Division 2 The Governing Board shall in particular carry out the following tasks:

assess, accept or reject applications for membership in accordance with Article 4 of these Statutes;

decide on the termination of the membership in the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking of any member that does not fulfil its obligations;

adopt the financial rules of the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking in accordance with Article 5 of this Regulation;

adopt the annual budget of the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking, including the corresponding staff establishment plan indicating the number of temporary posts by function group and by grade and the number of contract staff and seconded national experts expressed in full-time equivalents;

exercise the appointing authority powers with respect to the staff, in accordance with Article 6(2) of this Regulation;

appoint, dismiss, extend the term of office of, provide guidance to and monitor the performance of the Executive Director;

approve the organisational structure of the Programme Office upon a recommendation of the Executive Director;

adopt the work plan and the corresponding expenditure estimates, as proposed by the Executive Director after having consulted the Scientific Committee and the States Representatives Group;

approve the additional activities plan referred to in point (b) of Article 4(2) of this Regulation on the basis of a proposal from the private members and after having consulted, where appropriate, an ad hoc advisory group;

receive and provide opinion on the declaration referred to in the Article 4(3) of this Regulation;

approve the annual activity report, including the corresponding expenditure;

arrange, as appropriate, for the establishment of an internal audit capability of the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking;

ensure procedures for open and transparent calls and approve the calls as well as, where appropriate, the related rules for submission, evaluation, selection, award and review procedures;

approve the list of proposals and tenders selected for funding on the basis of the ranking list produced by a panel of independent experts;

establish the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking’s communications policy upon recommendation by the Executive Director;

where appropriate, establish implementing rules to the Staff Regulations and the Conditions of Employment in accordance with Article 6(3) of this Regulation;

where appropriate, establish rules on the secondment of national experts to the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking and on the use of trainees in accordance with Article 7 of this Regulation;

where appropriate, set up advisory groups in addition to the bodies of the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking;

where appropriate, submit to the Commission a request to amend this Regulation proposed by a member of the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking;

be responsible for any task that is not specifically allocated to a particular body of the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking; it may assign such tasks to any of those bodies.