# Council Regulation (EU) No 559/2014 of 6 May 2014 establishing the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking (Text with EEA relevance), Division 3: The Governing Board shall in particular carry out the following tasks:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(a) decide on the termination of the membership in the FCH 2 Joint Undertaking of any Member that does not fulfil its obligations;
(b) adopt the financial rules of the FCH 2 Joint Undertaking in accordance with Article 5 of this Regulation;
(c) adopt the annual budget of the FCH 2 Joint Undertaking, including the staff establishment plan indicating the number of temporary posts by function group and by grade as well as the number of contract staff and seconded national experts expressed in full-time equivalents;
(d) exercise the appointing authority powers with respect of the staff, in accordance with Article 6(2) of this Regulation;
(e) appoint, dismiss, extend the term of office of, provide guidance to and monitor the performance of the Executive Director;
(f) approve the organisational structure of the Programme Office upon recommendation by the Executive Director;
(g) adopt the annual work plan and the corresponding expenditure estimates, as proposed by the Executive Director, after having consulted the Scientific Committee and the States Representatives Group;
(h) approve the annual additional activities plan referred to in Article 4(2)(b) of this Regulation on the basis of a proposal from the Members other than the Union and after having consulted, where appropriate, an ad hoc advisory group;
(i) approve the annual activity report, including the corresponding expenditure;
(j) arrange, as appropriate, for the establishment of an internal audit capability of the FCH 2 Joint Undertaking;
(k) approve the calls as well as, where appropriate, the related rules for submission, evaluation, selection, award and review procedures;
(l) approve the list of actions selected for funding on the basis of the ranking list produced by a panel of independent experts;
(m) establish the FCH 2 Joint Undertaking’s communications policy upon recommendation by the Executive Director;
(n) where appropriate, establish implementing rules to the Staff Regulations and the Conditions of Employment in accordance with Article 6(3) of this Regulation;
(o) where appropriate, establish rules on the secondment of national experts to the FCH 2 Joint Undertaking and on the use of trainees in accordance with Article 7 of this Regulation;
(p) where appropriate, set up advisory groups in addition to the bodies of the FCH 2 Joint Undertaking;
(q) where appropriate, submit to the Commission a request to amend this Regulation proposed by a Member of the FCH 2 Joint Undertaking;
(r) be responsible for any task that is not specifically allocated to a particular body of the FCH 2 Joint Undertaking; it may assign such a task to any of those bodies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/559/annex/division/7/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-559/annex/division-7/division-3
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