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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-912/article-15b",
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  "legislation": "eur/2010/912",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 912/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 setting up the European GNSS Agency, repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1321/2004 on the establishment of structures for the management of the European satellite radio navigation programmes and amending Regulation (EC) No 683/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-912",
  "path": "article/15b",
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  "number": "15b",
  "heading": "Appointment and Term of Office of the Executive Director",
  "text": "1. The Executive Director shall be recruited as a temporary member of staff of the Agency in accordance with Article 2(a) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants.\n2. The Executive Director shall be appointed by the Administrative Board on the grounds of merit and documented administrative and managerial skills, as well as relevant competence and experience, from a list of candidates proposed by the Commission, after an open and transparent competition, following the publication of a call for expressions of interest in the Official Journal of the European Union or elsewhere.\nThe candidate selected by the Administrative Board may be invited at the earliest opportunity to make a statement before the European Parliament and to answer questions from its Members.\nThe Chairperson of the Administrative Board shall represent the Agency for the purpose of concluding the Executive Director’s contract.\nThe Administrative Board shall take its decision to appoint the Executive Director by a two-thirds majority of its members.\n3. The term of office of the Executive Director shall be five years. At the end of that term of office, the Commission shall carry out an assessment of the Executive Director’s performance taking into account the future tasks and challenges of the Agency.\nOn the basis of a proposal from the Commission, taking into account the assessment referred to in the first subparagraph, the Administrative Board may extend the term of office of the Executive Director once for a period of up to four years.\nAny decision to extend the term of office of the Executive Director shall be adopted by a two-thirds majority of members of the Administrative Board.\nAn Executive Director whose term of office has been extended may not thereafter take part in a selection procedure for the same post.\nThe Administrative Board shall inform the European Parliament of its intention to extend the Executive Director’s term of office. Before the extension, the Executive Director may be invited to make a statement before the relevant committees of the European Parliament and answer Members’ questions.\n4. The Administrative Board may dismiss the Executive Director, on the basis of a proposal of the Commission or of one third of its members, by means of a decision adopted by a two-thirds majority of its members.\n5. The European Parliament and the Council may call upon the Executive Director for an exchange of views on the work and prospects of the Agency before those institutions, including with regard to the multiannual and the annual work programme. That exchange of views shall not touch upon matters relating to the security accreditation activities covered by Chapter III.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Regulation (EU) No 512/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 912/2010 setting up the European GNSS Agency."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/912/article/15b",
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  },
  "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."
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