13.1 There shall be a Director-General of the Organisation who shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Organisation and shall have responsibility for the day to day administration of the Organisation. The Director-General shall be appointed by the OECS Authority to serve in that capacity for a term of 4 years and shall be eligible for re-appointment.
13.2 The Director-General shall in the performance of the Director-General's functions be responsible to the OECS Authority, to the OECS Commission, and through the OECS Commission to the Council of Ministers and to the Economic Affairs Council. The Director-General shall be responsible for the general efficiency of the OECS Commission's administrative service, for co-ordination of the activities of the Organisation and for the operation of the administrative apparatus in general. The Director-General shall similarly be responsible through the OECS Commission to any Organ established by the OECS Authority pursuant to Article 7.2 of this Treaty.
13.3 The terms and conditions of service of the Director-General and the staff of the OECS Commission shall be governed by such rules and regulations as are approved by the OECS Authority.
13.4 Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, the Director-General shall have the discretion to appoint all staff of the OECS Commission other than Directors, who are appointed by the Director-General with the prior approval of the OECS Commission. In appointing officers to posts on the staff of the OECS Commission due regard shall be paid, subject to the paramount consideration of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity, to the desirability of maintaining an equitable distribution of appointments to such posts among citizens and belongers of the Member States.
13.5 The Director-General shall have the responsibililty to ensure that all persons found suitable for employment under Article 13.4 are duly cleared in respect of security before engagement.
13.6 In the performance of their duties the Director-General and other members of the staff of the OECS Commission shall neither seek nor accept instructions from any Government or from any other authority external to the Organisation. They shall refrain from any action which might reflect on their position as international officials responsible only to the Organisation.
13.7 Each Member State undertakes to respect the exclusively international character of the responsibilities of the Director-General and other members of the staff of the OECS Commission and not to seek to influence them in the discharge of their responsibilities.
13.8 The holder of the office of Director-General of the Organisation under the Treaty of Basseterre 1981 shall succeed to the office of Director-General under this Treaty and shall occupy that office for the duration of any unexpired term that would have obtained under the Treaty of Basseterre 1981.
13.9 The holder of any office or employment in the OECS Secretariat may effect to hold an equivalent office of employment in the OECS Commission on terms as if the date of assumption of the office or employment was the date of such assumption of office or employment in the OECS Secretariat.