Artikel VII

1. a. The Council shall appoint, by a two-thirds majority of all the Member States, a Director-General for a defined period of time and may by the same majority dismiss him.
b. The Council may postpone the appointment of the Director-General for such a period as it considers necessary, on the occurrence of a subsequent vacancy. In this event it shall appoint a person to act in his stead, the person so appointed to have such powers and responsibilities as the Council may direct.
2. The Director-General shall be the chief executive officer and the legal representative of the Laboratory.
3. a. The Director-General shall present to the Council: i the draft indicative scheme referred to in paragraph 3, b.of Article VI of this Agreement;
ii. the budget and provisional estimate provided for in subparagraphs c. and d. of paragraph 3 of Article VI of this Agreement;
iii. the audited annual accounts and the annual report called for in sub-paragraphs f. and g. of paragraph 3 of Article VI of this Agreement.
i the draft indicative scheme referred to in paragraph 3, b.of Article VI of this Agreement;
ii. the budget and provisional estimate provided for in subparagraphs c. and d. of paragraph 3 of Article VI of this Agreement;
iii. the audited annual accounts and the annual report called for in sub-paragraphs f. and g. of paragraph 3 of Article VI of this Agreement.
b. The Director-General shall transmit to EMBC for consideration the annual report approved by the Council in accordance with paragraph 3, g. of Article VI of this Agreement.
4. The Director-General shall be assisted by such scientific, technical, administrative and clerical staff as may be authorised by the Council.
5. The Director-General shall appoint and dismiss the staff. The Council shall approve the appointment and dismissal of the senior staff as that category is defined in the Staff Rules. Any appointment and its termination shall be in accordance with the Staff Rules. Any persons, not members of the staff, who are invited to work at the Laboratory shall be subject to the authority of the Director-General and to such general conditions as may be approved by the Council.
6. Each Member State shall respect the exclusively international character of the responsibilities of the Director-General and the staff in regard to the Laboratory. In the discharge of their duties they shall neither seek nor receive instructions from any Member State or any government or other authority external to the Laboratory.