Article 17 — Annual and multi-annual programming

1. By 30 November each year the Management Board shall adopt a single programming document containing annual and multi-annual programming, based on a draft presented by the Executive Director, taking into account the opinion of the Commission. The Management Board shall submit it to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission. In the event that the Commission expresses, within 15 days from the date of adoption of the single programming document, its disagreement with the document, the Management Board shall re-examine the single programming document and adopt it, possibly amended, within a period of two months of the Commission’s expression of disagreement, at second reading either with a two-thirds majority of its members with voting rights, including the Commission representatives, or by unanimity of the representatives of the Member States. 2. The single programming document shall become definitive after final adoption of the general budget of the Union and, if necessary, shall be adjusted accordingly. 3. The annual work programme shall comprise detailed objectives and expected results including performance indicators. It shall also contain a description of the actions to be financed and an indication of the financial and human resources allocated to each action, in accordance with the principles of activity-based budgeting and management. The annual work programme shall be consistent with the multi-annual work programme. It shall clearly indicate tasks that have been added, changed or deleted in comparison with the previous financial year. Annual or multi-annual programming, or both, shall include the strategy for relations with third countries or international organisations referred to in Article 11 and the actions linked to this strategy. 4. The Management Board shall amend the adopted annual work programme when a new task is given to the Agency. The inclusion of such a new task shall be subject to an analysis of the human and budgetary resources implications and may be subject to a decision by the Management Board to postpone other tasks. 5. Notwithstanding the right of the Management Board to prioritise certain tasks and activities in the annual and multi-annual planning, the Management Board shall examine and approve, in the framework of the preparation of the single programming document, Commission’s or Member States’ requests for technical assistance, as referred to in Article 3(1), point (c), Article 3(2), point (b), Article 4(2), (9) and (10), Article 5(6), (8) and (10), Article 7(2), Article 8(6) and (7), Article 9(3), Article 10(4) and Article 11(2) and (4). The approval of such requests: (a) shall be without prejudice to the other tasks of the Agency; (b) shall avoid duplication of efforts; (c) shall be subject to an analysis of the human and budgetary resources implications; and (d) may be subject to a decision by the Management Board to postpone other tasks. 6. Any substantial amendment to the annual work programme shall be adopted by the same procedure as the initial annual work programme. The Management Board may delegate the power to make non-substantial amendments to the annual work programme to the Executive Director. 7. The multi-annual work programme shall set out overall strategic programming including objectives, expected results and performance indicators. It shall also set out resource programming including multi-annual budget and staff. 8. The strategic programming referred to in paragraph 7 of this Article shall be updated where appropriate, and in particular to address the outcome of the evaluation referred to in Article 38. The resource programming referred to in paragraph 7 of this Article shall be updated annually.