Article 1 
Establishment of the Agency 1. An executive agency (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agency’) for the management of Community action in the field of energy, the statute of which is laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003, is hereby established. 2. The name of the Agency shall be the ‘Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation.’ Article 2 Location The agency shall be located in Brussels. Article 3 Duration The Agency shall carry out its tasks from 1 January 2004 until 31 December 2015. Article 4 Objectives and tasks 1. The Agency shall be responsible for carrying out the following implementation tasks for the management of Community actions in the fields of energy, entrepreneurship and innovation, including eco-innovation, and sustainable freight transport, under the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme 2007-2013 established by Decision No 1639/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 3 ) (hereinafter referred to as the CIP), and the second Marco Polo Programme 2007-2013 established by Regulation (EC) No 1692/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 4 ): (a) managing all the phases in the lifetime of specific projects in the context of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme and the Intelligent Energy — Europe Programme established by Decision No 1639/2006/EC and the second Marco Polo Programme, as well as the necessary checks to that end, by adopting the relevant decisions where the Commission has empowered it to do so; (b) adopting the instruments of budget implementation for revenue and expenditure and carrying out, where the Commission has empowered it to do so, all the operations necessary to manage the implementing measures and, in particular, those linked to the award of contracts and grants under the CIP and the second Marco Polo Programme; (c) gathering, analysing and passing on to the Commission all the information needed to guide and evaluate the implementation of the CIP and the second Marco Polo Programme. 2. The Agency shall also manage all the phases in the lifetime of the implementing measures delegated to it in the framework of the following programmes: (a) Intelligent Energy — Europe (2003 to 2006) established by Decision No 1230/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 5 ); (b) Marco Polo (2003 to 2006) established by Regulation (EC) No 1382/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 6 ). The Commission’s rights and obligations in respect of the implementing measures referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph are assigned to the Agency. 3. The Agency may be charged by the Commission, following the opinion of the committee established by Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 58/2003, to carry out tasks of the same type under the CIP or other Community programmes, within the meaning of Article 2 of that Regulation, in the fields referred to in paragraph 1. 4. The Commission Decision delegating authority to the Agency shall set out in detail all the tasks entrusted to it and shall be adapted in the light of any additional tasks which may be entrusted to the Agency. The Commission decision will be transmitted, for information, to the committee established by Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 58/2003. Article 5 Organisational structure 1. The Agency shall be managed by a Steering Committee and a Director appointed by the Commission. 2. The members of the Steering Committee shall be appointed for three years. 3. The Director shall be appointed for five years. Article 6 Grants The Agency shall receive grants which shall be entered in the general budget of the European Communities from the funds allocated to the CIP and the second Marco Polo Programme and, where appropriate, other Community programmes or actions entrusted to the Agency for implementation pursuant to Article 4(3). Article 7 Supervision and reporting requirement The Agency shall be subject to supervision by the Commission and shall report regularly on progress in implementing the programmes for which it is responsible in accordance with the arrangements and at the intervals stipulated in the instrument of delegation. Article 8 Implementation of the administrative budget The Agency shall implement its administrative budget in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1653/2004 ( 7 ). ( 1 ) OJ L 11, 16.1.2003, p. 1. ( 2 ) OJ L 176, 15.7.2003, p. 29. ( 3 ) OJ L 310, 9.11.2006, p. 15. ( 4 ) OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 1. ( 6 ) OJ L 196, 2.8.2003, p. 1. ( 7 ) OJ L 297, 22.9.2004, p. 6.
