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1. The Management Board shall be assisted by an Executive Board. The Executive Board shall supervise the necessary preparatory work for the decisions to be adopted by the Management Board. In particular, it shall scrutinise budgetary and human resources matters.

2. The Executive Board shall also:

(a) review the Agency’s programming document referred to in Article 5a, based on a draft prepared by the Director, and submit it to the Management Board for adoption;

(b) review the Agency’s draft annual budget and submit it to the Management Board for adoption;

(c) review the draft annual report on the Agency’s activities and submit it to the Management Board for adoption;

(d) adopt an anti-fraud strategy for the Agency, proportionate to the fraud risks, taking into account the costs and benefits of the measures to be implemented and based on a draft prepared by the Director;

(e) ensure adequate follow-up to the findings and recommendations stemming from the internal or external audit reports and evaluations, as well as from investigations of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) or of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO);

(f) without prejudice to the responsibilities of the Director set out in Article 15(4), assist and advise him or her in the implementation of the decisions of the Management Board with a view to reinforcing the supervision of administrative and budgetary management.

3. Where necessary, for reasons of urgency, the Executive Board may take provisional decisions on behalf of the Management Board, including on the suspension of the delegation of the appointing authority powers in accordance with the conditions referred to in Article 12(7a) and (7b) and on budgetary matters.

4. The Executive Board shall be composed of the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson of the Management Board, two other members of the Management Board elected by the Management Board in accordance with Article 12(5) and one of the representatives of the Commission in the Management Board. The person appointed by the Council of Europe in the Management Board may participate in the meetings of the Executive Board.

5. The Executive Board shall be convened by the Chairperson. It may also be convened at the request of one of its members. It shall adopt its decisions by a majority of its members present. The person appointed by the Council of Europe may vote on items related to the decisions on which that person has a right to vote in the Management Board in accordance with Article 12(8).

6. The Director shall take part in the meetings of the Executive Board, without voting rights.