Policy level
Article 8
1. The policy level shall be responsible for overseeing SESAR deployment, ensuring that it is in line with the single European sky regulatory framework and safeguards the public interest. 2. The Commission shall be responsible for the policy level, in particular for: (a) setting up and adopting common projects in accordance with Article 5; (b) selecting the deployment manager, approving the deployment programme and selecting the implementation projects; (c) managing the Union funds supporting the deployment manager and the implementation projects; (d) identifying incentives for SESAR deployment and enforcing the framework partnership agreement concluded with the deployment manager in accordance with Article 9(5) and any relevant agreements for implementation projects; (e) promoting the participation of the civil and military stakeholders; (f) developing cooperation and coordination with third countries; (g) establishing coordination with standardisation and certification organisations and bodies to facilitate industrialisation and promote interoperability of ATM functionalities; (h) monitoring the deployment of common projects and their contribution to achieving the European Union-wide performance targets; (i) issuing recommendations to operational stakeholders and Member States. 3. The Commission shall be assisted by the Single Sky Committee, the Industry Consultation Body, the consultative group of experts on the social dimension of the single European sky, the National Supervisory Authorities and the Performance Review Body, within their respective roles and competencies as defined in the single European sky regulatory framework. The Commission may consult the Single Sky Committee on any matter concerning the application of this Regulation. 4. The Commission shall also involve, within their respective competencies and roles: (a) Eurocontrol, through cooperative arrangements between Eurocontrol and the Union, to take full advantage of its expertise and its civil-military and pan-European competencies; (b) the European Defence Agency, to facilitate the coordination of military views from and in support of the Member States and the relevant international military organisations on SESAR deployment and inform military planning mechanisms of the requirements stemming from SESAR deployment; (c) the European Aviation Safety Agency, to ensure that safety issues are integrated into the implementation of common projects, in particular when developing the required technical rules, such as those relating to the design, production and maintenance of systems and constituents for air traffic management and air navigation services, as well as for the personnel and organisations involved therein; (d) the SESAR Joint Undertaking, to ensure continuous connection between SESAR research, development, innovation and validation activities and SESAR deployment and to ensure that common projects and the deployment programme are in line with the ATM Master Plan; (e) The European Standardisation Organisations and Eurocae, the latter in particular to facilitate and monitor industrial standardisation processes and the use of the resulting standards.