It shall in particular: (a) aim at placing Europe at the forefront of fuel cell and hydrogen technologies worldwide and at enabling the market breakthrough of fuel cell and hydrogen technologies, thereby allowing commercial market forces to drive the substantial potential public benefits; (b) support Research, Technological development and Demonstration (hereinafter referred to as RTD) in the Member States and countries associated with the Seventh Framework Programme (hereinafter referred as Associated countries) in a coordinated manner to overcome the market failure and focus on developing market applications and thereby facilitate additional industrial efforts towards a rapid deployment of fuel cells and hydrogen technologies; (c) support the implementation of the RTD priorities of the JTI on Fuel Cells and Hydrogen, notably by awarding grants following competitive calls for proposals; (d) Aim to encourage increased public and private research investment in fuel cells and hydrogen technologies in the Member States and Associated countries. Tasks (a) to ensure the establishment and the efficient management of the Joint Technology Initiative on Fuel Cells and Hydrogen; (b) to reach the critical mass of research effort to give confidence to industry, public and private investors, decision makers and other stakeholders to embark on a long-term programme; (c) to leverage further industrial, national and regional RTD investment; (d) to integrate RTD, and focus on achieving long-term sustainability and industrial competitiveness targets for cost, performance and durability and overcome critical technology bottlenecks; (e) to stimulate innovation and the emergence of new value chains including SMEs; (f) to facilitate the interaction between industry, universities and research centres including on basic research; (g) to promote the involvement of SMEs in its activities, in line with the objectives of the Seventh Framework Programme; (h) to encourage the participation of institutions from all Member States and associated countries; (i) to perform broadly-conceived socio-techno-economic research to assess and monitor technological progress and nontechnical barriers to market entry; (j) to perform research to support the development of new, and review existing regulations and standards to eliminate artificial barriers to market entry and support inter-changeability, interoperability, cross-border hydrogen trading, and export markets whilst ensuring safe operation and not inhibiting innovation; (k) to undertake communication and dissemination activities, and to provide reliable information to improve public awareness and create public acceptance concerning hydrogen safety, and the benefits from the new technologies to the environment, security of supply, energy costs, and employment; (l) to establish and implement a Multiannual Implementation Plan; AEI003737EN05-12PP-CH204-12APCFIN-RAS-DRAFT_FCH-OR.DOC 13.11.2012 
Eelkõige on ühisettevõttel järgmised ülesanded: a) saavutada Euroopale ülemaailmne liidripositsioon kütuseelemendi-ja vesinikutehnoloogiate valdkonnas ning saavutada turul kütuseelemendi-ja vesinikutehnoloogiate läbimurre, mis võimaldaks turumehhanismide abil rakendada olulist potentsiaali üldsuse huvides; b) toetada liikmesriikides ja seitsmenda raamprogrammiga assotsieerunud riikides (edaspidi „assotsieerunud riigid”) teadusuuringuid, tehnoloogiaarendust ja tutvustamistegevust (TTA) kooskõlastatud lähenemisviisi kaudu, et ületada turutõrked ning keskenduda turukõlblike rakenduste väljatöötamisele, soodustades seeläbi täiendavaid tööstuslikke jõupingutusi kütuseelemendi-ja vesinikutehnoloogiate kiireks kasutuselevõtuks; c) toetada TTA rakendamist, kütuseelementide ja vesiniku ühise tehnoloogiaalgatuse prioriteete, eelkõige toetuste andmisega projektikonkursside alusel; d) julgustada suuremaid riiklikke ja erainvesteeringuid kütuseelemendi-ja vesinikutehnoloogia valdkonna teadustegevusse liikmesriikides ja assotsieerunud riikides.