The Management Board should have the necessary powers to establish the budget, check its implementation, draw up internal rules, ensure coherence with Community policies, adopt the Centre's financial regulation in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities(4), hereinafter referred to as the «Financial Regulation» , and appoint the director following a parliamentary hearing of the selected candidate.

Supplementary powers of the Administrative Board

Powers of competent authorities

Power to dismiss the President shall lie with the Council, acting on a proposal from the Administrative Board.

Without prejudice to the powers attributed to the Budget Committee in Section 5 - budget and financial control - the Administrative Board shall have the powers defined below.

However, with the approval of the Management Board and under its authority, the Secretary may carry out other duties.

The Governing Board shall have the discretion and exclusive power to expand its membership to include representatives appointed by parties that accede to this Agreement, on such conditions and terms as the Board may determine.

In addition to the powers conferred on it by Article 121 et seq of the Regulation on the Community trade mark or by other provisions of this Regulation, the Administrative Board;

In accordance with Article 28(2) and (3) of the Europol Convention, full or alternate members of the Management Board, (hereinafter referred to as 'members`), shall enjoy the requisite authority in the areas in which the Management Board has competence.

Any further delegation of administrative and/or financial powers to the Head of Delegation other than described in this Article shall be notified to the Territorial Authorising Officers.

In addition to the powers assigned to the Administrative Council by other provisions of this Regulation, or by the provisions referred to in Articles 113 and 114, it shall have the powers in relation to the Office defined below:

whereas entrusting to an independent Office the task of conducting external administrative investigations in this area is accordingly in full compliance with the subsidiarity principle laid down by Article 5 of the Treaty;

simple disciplinary measures may be decided by the Head of Administration and Personnel, acting on behalf of the Director, except where a meeting of the Disciplinary Board is convened(6).

The obligation to give assistance as provided for in this Regulation shall not cover the provision of information or documents obtained by the administrative authorities referred to in Article 1 acting with the authorisation or at the request of the judicial authority.

As regards postal services, the exception under Article 55 only applies to the conveyance and distribution of a special kind of mail, that is mail generated in the curse of judicial or administrative procedures, connected, even occasionally, with the exercise of official authority, in particular notifications in pursuance of any judicial or administrative procedures.

The Contracting Parties undertake to facilitate, within the limits of their respective powers, administrative cooperation between the appropriate authorities in matters relating to customs, in particular in the following areas:

In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, the authorities of the OCT concerned shall be responsible for implementing operations without prejudice to the powers of the Commission designed to ensure sound financial management in the use of Community funds.

Administrative assistance provided pursuant to this Article shall not prejudice the rules governing mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, nor shall it apply to information obtained under powers exercised at the request of a judicial authority, unless the authority so agrees.

(ii) ab ab 'regulatory body' means for each Contracting Party any body or bodies given the legal authority by that Contracting Party to grant licences and to regulate the siting, design, construction, commissioning, operation or decommissioning of nuclear installations;

Administrative assistance provided under this Article shall not prejudice the rules governing mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, nor shall it apply to information obtained under powers exercised at the request of a judicial authority, unless the authority so agrees.

Each Contracting Party shall establish or designate a regulatory body entrusted with the implementation of the legislative and regulatory framework referred to in Article 7, and provided with adequate authority, competence and financial and human resources to fulfil its assigned responsibilities.

Administrative assistance provided under this Article shall not prejudice the rules governing mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, nor shall it apply to information obtained under powers exercised at the request of a judicial authority, unless the said authority so agrees.

The Administrative Director, acting under the authority of the College of Eurojust and its President, shall submit to the European Parliament at the latter's request any information required for the smooth application of the discharge procedure for the financial year in question, as laid down in Article 146(3) of the general Financial Regulation.

These may be preferential shares leading to a majority of the voting rights or other rights enabling the minority shareholder to determine the strategic commercial behaviour of the target company, such as the power to appoint more than half of the members of the supervisory board or the administrative board.

An official of a requested authority may be authorized to appear, within the limitations of the authorization granted, as an expert or witness in judicial or administrative proceedings regarding the matters covered by this Protocol in the jurisdiction of the other Party, and produce such objects, documents or authenticated copies thereof, as may be needed for the proceedings.

An official of a requested authority may be authorised to appear, within the limitations of the authorisation granted, as expert or witness in judicial or administrative proceedings regarding the matters covered by this Protocol in the jurisdiction of the other Contracting Party, and produce such objects, documents or authenticated copies thereof, as may be needed for the proceedings.

An official of a requested authority may be authorized to appear, within the limitations of the authorization granted, as expert or witness in judicial or administrative proceedings regarding the matters covered by this Protocol in the jurisdiction of another Party, and produce such objects, documents or authenticated copies thereof, as may be needed for the proceedings.

