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3. For the purpose of concluding the contract with the Executive Director, the Agency shall be represented by the Chairperson of the Management Board.

4. The term of office of the Executive Director shall be five years. By the end of that period, the Commission shall undertake an assessment that takes into account an evaluation of the Executive Director’s performance, including prior input from the Management Board, and the Agency’s future tasks and challenges.

5. The Management Board, acting on a proposal from the Commission that takes into account the assessment referred to in paragraph 4, may extend the term of office of the Executive Director once for a period of no more than five years. The Management Board shall inform the European Parliament if it intends to extend the Executive Director’s term of office. Before the Management Board takes a decision to extend the Executive Director’s term of office, the Executive Director may be invited to make, without delay, a statement before the competent committee or committees of the European Parliament and answer questions from the committee members.

6. An Executive Director whose term of office has been extended shall not participate in another selection procedure for the same post at the end of the overall period.

7. The Executive Director may be removed from office only upon a decision of the Management Board acting on a proposal from the Commission. The European Parliament and the Council shall be informed, in a manner that complies with the applicable confidentiality requirements, about the reasons for such a decision.

8. The Management Board shall reach decisions on the appointment, extension of the term of office or removal from office of the Executive Director on the basis of a two-thirds majority of its members with the right to vote.

1. The Executive Director shall be engaged as a temporary agent of the Agency under Article 2, point (a), of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants.

2. The Management Board shall appoint the Executive Director from a list of at least three candidates proposed by the Commission on the basis of an open and transparent selection procedure. The selection procedure shall include the publication of a call for expressions of interest in the Official Journal of the European Union and in other appropriate media. The Commission shall consult the Management Board on the draft call for expressions of interest. The Commission may include a representative of the Management Board as an observer in the selection procedure. Before appointment by the Management Board to the post of Executive Director, the shortlisted candidates proposed by the Commission may be invited, without delay, to make a statement before the competent committee or committees of the European Parliament and answer questions from the committee members. After hearing the statement and the responses, the European Parliament may adopt an opinion setting out its views and submit it to the Management Board.