**Target:** Proposal for a regulation — Article 57 — paragraph 1

## Text proposed by the Commission

1. The Board shall be composed of the national supervisory authorities , who shall be represented by the head or equivalent high-level official of that authority, and the European Data Protection Supervisor. Other national authorities may be invited to the meetings, where the issues discussed are of relevance for them.

## Amendment of the European Parliament

1. The activities of the secretariat shall be managed by an executive director. The executive director shall be accountable to the management board. Without prejudice to the respective powers of the management board and the Union institutions, the executive director shall neither seek nor take instructions from any government or from any other body