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1. The Commission shall be responsible for the establishment and initial operation of the Competence Centre until it has the operational capacity to implement its own budget. The Commission shall carry out, in accordance with Union law, all necessary actions with the involvement of the competent bodies of the Competence Centre.

2. For the purpose of paragraph 1 of this Article, the Commission may designate an interim Executive Director until the Executive Director takes up his or her duties following his or her appointment by the Governing Board in accordance with Article 16. The interim Executive Director shall exercise the duties of the Executive Director and may be assisted by a limited number of members of staff of the Commission. The Commission may assign a limited number of its members of staff to the Competence Centre on an interim basis.

3. The interim Executive Director may authorise all payments covered by the appropriations provided in the annual budget of the Competence Centre once it has been adopted by the Governing Board and may conclude agreements and contracts, including staff contracts, and adopt decisions, following the adoption of the establishment plan referred to in point (l) of Article 13(3).

4. The interim Executive Director shall determine, in common accord with the Executive Director and subject to the approval of the Governing Board, the date from which the Competence Centre will have the capacity to implement its own budget. From that date onwards, the Commission shall abstain from making commitments and executing payments for the activities of the Competence Centre.