http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/561/article/2Council Regulation (EU) No 561/2014 of 6 May 2014 establishing the ECSEL Joint Undertaking (Text with EEA relevance)Council Regulation (EU) No 561/2014Council Regulation (EU) No 561/2014 of 6 May 2014 establishing the ECSEL Joint Undertaking (Text with EEA relevance)2020-12-12King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014R0561texttext/xmlen2014-05-06 Objectives and scope Article 2 1 The ECSEL Joint Undertaking shall have the following objectives: a to contribute to the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013, and in particular part II of Decision 2013/743/EU; b to contribute to the development of a strong and globally competitive electronics components and systems industry in the Union; c to ensure the availability of electronic components and systems for key markets and for addressing societal challenges, aiming at keeping Europe at the forefront of technology development, bridging the gap between research and exploitation, strengthening innovation capabilities and creating economic and employment growth in the Union; d to align strategies with Member States to attract private investment and contribute to the effectiveness of public support by avoiding an unnecessary duplication and fragmentation of efforts and by facilitating the participation of actors involved in research and innovation; e to maintain and grow semiconductor and smart system manufacturing capability in Europe, including leadership in manufacturing equipment and materials processing; f to secure and strengthen a commanding position in design and systems engineering including embedded technologies; g to provide access of all stakeholders to a world-class infrastructure for the design and manufacture of electronic components and embedded/cyber-physical and smart systems; and h to build a dynamic ecosystem involving Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), thereby strengthening existing clusters and nurturing the creation of new clusters in promising new areas. 2 The scope of work for the ECSEL Joint Undertaking shall be built on the results obtained by the ENIAC and ARTEMIS Joint Undertakings, by the European Technology Platform EPoSS, and by work funded through other national and European programmes. It will foster in a proper and balanced way new developments in, and synergies between, the following main areas: a design technologies, process and integration, equipment, materials and manufacturing for micro- and nanoelectronics while targeting miniaturisation, diversification and differentiation, heterogeneous integration; b processes, methods, tools and platforms, reference designs and architectures, for software and/or control-intensive embedded/cyber-physical systems, addressing seamless connectivity and interoperability, functional safety, high availability, and security for professional and consumer type applications, and connected services; and c multi-disciplinary approaches for smart systems, supported by developments in holistic design and advanced manufacturing to realise self-reliant and adaptable smart systems having sophisticated interfaces and offering complex functionalities based on, for example, the seamless integration of sensing, actuating, processing, energy provision and networking.