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1. The Institute shall be headed by a Director appointed by the Management Board on the basis of a list of candidates proposed by the Commission after an open competition, following publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and elsewhere of a call for expressions of interest. Before being appointed, the candidate selected by the Management Board shall be asked to make a declaration before the competent committee(s) of the European Parliament and answer questions from its/their members.

2. The Director's term of office shall be 5 years. On a proposal from the Commission and after evaluation, that term of office may be extended once for a period of not more than 5 years. In the evaluation, the Commission shall assess in particular:

(a) the results achieved in the first term of office and the way they were achieved, (b) the Institute's duties and requirements in the coming years.

3. The Director shall be responsible, under the supervision of the Management Board, for:

(a) performance of the tasks referred to in Article 3;

(b) preparing and implementing the Institute's annual and medium-term programmes of activities;

(c) preparing the meetings of the Management Board and the Experts' Forum;

(d) preparing and publishing the annual report referred to in Article 3(2);

(e) all staff-related matters, and in particular exercising the powers provided for in Article 13(3);

(f) matters of day-to-day administration; and (g) the implementation of effective monitoring and evaluation procedures relating to the performance of the Institute against its objectives according to professionally recognised standards. The Director shall report annually to the Management Board on the results of the monitoring system.

4. The Director shall be accountable for the management of his/her activities to the Management Board and shall take part in its meetings without voting rights. He/she may also be invited by the European Parliament to report during a hearing on significant issues linked to the Institute's activities.

5. The Director shall be the Institute's legal representative.