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Tasks of the Public Authorities Board The Public Authorities Board shall:

(a) contribute to the drafting of the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda;

(aa) before each work programme is prepared and taking into account the advice of the private members and, where appropriate, the advice of the European Semiconductor Board established by Article 28 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1781 and input from other relevant stakeholders, outline two specific parts of the work programme, including the corresponding expenditure estimates, the first of which shall include a subsection on capacity-building activities for operational objectives 1 to 4 and a subsection on research and innovation activities related to operational objectives 1 to 4, including conditions for access to publicly funded infrastructure, and the second of which shall be dedicated to research and innovation activities not covered under the Chips for Europe Initiative;

(b) provide input to the draft work programme, in particular the calls for proposals, including the rules for evaluation, selection and monitoring of indirect actions;

(c) approve the launch of calls for proposals, in accordance with the work programme;

(d) select proposals in accordance with Article 12(1) and Article 17(2), point (u);

(e) provide an opinion on the draft additional activities plan referred to in Article 11(1), point (b);

(f) recommend, if necessary, that an ECIC take remedial action, such as an amendment to its statutes, where a Member State has brought the matter to the Public Authorities Board’s attention following a refusal by the ECIC to accept a new member without providing sufficient reasons for such a refusal on the basis of the fair and reasonable terms specified in its statutes.