Article 2 
Location The agency shall be located in Brussels. Article 3 Duration The Agency shall carry out its tasks from 1 January 2004 until 31 December 2015. Article 4 Objectives and tasks 1. The Agency shall be responsible for carrying out the following implementation tasks for the management of Community actions in the fields of energy, entrepreneurship and innovation, including eco-innovation, and sustainable freight transport, under the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme 2007-2013 established by Decision No 1639/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 3 ) (hereinafter referred to as the CIP), and the second Marco Polo Programme 2007-2013 established by Regulation (EC) No 1692/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 4 ): (a) managing all the phases in the lifetime of specific projects in the context of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme and the Intelligent Energy — Europe Programme established by Decision No 1639/2006/EC and the second Marco Polo Programme, as well as the necessary checks to that end, by adopting the relevant decisions where the Commission has empowered it to do so; (b) adopting the instruments of budget implementation for revenue and expenditure and carrying out, where the Commission has empowered it to do so, all the operations necessary to manage the implementing measures and, in particular, those linked to the award of contracts and grants under the CIP and the second Marco Polo Programme; (c) gathering, analysing and passing on to the Commission all the information needed to guide and evaluate the implementation of the CIP and the second Marco Polo Programme. 2. The Agency shall also manage all the phases in the lifetime of the implementing measures delegated to it in the framework of the following programmes: (a) Intelligent Energy — Europe (2003 to 2006) established by Decision No 1230/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 5 ); (b) Marco Polo (2003 to 2006) established by Regulation (EC) No 1382/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 6 ). The Commission’s rights and obligations in respect of the implementing measures referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph are assigned to the Agency. 3. The Agency may be charged by the Commission, following the opinion of the committee established by Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 58/2003, to carry out tasks of the same type under the CIP or other Community programmes, within the meaning of Article 2 of that Regulation, in the fields referred to in paragraph 1. 4. The Commission Decision delegating authority to the Agency shall set out in detail all the tasks entrusted to it and shall be adapted in the light of any additional tasks which may be entrusted to the Agency. The Commission decision will be transmitted, for information, to the committee established by Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 58/2003. Article 5 Organisational structure 1. The Agency shall be managed by a Steering Committee and a Director appointed by the Commission. 2. The members of the Steering Committee shall be appointed for three years. 3. The Director shall be appointed for five years. Article 6 Grants The Agency shall receive grants which shall be entered in the general budget of the European Communities from the funds allocated to the CIP and the second Marco Polo Programme and, where appropriate, other Community programmes or actions entrusted to the Agency for implementation pursuant to Article 4(3). Article 7 Supervision and reporting requirement The Agency shall be subject to supervision by the Commission and shall report regularly on progress in implementing the programmes for which it is responsible in accordance with the arrangements and at the intervals stipulated in the instrument of delegation. Article 8 Implementation of the administrative budget The Agency shall implement its administrative budget in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1653/2004 ( 7 ). ( 1 ) OJ L 11, 16.1.2003, p. 1. ( 2 ) OJ L 176, 15.7.2003, p. 29. ( 3 ) OJ L 310, 9.11.2006, p. 15. ( 4 ) OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 1. ( 6 ) OJ L 196, 2.8.2003, p. 1. ( 7 ) OJ L 297, 22.9.2004, p. 6.
Article 3 
Duration The Agency shall carry out its tasks from 1 January 2004 until 31 December 2015. Article 4 Objectives and tasks 1. The Agency shall be responsible for carrying out the following implementation tasks for the management of Community actions in the fields of energy, entrepreneurship and innovation, including eco-innovation, and sustainable freight transport, under the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme 2007-2013 established by Decision No 1639/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 3 ) (hereinafter referred to as the CIP), and the second Marco Polo Programme 2007-2013 established by Regulation (EC) No 1692/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 4 ): (a) managing all the phases in the lifetime of specific projects in the context of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme and the Intelligent Energy — Europe Programme established by Decision No 1639/2006/EC and the second Marco Polo Programme, as well as the necessary checks to that end, by adopting the relevant decisions where the Commission has empowered it to do so; (b) adopting the instruments of budget implementation for revenue and expenditure and carrying out, where the Commission has empowered it to do so, all the operations necessary to manage the implementing measures and, in particular, those linked to the award of contracts and grants under the CIP and the second Marco Polo Programme; (c) gathering, analysing and passing on to the Commission all the information needed to guide and evaluate the implementation of the CIP and the second Marco Polo Programme. 2. The Agency shall also manage all the phases in the lifetime of the implementing measures delegated to it in the framework of the following programmes: (a) Intelligent Energy — Europe (2003 to 2006) established by Decision No 1230/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 5 ); (b) Marco Polo (2003 to 2006) established by Regulation (EC) No 1382/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 6 ). The Commission’s rights and obligations in respect of the implementing measures referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph are assigned to the Agency. 