1. Necessary arrangements concerning the accommodation to be provided for the Agency in the host Member State where the seat of the Agency is located and the facilities to be made available by that Member State together with the specific rules applicable in the host Member State to the Executive Director, members of the Administrative Board, Agency staff and members of their families shall be laid down in a headquarters agreement. The headquarters agreement shall be concluded between the Agency and the Member State concerned where the seat of the Agency is located, after obtaining the approval of the Administrative Board.
2. Where necessary for the operation of a local office of the Agency, established in accordance with Article 79(2), a hosting agreement between the Agency and the Member State concerned where the local office is located shall be concluded after obtaining the approval of the Administrative Board.
3. The Agency’s host Member States shall provide the best possible conditions to ensure the smooth and efficient functioning of the Agency, including multilingual, European-oriented schooling and appropriate transport connections.