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-411/article-10.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2011/411",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision 2011/411/CFSP of 12 July 2011 defining the statute, seat and operational rules of the European Defence Agency and repealing Joint Action 2004/551/CFSP",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-411",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "The Chief Executive",
  "text": "1. The Chief Executive, and his/her Deputy(ies), shall be appointed by the Steering Board on a proposal from the Head of the Agency for 3 years. The Steering Board may grant a 2-year extension. The Chief Executive and up to two Deputies shall act under the authority of the Head of the Agency and in accordance with the decisions of the Steering Board.\n2. The Chief Executive, assisted by his/her Deputy(ies), 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. The Chief Executive shall be the head of the Agency’s staff.\n3. The Chief Executive is responsible for:\n(a) ensuring the implementation of the Agency’s annual work programme;\n(b) preparing the work of the Steering Board, in particular the draft annual work programme of the Agency;\n(c) preparing the draft annual general budget to be submitted to the Steering Board;\n(d) preparing the 3-year Work Plan to be submitted to the Steering Board;\n(e) preparing the 3-year Financial Framework to be submitted to the Council;\n(f) ensuring close cooperation with, and providing information to, the Council preparatory bodies, notably the PSC and the EUMC;\n(g) preparing the reports referred to in Article 4(2);\n(h) 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;\n(i) the day-to-day administration of the Agency;\n(j) all security aspects;\n(k) all staff matters.\n4. Within the work programme and the general budget of the Agency, the Chief Executive shall be empowered to enter into contracts and to recruit staff. The Chief Executive shall be the authorising officer responsible for the implementation of the budgets administered by the Agency.\n5. The Chief Executive shall be accountable to the Steering Board.\n6. The Chief Executive shall be the legal representative of the Agency.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2011/411/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:15:44.700843+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}