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1. The Management Board shall be composed of one member designated by each Member State, two members designated by the European Parliament and three members representing and appointed by the Commission.

2. The members of the Board shall be appointed in such a way as to secure the highest standards of competence and a broad range of relevant expertise. Alternates who represent the member in his/her absence shall be appointed by the same procedure. Members’ term of office shall be three years and may be extended.

3. The Management Board shall adopt the Centre’s internal rules on the basis of a proposal by the director. These rules shall be made public. The Management Board shall elect one of its members as its Chair for a two-year period, which shall be extendable. The Management Board shall meet at least twice a year at the invitation of the Chair, or at the request of at least a third of its members.

4. The Management Board shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.

5. The Management Board shall:

(a) exercise disciplinary authority over the director and appoint or dismiss him/her pursuant to Article 17;

(b) ensure that the Centre carries out its mission and performs the tasks assigned to it under the conditions laid down in this Regulation including on the basis of regular independent and external evaluations to be carried out every five years;

(c) compile a list of competent bodies referred to in Article 5 and make it public;

(d) adopt, before 31 January each year, the Centre’s work programme for the coming year;

(e) adopt a draft single programming document in line with Article 32 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/715 () and the related Commission guidelines for the single programming document; the single programming document shall be adopted where a positive opinion has been given by the Commission and, as regards multiannual programming, after consulting the European Parliament and the Council;

(f) ensure that the Centre’s work programme for the coming year and multiannual programmes are consistent with the Union’s legislative and policy priorities in the area of the Centre’s mission and tasks, and fully take into account the recommendations adopted in the annual Commission opinion on the draft single programming document referred to in Article 32(7) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/715;

(g) adopt, before 31 March each year, the general report on the Centre’s activities for the previous year;

(h) adopt the financial rules applicable to the Centre after the Commission has been consulted;

(i) determine by unanimity of its members, by way of derogation from Article 15(1), the rules governing the languages of the Centre, including the possibility of a distinction between the internal workings of the Centre and the external communication, taking into account the need to ensure access to, and participation in, the work of the Centre by all interested parties in both cases. The financial rules applicable to the Centre as referred to in the first subparagraph, point (h), of this paragraph shall not derogate from Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/715, unless specifically required for the Centre’s operation and the Commission has given its prior consent.

6. The director shall take part in the meetings of the Management Board, without voting rights, and shall provide the secretariat.