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1. The Management Board shall:

(a) adopt each year, by a majority of two-thirds of its members and in accordance with Article 12 of this Regulation, a single programming document as referred to in Article 32 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/715 ();

(b) adopt, by a majority of two-thirds of its members, the annual budget of Europol and exercise other functions in respect of Europol's budget pursuant to Chapter X;

(c) adopt a consolidated annual activity report on Europol's activities and, by 1 July of the following year, send it to the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Auditors and the national parliaments. The consolidated annual activity report shall be made public;

(d) adopt the financial rules applicable to Europol in accordance with Article 61;

(e) adopt an internal anti-fraud strategy, proportionate to fraud risks, taking into account the costs and benefits of the measures to be implemented;

(f) adopt rules for the prevention and management of conflicts of interest in respect of its members, including in relation to their declaration of interests;

(g) in accordance with paragraph 2, exercise, with respect to the staff of Europol, the powers conferred by the Staff Regulations on the appointing authority and by the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants on the authority empowered to conclude a contract of employment of other servants (‘the appointing authority powers’);

(h) adopt appropriate implementing rules giving effect to the Staff Regulations and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants in accordance with Article 110 of the Staff Regulations;

(i) adopt internal rules regarding the procedure for the selection of the Executive Director, including rules on the composition of the selection committee which ensure its independence and impartiality;

(j) propose to the Council a shortlist of candidates for the posts of Executive Director and Deputy Executive Directors and, where relevant, propose to the Council that their terms of office be extended or that they be removed from office in accordance with Articles 54 and 55;

(k) establish performance indicators and oversee the Executive Director's performance, including the implementation of Management Board decisions;

(l) appoint a Data Protection Officer, who shall be functionally independent in the performance of his or her duties;

(m) appoint an accounting officer, who shall be subject to the Staff Regulations and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants and functionally independent in the performance of his or her duties;

(n) establish, where appropriate, an internal audit capability;

(o) ensure adequate follow-up to findings and recommendations stemming from the internal or external audit reports and evaluations, as well as from investigations of OLAF and the EDPS;

(p) define the evaluation criteria for the annual report in accordance with Article 7(11);

(q) adopt guidelines further specifying the procedures for the processing of information by Europol in accordance with Article 18, after consulting the EDPS;

(r) decide upon the conclusion of working and administrative arrangements in accordance with Article 23(4) and Article 25(1), respectively;

(s) decide, taking into consideration both business and financial requirements, upon the establishment of Europol's internal structures, including Union centres of specialised expertise as referred to in point (l) of Article 4(1), upon a proposal of the Executive Director;

(t) adopt its rules of procedure, including provisions concerning the tasks and the functioning of its secretariat;

(u) adopt, where appropriate, other internal rules;

(v) designate the Fundamental Rights Officer referred to in Article 41c;

(w) specify the criteria on the basis of which Europol may issue the proposals for possible entry of information alerts in SIS.

2. If the Management Board considers it necessary for the performance of Europol's tasks, it may suggest to the Council that it draw the attention of the Commission to the need for an adequacy decision as referred to in point (a) of Article 25(1) or for a recommendation for a decision authorising the opening of negotiations with a view to the conclusion of an international agreement as referred to in point (b) of Article 25(1).

3. The Management Board shall, in accordance with Article 110 of the Staff Regulations, adopt a decision based on Article 2(1) of the Staff Regulations and on Article 6 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants delegating the relevant appointing authority powers to the Executive Director and establishing the conditions under which such delegation of powers may be suspended. The Executive Director shall be authorised to subdelegate those powers.

Where exceptional circumstances so require, the Management Board may, by way of a decision, temporarily suspend the delegation of the appointing authority powers to the Executive Director and any subdelegation of such powers and exercise them itself or delegate those powers to one of its members or to a staff member other than the Executive Director.