CHAPTER VCONSULTATION OF MEMBER STATES, MONITORING, REPORTING AND SUPERVISION
Article 21Information and consultation of the Member States
1.
The Network Manager shall regularly update the Commission on progress in the execution of network functions and the measures taken. The Commission shall inform Member States of that progress and of those measures.
2.
The Commission shall consult Member States on the strategic issues of the network functions and to take account their opinion.
Those issues shall include:
(a)
the overall performance of the network;
(b)
the implementation of remedial measures by the Network Manager referred to in Article 10;
(c)
the appointment of the chairperson and the members of the Network Management Board;
(d)
the draft Network Strategy Plan, and in particular the objectives of the plan at an early stage;
(e)
the draft Network Performance Plan;
(f)
the draft annual budget of the Network Manager;
(g)
the Network Manager Annual Report;
(h)
the draft Rules of Procedure of the EACCC;
(i)
the specifications for the consultation processes and the detailed working arrangements and processes for operations referred to in Articles 16 and 17;
(j)
the issues referred to in Articles 12(3) which are not solved at the level of the individual network function;
(k)
the cases referred to in Article 10(3);
(l)
the assessment referred to in Article 5;
(m)
the development and provision of monitoring tasks related to the ATM/CNS infrastructure and of common network support services related to the execution of network functions, including the corresponding cost benefit analyses and budget.
The consultation on point (a) of the second subparagraph shall take place on a regular basis.