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1. Member States shall, jointly or individually, nominate or establish a body or bodies as their national supervisory authority to assume the tasks assigned to such an authority by this Regulation.

2. The national supervisory authority shall exercise its powers impartially, independently and transparently and shall be organised, staffed, managed and financed accordingly.

3. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, national supervisory authorities shall be independent from any air navigation service providers, in organisational, hierarchical and decision-making terms, and shall be either legally or functionally distinct from air navigation service providers. In addition, air navigation service providers shall have no decision-making power over the allocation of the budgets of national supervisory authorities. Provided that such independence is guaranteed, a national supervisory authority may be part of the same national ministry or administration as an air navigation service provider.

4. Where a national supervisory authority is not legally distinct from an air navigation service provider, the Member State concerned shall inform the Commission on the measures it has taken to ensure that the national supervisory authority meets the requirements of paragraph 3 and shall document how its independence is achieved, showing the effectiveness of such independence. To this end, where the national supervisory authority and the air navigation service provider are part of the same administration, the national supervisory authority shall not seek or take instructions from a hierarchical level of that administration having authority over the air navigation service provider, in so far as their tasks under Article 5 and related decisions are concerned.

5. A national supervisory authority may be joined with another regulatory authority, such as a national competent authority or national competition authority as referred to in Article 11 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 , provided that the decisions related to the tasks conferred on the national supervisory authority under this Regulation are taken independently from other tasks conferred on the joint authority. In that case, the joint authority shall fulfil the independence requirements set out in this Article. The national supervisory authority shall be represented in matters related to the tasks set out in Article 5 of this Regulation in a manner that ensures the independence of its decisions.

8. Member States shall notify the Commission of the names and addresses of their national supervisory authorities, and of changes thereto, and of the measures taken to ensure compliance with this Article.

6. Without prejudice to national law regarding the recruitment of public servants, Member States shall ensure that the staff of their national supervisory authorities, including temporary staff, is recruited through clear and transparent recruitment processes, which ensures their independence and shall ensure that the staff of national supervisory authorities is selected on the basis of specific qualifications, including appropriate competence and relevant experience, or is subject to appropriate training, for the effective performance of the tasks set out in Article 5. Member States shall lay down rules to avoid conflicts of interest for staff, including persons who take decisions exercising the powers set out in Chapter III of this Regulation, so that the national supervisory authorities can carry out the tasks set out in Article 5 independently.

7. Without prejudice to Article 30(3), Member States shall ensure that national supervisory authorities have the necessary financial resources and capabilities to carry out the tasks set out in Article 5 in an efficient and timely manner.