The tasks which the Commission may entrust by contract to external private sector entities or bodies other than those referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 3 shall be technical expertise tasks and administrative, preparatory or ancillary tasks involving neither the exercise of public authority nor the use of discretionary power.

Each party shall ensure that competent authorities have the necessary power to conduct, in accordance with its applicable laws, regulations and administrative provisions, verification of facilities to confirm their compliance with the criteria for confirmation set out in the applicable laws, regulations and administrative provisions of that party specified in the relevant Sectoral Annex.

An official of a requested authority may be authorised to appear, within the limitations of the authorisation granted, as expert or witness in judicial or administrative proceedings regarding the matters covered by this Protocol in the jurisdiction of another Party, and produce such objects, documents or authenticated copies thereof, as may be needed for the proceedings.

The Contracting Parties agree that under the first sentence of Article 8(1) mutual legal assistance will be made available to a requesting administrative authority that is, at the time of making the request, conducting investigations or proceedings in contemplation of criminal prosecution or referral of the investigated conduct to the competent prosecuting authorities, within the terms of its statutory mandate, as further described immediately below.

An official of a requested authority may be authorized to appear, within the limitations of the authorization granted, as an expert or witness in judicial or administrative proceedings regarding the matters covered by this Protocol in the jurisdiction of the other Contracting Party, and produce such objects, documents or authenticated copies thereof, as may be needed for the proceedings.

- a repeated refusal or undue delay to obtain the authorisation to conduct administrative and investigative cooperation missions in Croatia, in order to verify the authenticity of documents or the accuracy of information relevant for granting the preferential treatment granted under the Agreements, or to carry out or arrange for appropriate inquiries to identify or prevent contravention of the rules of origin,

In addition to the functions and powers conferred on the President of the Office by Article 119 of the Regulation on the Community trade mark, the President may place before the Commission any proposal to amend this Regulation, the implementing regulation, the fees regulation and any other rule to the extent that they apply to registered Community designs, after consulting the Administrative Board and, in the case of the fees regulation, the Budget Committee.

Each party shall ensure that designating authorities have the necessary power to designate, monitor (including verification), withdraw the designation of, suspend the designation of and withdraw the suspension of the designation of the conformity assessment bodies that conduct conformity assessment procedures based on the requirements set out in the applicable laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the other party specified in the relevant Sectoral Annex.

a repeated refusal or undue delay to obtain the authorisation to conduct administrative and investigative cooperation missions in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in order to verify the authenticity of documents or the accuracy of information relevant for granting the preferential treatment granted under the Agreements, or to carry out or arrange for appropriate inquiries to identify or prevent contravention of the rules of origin,

- a repeated refusal or undue delay to obtain the authorisation to conduct administrative and investigative cooperation missions in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in order to verify the authenticity of documents or the accuracy of information relevant for granting the preferential treatment granted under the Agreements, or to carry out or arrange for appropriate inquiries to identify or prevent contravention of the rules of origin,

Where the Office has not discovered any impediment to the grant of a Community plant variety right on the basis of the examination pursuant to Articles 53 and 54, it shall arrange for the technical examination relating to compliance with the conditions laid down in Articles 7, 8 and 9 to be carried out by the competent office or offices in at least one of the Member States entrusted with responsibility for the technical examination of varieties of the species concerned by the Administrative Council, hereafter referred to as the 'Examination Office or Offices'.

Whereas the duties and powers of the Community Plant Variety Office, including its Boards of Appeal, relating to the grant, termination or verification of Community plant variety rights and publications are as far as possible to be modelled on rules developed for other systems, as are also the Office's structure and Rules of Procedure, the collaboration with the Commission and Member States particularly through an Administrative Council, the involvement of Examination Offices in technical examination and moreover the necessary budgetary measures;

Powers of the Board of Directors

Powers of the Management Board

Creation and powers of the Administrative Board

Within the area of responsibility of the Management Board, he or she shall act under the authority of the latter.

In addition to the powers conferred upon it by the other provisions of these Statutes, the Board of Directors shall:

The Council shall have during that period the necessary powers for the conclusion of all administrative and financial matters.

The Administrative Board shall issue specific terms of reference in agreement with the Commission, following consultations with the parties involved."

Member States specify the functions, competences and administrative powers of the regulatory authorities.

Whereas administrative authorities must be impartial and the exercise of their powers must be subject to judicial review;

for this purpose, it shall have the necessary decision-making powers in educational, budgetary and administrative matters, and for the negotiation of the Agreements referred to in Articles 28 to 30.

Where the powers referred to in paragraph 2 are exercised exclusively by an administrative authority, reasons for its decisions shall always be given.