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1. The mission of the Competence Centre and the Network is to help the Union to:

(a) strengthen its leadership and strategic autonomy in the area of cybersecurity by retaining and developing the Union’s research, academic, societal, technological and industrial cybersecurity capacities and capabilities necessary to enhance trust and security, including the confidentiality, integrity and accessibility of data, in the Digital Single Market;

(b) support Union technological capacities, capabilities and skills in relation to the resilience and reliability of the infrastructure of network and information systems, including critical infrastructure and commonly used hardware and software in the Union; and (c) increase the global competitiveness of the Union’s cybersecurity industry, ensure high cybersecurity standards throughout the Union and turn cybersecurity into a competitive advantage for other Union industries.

2. The Competence Centre and the Network shall undertake their tasks in collaboration with ENISA and the Community, as appropriate.

3. The Competence Centre shall, in accordance with the legislative acts establishing the relevant programmes, in particular Horizon Europe and the Digital Europe Programme, use relevant Union financial resources in such a way as to contribute to the mission set out in paragraph 1.