Division 3 The Governing Board shall in, particular, carry out the following tasks:
United Kingdom
- (a)
assess, accept or reject applications for a membership in accordance with Article 3(3) of these Statutes;
- (b)
decide on the termination of membership in the ECSEL Joint Undertaking of any member that does not fulfil its obligations;
- (c)
adopt the financial rules of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking in accordance with Article 5 of this Regulation;
- (d)
adopt the annual budget of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking, including the corresponding staff establishment plan indicating the number of temporary posts by function group and by grade, the number of contract staff and seconded national experts expressed in full-time equivalents;
- (e)
exercise the appointing authority powers with respect to staff, in accordance with Article 6(2) of this Regulation;
- (f)
appoint, dismiss, extend the term of office of, provide guidance to and monitor the performance of the Executive Director;
- (g)
approve the organisational structure of the Programme Office upon recommendation of the Executive Director;
- (h)
adopt the multiannual strategic plan referred to in Article 21(1);
- (i)
adopt the work plan and the corresponding expenditure estimates referred to in Article 21(2);
- (j)
approve the annual activity report, including the corresponding expenditure referred to in Article 22(1);
- (k)
arrange as appropriate, for the establishment of an internal audit capability of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking upon recommendation by the Executive Director;
- (l)
establish the ECSEL Joint Undertaking’s communications policy upon recommendation by the Executive Director;
- (m)
where appropriate, establish implementing rules to the Staff Regulations and the Conditions of Employment in accordance with Article 6(3) of this Regulation;
- (n)
where appropriate, lay down rules on the secondment of national experts to the ECSEL Joint Undertaking and on the use of trainees in accordance with Article 7(2) of this Regulation;
- (o)
where appropriate, set up advisory groups in addition to the bodies of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking;
- (p)
where appropriate, submit to the Commission a request to amend this Regulation proposed by a member of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking;
- (q)
be responsible for any task that is not specifically allocated to a particular body of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking; it may assign such tasks to any body of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.