Council Regulation (EC) No 71/2007 (repealed)Show full title

Article 2 Tasks and activities

In order to achieve the objectives of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking its main tasks and activities shall be the following:

(a)

bringing together a range of ITDs with the emphasis on innovative technologies and development of full scale demonstrators;

(b)

focusing efforts within ITDs on key deliverables that can help meet Europe's environmental and competitiveness goals;

(c)

enhancing the technology verification process in order to identify and remove obstacles to future market penetration;

(d)

pooling user requirements to guide investment in research and development towards operational and marketable solutions;

(e)

implementing the research and development activities needed, where appropriate by awarding grants following calls for proposals;

(f)

awarding grants to support research performed by its Members and by other entities selected following calls for proposals in accordance with open criteria agreed by the Governing Board;

(g)

publishing information on the projects, including the name of the recipients and the amount of the financial contribution of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking per recipient;

(h)

ensuring the provision of services and supply contracts, where appropriate, through calls for tender;

(i)

mobilising the public and private sector funds needed;

(j)

liaising with national and international activities in the Joint Undertaking technical domain, in particular with the SESAR Joint Undertaking(1);

(k)

informing, by way of periodic meetings, the National States Representative Group and involving ACARE;

(l)

notifying legal entities that have concluded a grant agreement with the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking of the potential borrowing opportunities from the European Investment Bank, in particular the Risk Sharing Finance Facility set up under the Seventh Framework Programme;

(m)

stimulating the involvement of SMEs in its activities, in line with the objectives of the Seventh Research Framework Programme; in this respect the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking shall establish relevant quantitative targets in line with those set in the Seventh Framework Programme;

(n)

developing close cooperation and ensure coordination with related European (in particular the Framework Programme), national and trans-national activities.

(1)

OJ L 64, 2.3.2007, p. 1.