Management Board

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 four years and can 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:

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

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;

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

adopt, before 31 January each year, the Centre’s programme of work for the coming year. It shall also adopt a revisable multiannual programme. The Management Board shall ensure that these programmes are consistent with the Community’s legislative and policy priorities in the area of its mission. Before 30 March each year, the Management Board shall adopt the general report on the Centre’s activities for the previous year;

adopt the financial rules applicable to the Centre after the Commission has been consulted. They may not depart from Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of23 December 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities ( 6 ) , unless specifically required for the Centre’s operation and with the Commission’s prior consent;

determine by unanimity of its members 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.

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

REGULATION (EC) No 851/2004 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 21 April 2004 establishing a European centre for disease prevention and control