Changes from report parliamentary committee draft to plenary report

AddedArticle 56 – paragraph 1: 1. The Management Board shall be composed of one representative from each Member State, one representatives of the Commission, one independent representative designated by the European Parliament, all as members with voting rights.

AddedArticle 56 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1: deleted

AddedArticle 56 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new): One member of the Victims’ Rights and Survivors Consultative Forum as established in Art. 66a shall attend the meetings of the Management Board as an observer, without the right to vote. / The Technological Committee shall designate a representative to attend the meetings of the Management Board as an observer on matters related to technologies.

AddedArticle 56 – paragraph 3: 3. Each member of the Management Board shall have an alternate. The alternate shall represent the member in their absence.

AddedArticle 56 – paragraph 4: 4. Members of the Management Board and their alternates shall be appointed in the light of their knowledge in the field of preventing and combating child sexual abuse and victim support, taking into account their expertise and professional records. Member States shall appoint a representative of their Coordinating Authority, within four months of [date of entry into force of this Regulation]. All parties represented in the Management Board shall make efforts to limit turnover of their representatives, in order to ensure continuity of its work. All parties shall ensure that gender balance between men and women is achieved on the Management Board.

AddedArticle 56 – paragraph 5: 5. The term of office for members and their alternates shall be four years. That term may be renewed only once.

Article 57 – title: Tasks of the Management Board

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RemovedArticle 57 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new): (aa) adopt the draft Single Programming Document and transmit it for their opinions to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission;

AddedArticle 57 – paragraph 1 – point a: deleted

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ChangedArticle 57 – paragraph 1 – point a ba (new): (ab) adopt, by 30 November of(a eacha) year,adopt the draft Single Programming Document, and transmit it forDocument informationreferred to the European Parliament, the Councilin andArticle the66d Commissionbefore byits 31submission Januaryto the following year, as well as any other updated versionCommission offor theits document;opinion;

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RemovedArticle 57 – paragraph 1 – point a c (new): (ac) adopt the annual budget of the EU Centre and exercise other tasks in respect of the EU Centre's budget;

AddedArticle 57 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new): (ab) adopt, having requested the opinion of the Commission and the European Parliament, the Agency’s Single Programming Document by a majority of two-thirds of the members entitled to vote in accordance with Article 56 for the following year, as well as any other updated version of the document;

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ChangedArticle 57 – paragraph 1 – point a dc (new): (ad) assess and(ac) adopt a consolidated annual activity report on the EU Centre's activities, includingby ana overviewmajority of the fulfilmenttwo-thirds of its tasks and send it, by 1 Julythe eachmembers year,entitled to thevote, Europeanthe Parliament,annual thebudget Council,of the CommissionEU Centre and theexercise Courtother oftasks Auditorsin andrespect makeof the consolidated annual activityEU reportCentre's public;budget;

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AddedArticle 57 – paragraph 1 – point a d (new): (ad) assess and adopt, by a majority of two-thirds of the members entitled to vote, a consolidated annual activity report on the EU Centre's activities, including an overview of the fulfilment of its tasks and send it, by 1 July each year, to the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors and make the consolidated annual activity report public;

Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point a e (new): (ae) adopt an anti-fraud strategy, proportionate to fraud risks taking into account the costs and benefits of the measures to be implemented, an efficiency gains and synergies strategy with other Union decentralised agencies and bodies, a strategy for cooperation with third countries and/or international organisations, and a strategy for the organisational management and internal control systems;

Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point a f (new): (af) exercise, with respect to the staff of the EU Centre, 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 Employment1a ("the appointing authority powers"); / 1a Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 of the Council of 29 February 1968 laying down the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities and instituting special measures temporarily applicable to officials of the Commission (OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1)

Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point a g (new): (ag) adopt appropriate implementing rules for giving effect to the Staff Regulations and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants in accordance with Article 110(2) of the Staff Regulations;

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ChangedArticle 57 – paragraph 1 – point a h (new): (ah) appoint the Executive Director and remove him or herhim/her from office, in accordance with Article 65;

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ChangedArticle 57 – paragraph 1 – point a i (new): (ai) appoint an Accounting Officer, who may be the Commission's Accounting Officer, subject to the Staff Regulations and the Conditions of Employment of other servants, who shall be totally independent in the performance of hishis/her orthe herOfficer’s duties;

Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point a j (new): (aj) adopt the financial rules applicable to the EU Centre;

Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point a k (new): (ak) take all decisions on the establishment of the EU Centre's internal structures and, where necessary, their modification;

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ChangedArticle 57 – paragraph 1 – point a l (new): (al) appoint a Data Protection Officer;Officer in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725;

Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point a m (new): (am) adopt internal guidelines further specifying the procedures for the processing of information in accordance with Article 51;

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ChangedArticle 57 – paragraph 1 – point f:c: (f)(c) appointadopt rules for the prevention and management of conflicts of interest in respect of its members, as well as for the members of the TechnologyTechnological Committee, the Victims’ Rights and Survivors Consultative Forum and of any other advisory group it may establish;establish and publish annually on its website the declaration of interests of the members of the Management Board;

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AddedArticle 57 – paragraph 1 – point d: deleted

AddedArticle 57 – paragraph 1 – point f: (f) appoint the members of the Technology Committee, of the Victims’ Consultative Forum and of any other advisory group it may establish;

AddedArticle 57 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new): (fa) designate the Fundamental Rights Officer referred to in Article 66b;

AddedArticle 57 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new): (h a) consult the Victims’ Rights and Survivors Consultative Forum as regards the obligations referred to in points (aa) and (h) of this Article.

AddedArticle 57 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new): (hb) authorise the conclusion of memoranda of understanding referred to in Article 53(3) and Article 54(2).

AddedArticle 57 – paragraph 1 a (new): 1a. With respect to the powers referred to in paragraph 2, 1 points (af) and (ag) of this Article, the Management Board shall adopt, in accordance with Article 110(2) of the Staff Regulations, a decision based on Article 2(1) of the Staff Regulations and Article 6 of the Conditions of Employment, delegating relevant appointing authority powers to the Executive Director. The Executive Director shall be authorised to sub-delegate those powers.

AddedArticle 57 – paragraph 1 b (new): 1b. In exceptional circumstances, the Management Board may decide to temporarily suspend the delegation of the appointing authority powers to the Executive Director and any sub-delegation by the latter and exercise them itself or delegate them to one of its members or to a staff member other than the Executive Director.

AddedArticle 58 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2: The Deputy Chairperson shall automatically replace the Chairperson when necessary.

Article 59 – paragraph 3: 3. The Management Board shall hold at least four ordinary meetings a year. In addition, it shall meet on the initiative of its Chairperson, at the request of the Commission, or at the request of at least one-third of its members.

Article 59 – paragraph 4: 4. The Management Board may invite any person whose opinion may be of interest to attend its meetings as an observer on matters related to a specific item on the Management Board’s agenda.

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RemovedArticle 59 – paragraph 4 a (new): 4a. The Management Board may invite the members of the Victims’ Consultative Forum as observers on matters related to a specific item on the Management Board’s agenda.

AddedArticle 60 – paragraph 2: 2. Each member, including the Chairperson and the Deputy Chairperson, shall have one vote. In the absence of a member, the alternate member shall be entitled to exercise the right to vote.

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ChangedArticle 61 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: The Executive Board shall be gender-balanced and composed of the Chairperson and the Deputy Chairperson of the Management Board, three other members appointed by the Management Board from among its members with the right to vote andvote, two representatives of the Commission and the independent representative of the European Parliament to the Management Board. The Chairperson of the Management Board shall also be the Chairperson of the Executive Board. All parties shall ensure that gender balance between men and women is achieved on the Executive Board.

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AddedArticle 61 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2: The Executive Director shall participate in meetings of the Executive Board without the right to vote. The Executive Board may invite other observers to attend its meetings.

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Article 61 – paragraph 2: 2. The term of office of members of the Executive Board shall be four years.

Article 62 – paragraph 1: deleted

Article 62 – paragraph 2 – introductory part: 2. The Executive Board shall have the following tasks:

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ChangedArticle 62 – paragraph 2 – point p a (new): (pa)(p a) decide on matters provided for in the financial rules adopted pursuant to Article 68 that are not reserved to the Management Board by this Regulation;

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ChangedArticle 62 – paragraph 2 – point p b (new): (pb)(p ensureb) adequatewithout follow-upprejudice to the findingsresponsibilities andof recommendationsthe stemmingExecutive fromDirector, theas internalset orout externalin auditArticle reports64, monitor and evaluations,supervise asthe wellimplementation asof fromthe investigationsdecisions of OLAFthe andManagement Board, with a view to reinforcing supervision of EPPO;administrative and budgetary management.

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RemovedArticle 62 – paragraph 2 – point p c (new): (pc) without prejudice to the responsibilities of the Executive Director, as set out in Article 64, monitor and supervise the implementation of the decisions of the Management Board, with a view to reinforcing supervision of administrative and budgetary management.

AddedArticle 62 – paragraph 3: deleted

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Article 63 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1: deleted