3.By 30 September each year, the Head of the Agency shall propose the draft general budget together with the draft three-year Planning Framework to the Steering Board. The draft shall include:
(a)the appropriations deemed necessary:
(i)to cover the Agency's running, staffing and meeting costs;
(ii)for procuring external advice, notably operational analysis, essential for the Agency to discharge its tasks, and for specific activities for the common benefit of all participating Member States, as provided in Article 5;
(b)a forecast of the revenue needed to cover expenditure.