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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1488/annex/article-8",
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  "legislation": "eur/2018/1488",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1488 of 28 September 2018 establishing the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1488",
  "path": "annex/article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Appointment, dismissal or extension of the term of office of the Executive Director",
  "text": "1. The Executive Director shall be appointed by the Governing Board from a list of candidates proposed by the Commission following an open and transparent selection procedure. The Commission may associate the representation from the members other than the Union of the Joint Undertaking in the selection procedure, as appropriate.\nIn particular, an appropriate representation of the members other than the Union of the Joint Undertaking may be ensured at the pre-selection stage of the selection procedure. For that purpose, the Participating States shall appoint by common accord a representative as well as an observer on behalf of the Governing Board.\n2. The Executive Director shall be a member of staff and shall be engaged as a temporary agent of the Joint Undertaking under point (a) of Article 2 of the Conditions of Employment.\nFor the purpose of concluding the contract of the Executive Director, the Joint Undertaking shall be represented by the chair of the Governing Board.\n3. The term of office of the Executive Director shall be four years. By the end of that period, the Commission, associating the members other than the Union as appropriate, shall undertake an assessment of the performance of the Executive Director and the Joint Undertaking's future tasks and challenges.\n4. The Governing Board, acting on a proposal from the Commission which takes into account the assessment referred to in paragraph 3, may extend the term of office of the Executive Director once, for a period of no more than four years.\n5. An Executive Director whose term of office has been extended may not participate in another selection procedure for the same post at the end of the overall period.\n6. The Executive Director may be dismissed only upon a decision of the Governing Board pursuant to point (f) of Article 7(3) acting on a proposal from the Commission associating the members other than the Union as appropriate.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/1488/annex/article/8",
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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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