CHAPTER VI GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 1 is amended as follows:

Article 4 is amended as follows:

in Article 8(1), point (l) is deleted;

Articles 9a and 9b are deleted;

in Article 17, paragraph 6 is replaced by the following:

The decision of the Authority shall be in conformity with the formal opinion issued by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 4.’

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in Article 19, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

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in Article 33(1), the second subparagraph is deleted;

in Article 40(7), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:

‘The Board of Supervisors may decide to admit observers. In particular, the Board of Supervisors shall admit a representative of the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism established by Regulation (EU) 2024/1620 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( *1 ) where matters that fall under its mandate are discussed or decided upon.

in Article 81, paragraph 2b is deleted.

in Article 1(2), the second subparagraph is deleted;

in Article 40(5), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:

‘The Board of Supervisors may decide to admit observers. In particular, the Board of Supervisors shall admit a representative of the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism established by Regulation (EU) 2024/1620 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( *2 ) where matters that fall under its mandate are discussed or decided upon.

in Article 54, paragraph 2a is deleted.

in Article 1(2), the second subparagraph is deleted;

in Article 40(6), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:

‘The Board of Supervisors may decide to admit observers. In particular, the Board of Supervisors shall admit a representative of the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism established by Regulation (EU) 2024/1620 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( *3 ) where matters that fall under its mandate are discussed or decided upon.

in Article 54, paragraph 2a is deleted.

the Commission may designate a Commission official to act as interim Executive Director and exercise the duties assigned to the Executive Director until the Authority has the capacity to implement its own budget and the Executive Director has taken up his or her duties following his or her appointment by the Executive Board in accordance with Article 70;

by way of derogation from Article 62(1), until the Chair of the Authority has been appointed, the interim Executive Director may convene and chair the meetings of the General Board, without the right to vote;

by way of derogation from Article 64(4), point (g), until the adoption of a decision as referred to in Article 70, the interim Executive Director shall exercise the appointing authority powers;

the Commission may offer assistance to the Authority, in particular by seconding Commission officials to carry out the activities of the Authority under the responsibility of the interim Executive Director or the Executive Director;

the interim Executive Director may authorise all payments covered by appropriations entered in the Authority’s budget and may conclude contracts, including staff contracts, following the adoption of the Authority’s establishment plan.