Resources made available to the Joint Undertaking in 2009

Competences of the Joint Undertaking as defined in Regulation (EC) No 219/2007 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1361/2008

Common transport policy 1. The provisions of this Title shall apply to transport by rail, road and inland waterway. 2. The European Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, may lay down appropriate provisions for sea and air transport. They shall act after consulting the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. (Article 100 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) Research and technological development The Union may set up joint undertakings or any other structure necessary for the efficient execution of Union research, technological development and demonstration programmes. (Article 187 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union)

Objectives — to ensure the modernisation of the European air traffic management system by coordinating and concentrating all relevant research and development efforts in the Union, — to execute the ATM Master Plan.

Tasks — manage the research, development and validation activities of the SESAR project by combining public and private sector funding provided by its members and using external technical resources and in particular by using Eurocontrol’s experience and expertise. In particular — organise and coordinating the activities of the development phase of the SESAR project, in accordance with the ATM Master Plan, resulting from the definition phase of the project managed by Eurocontrol, by combining and managing under a single structure public and private sector funding, — ensure the necessary funding for the activities of the development phase of the SESAR project in accordance with the ATM Master Plan, — ensure the involvement of the stakeholders of the air traffic management sector in Europe, in particular: air navigation service providers, airspace users, professional staff associations, airports, and manufacturing industry; as well as the relevant scientific institutions or the relevant scientific community, — organise the technical work of research and development, validation and study, to be carried out under its authority while avoiding fragmentation of such activities, — ensure the supervision of activities related to the development of common products duly identified in the ATM Master Plan and if necessary, to organise specific invitations to tender.

1 — Administrative Board Composition (a) a representative from each of the members of the Joint Undertaking; (b) a representative of the military; (c) a representative of civil users of airspace; (d) an air navigation service providers’ representative, designated by their representative organisation at European level; (e) an equipment manufacturers’ representative, designated by their representative organisation at European level; (f) an airports’ representative; (g) a representative from the bodies representing staff in the air traffic management sector, designated by their representative organisation at European level; (h) a representative of the relevant scientific institutions or the relevant scientific community, designated by their representative organisation at European level. The Administrative Board shall be chaired by the representative of the Union. Main tasks (a) adopt the ATM Master Plan endorsed by the Council as referred to in Article 1(2) of the SESAR Regulation and approve any proposal to modify it; (b) give guidelines and take the decisions necessary for the implementation of the development phase of the SESAR project and exercise overall control over its implementation; (c) approve the Joint Undertaking’s work programme and annual work programmes as well as the annual budget, including the staff establishment plan; (d) authorise negotiations and decide on the accession of new members and on the relating agreements; (e) supervise the execution of the agreements between members and the Joint Undertaking; (f) appoint and dismiss the Executive Director and approve the organisation chart and monitoring the Executive Director’s performance; (g) decide on the amounts and procedures for the payment of members’ financial contributions and the assessment of contributions in kind; (h) adopt the financial regulations rules of the Joint Undertaking; (i) approve the annual accounts and balance-sheet; (j) adopt the annual report on the progress of the development phase of the SESAR project and its financial situation; (k) decide on proposals to the Commission on the extension and the dissolution of the Joint Undertaking; (l) establish procedures for granting rights of access to tangible and intangible assets which are the property of the Joint Undertaking and the transfer of such assets; (m) lay down the rules and procedures for awarding the contracts necessary to implement the ATM Master Plan, including specific procedures for conflicts of interest; (n) decide on proposals to the Commission to amend the Statutes; (o) exercise such other powers and perform such other functions, including the establishment of subsidiary bodies, as may be necessary for the purposes of the development phase of the SESAR project; (p) adopt the arrangements for implementing Article 8 on the secondment of staff to the Joint Undertaking. 2 — Executive Director Appointed by the Administrative Board on a proposal from the Commission. 3 — External Audit Court of Auditors. 4 — Discharge Authority Parliament on a recommendation of the Council.

Budget 325,1 million euro Union contribution 16,9 %. Staff at 31 December 2009 Posts in the staff establishment plan: 39 Post occupied: 18 Other posts (auxiliary contracts, seconded national experts, local staff): 8 Total staff number: 26 Staff seconded from the Joint Undertaking members as part of their in-kind contribution: 4 assigned to the following duties: — operational tasks: 22, — administrative and support tasks: 16, — mixed tasks: 1.