European Aviation Safety Agency: term of office of Executive Director and Directors

The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Giuseppe GARGANI (EPP-ED, IT), and made two substantive amendments to the Commission’s proposal:

-a new paragraph states that the Executive Director of the Agency will be appointed on grounds of merit and documented competence and experience relevant for civil aviation, or dismissed, by the Management Board on the proposal of the Commission, after hearing the opinion of the representative appointed by the European Parliament. The Management Board shall take its decision by a three-quarters majority of its members;

-the opinion of the representative appointed by the European Parliament must be heard before the renewal of the Executive Director’s and Directors’ term of office.