3. The Agency may be charged by the Commission, following the opinion of the committee established by Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 58/2003, to carry out tasks of the same type under the CIP or other Community programmes, within the meaning of Article 2 of that Regulation, in the fields referred to in paragraph 1. 4. The Commission Decision delegating authority to the Agency shall set out in detail all the tasks entrusted to it and shall be adapted in the light of any additional tasks which may be entrusted to the Agency. The Commission decision will be transmitted, for information, to the committee established by Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 58/2003. Article 5 Organisational structure 1. The Agency shall be managed by a Steering Committee and a Director appointed by the Commission. 2. The members of the Steering Committee shall be appointed for three years. 3. The Director shall be appointed for five years. Article 6 Grants The Agency shall receive grants which shall be entered in the general budget of the European Communities from the funds allocated to the CIP and the second Marco Polo Programme and, where appropriate, other Community programmes or actions entrusted to the Agency for implementation pursuant to Article 4(3). Article 7 Supervision and reporting requirement The Agency shall be subject to supervision by the Commission and shall report regularly on progress in implementing the programmes for which it is responsible in accordance with the arrangements and at the intervals stipulated in the instrument of delegation. Article 8 Implementation of the administrative budget The Agency shall implement its administrative budget in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1653/2004 ( 7 ). ( 1 ) OJ L 11, 16.1.2003, p. 1. ( 2 ) OJ L 176, 15.7.2003, p. 29. ( 3 ) OJ L 310, 9.11.2006, p. 15. ( 4 ) OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 1. ( 6 ) OJ L 196, 2.8.2003, p. 1. ( 7 ) OJ L 297, 22.9.2004, p. 6.
Article 4 
Objectives and tasks 1. The Agency shall be responsible for carrying out the following implementation tasks for the management of Community actions in the fields of energy, entrepreneurship and innovation, including eco-innovation, and sustainable freight transport, under the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme 2007-2013 established by Decision No 1639/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 3 ) (hereinafter referred to as the CIP), and the second Marco Polo Programme 2007-2013 established by Regulation (EC) No 1692/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 4 ): (a) managing all the phases in the lifetime of specific projects in the context of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme and the Intelligent Energy — Europe Programme established by Decision No 1639/2006/EC and the second Marco Polo Programme, as well as the necessary checks to that end, by adopting the relevant decisions where the Commission has empowered it to do so; (b) adopting the instruments of budget implementation for revenue and expenditure and carrying out, where the Commission has empowered it to do so, all the operations necessary to manage the implementing measures and, in particular, those linked to the award of contracts and grants under the CIP and the second Marco Polo Programme; (c) gathering, analysing and passing on to the Commission all the information needed to guide and evaluate the implementation of the CIP and the second Marco Polo Programme. 2. The Agency shall also manage all the phases in the lifetime of the implementing measures delegated to it in the framework of the following programmes: (a) Intelligent Energy — Europe (2003 to 2006) established by Decision No 1230/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 5 ); (b) Marco Polo (2003 to 2006) established by Regulation (EC) No 1382/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 6 ). The Commission’s rights and obligations in respect of the implementing measures referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph are assigned to the Agency. 3. The Agency may be charged by the Commission, following the opinion of the committee established by Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 58/2003, to carry out tasks of the same type under the CIP or other Community programmes, within the meaning of Article 2 of that Regulation, in the fields referred to in paragraph 1. 4. The Commission Decision delegating authority to the Agency shall set out in detail all the tasks entrusted to it and shall be adapted in the light of any additional tasks which may be entrusted to the Agency. The Commission decision will be transmitted, for information, to the committee established by Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 58/2003. Article 5 Organisational structure 1. The Agency shall be managed by a Steering Committee and a Director appointed by the Commission. 2. The members of the Steering Committee shall be appointed for three years. 3. The Director shall be appointed for five years. Article 6 Grants The Agency shall receive grants which shall be entered in the general budget of the European Communities from the funds allocated to the CIP and the second Marco Polo Programme and, where appropriate, other Community programmes or actions entrusted to the Agency for implementation pursuant to Article 4(3). Article 7 Supervision and reporting requirement The Agency shall be subject to supervision by the Commission and shall report regularly on progress in implementing the programmes for which it is responsible in accordance with the arrangements and at the intervals stipulated in the instrument of delegation. Article 8 Implementation of the administrative budget The Agency shall implement its administrative budget in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1653/2004 ( 7 ). ( 1 ) OJ L 11, 16.1.2003, p. 1. ( 2 ) OJ L 176, 15.7.2003, p. 29. ( 3 ) OJ L 310, 9.11.2006, p. 15. ( 4 ) OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 1. ( 6 ) OJ L 196, 2.8.2003, p. 1. ( 7 ) OJ L 297, 22.9.2004, p. 6.
