He then joined the European External Action Service, first as a Director and then, as of January 2011, as a Managing Director for Administration and Finance.

Film and TV production generated more than 117,000 full-time job equivalents in 2009-10, including 36,000 in foreign location and service production.

The fact is that foreign location production is at $1.5 billion annually.

It is clear from Article 221 TFEU and from Article 5 of Decision 2010/427 establishing the organisation and functioning of the European External Action Service (EEAS) that the delegations provide the Union’s diplomatic representation in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 18 April 1961 and are placed under the authority of the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, so that a decision to recall a head of delegation to headquarters may not, as such, fall to the Executive Director of the European External Action Service and Director of Human Resources.

They do reflect that the level of growth has certainly slowed down (1120) We have already begun the collection of data for the profile of 2004, and we are anticipating some further slowdown in production levels, both in domestic production and foreign location shooting.

4. The Deputy Executive Director shall be appointed by the Management Board on the grounds of merit and documented administrative and management skills, as well as his/her relevant experience in the field of management of the external borders on the proposal of the Executive Director.