Article 5 
Organisational structure 1. The Agency shall be managed by a Steering Committee and a Director appointed by the Commission. 2. The members of the Steering Committee shall be appointed for three years. 3. The Director shall be appointed for five years. Article 6 Grants The Agency shall receive grants which shall be entered in the general budget of the European Communities from the funds allocated to the CIP and the second Marco Polo Programme and, where appropriate, other Community programmes or actions entrusted to the Agency for implementation pursuant to Article 4(3). Article 7 Supervision and reporting requirement The Agency shall be subject to supervision by the Commission and shall report regularly on progress in implementing the programmes for which it is responsible in accordance with the arrangements and at the intervals stipulated in the instrument of delegation. Article 8 Implementation of the administrative budget The Agency shall implement its administrative budget in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1653/2004 ( 7 ). ( 1 ) OJ L 11, 16.1.2003, p. 1. ( 2 ) OJ L 176, 15.7.2003, p. 29. ( 3 ) OJ L 310, 9.11.2006, p. 15. ( 4 ) OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 1. ( 6 ) OJ L 196, 2.8.2003, p. 1. ( 7 ) OJ L 297, 22.9.2004, p. 6.
Article 6 
Grants The Agency shall receive grants which shall be entered in the general budget of the European Communities from the funds allocated to the CIP and the second Marco Polo Programme and, where appropriate, other Community programmes or actions entrusted to the Agency for implementation pursuant to Article 4(3). Article 7 Supervision and reporting requirement The Agency shall be subject to supervision by the Commission and shall report regularly on progress in implementing the programmes for which it is responsible in accordance with the arrangements and at the intervals stipulated in the instrument of delegation. Article 8 Implementation of the administrative budget The Agency shall implement its administrative budget in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1653/2004 ( 7 ). ( 1 ) OJ L 11, 16.1.2003, p. 1. ( 2 ) OJ L 176, 15.7.2003, p. 29. ( 3 ) OJ L 310, 9.11.2006, p. 15. ( 4 ) OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 1. ( 6 ) OJ L 196, 2.8.2003, p. 1. ( 7 ) OJ L 297, 22.9.2004, p. 6.
Article 7 
Supervision and reporting requirement The Agency shall be subject to supervision by the Commission and shall report regularly on progress in implementing the programmes for which it is responsible in accordance with the arrangements and at the intervals stipulated in the instrument of delegation. Article 8 Implementation of the administrative budget The Agency shall implement its administrative budget in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1653/2004 ( 7 ). ( 1 ) OJ L 11, 16.1.2003, p. 1. ( 2 ) OJ L 176, 15.7.2003, p. 29. ( 3 ) OJ L 310, 9.11.2006, p. 15. ( 4 ) OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 1. ( 6 ) OJ L 196, 2.8.2003, p. 1. ( 7 ) OJ L 297, 22.9.2004, p. 6.
Article 8 
Implementation of the administrative budget The Agency shall implement its administrative budget in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1653/2004 ( 7 ). ( 1 ) OJ L 11, 16.1.2003, p. 1. ( 2 ) OJ L 176, 15.7.2003, p. 29. ( 3 ) OJ L 310, 9.11.2006, p. 15. ( 4 ) OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 1. ( 6 ) OJ L 196, 2.8.2003, p. 1. ( 7 ) OJ L 297, 22.9.2004, p. 6.