Article 28 Role of ESA

(a)

the supervision of the development, of the validation and of the related deployment activities referred to in Article 4(1), point (a), and of the development and evolution referred to in Article 4(1), point (e), undertaken within the framework of contracts referred to in Article 19, in accordance with terms and conditions to be agreed in the contribution agreements referred to in Article 26(4), ensuring coordination between the tasks and budget entrusted to ESA under this Article and possible contribution by ESA, as referred to in Article 16;

(b)

the provision of its expertise to the Commission including for the preparation of specifications and implementation of the technical aspects of the Programme;

(c)

the provision of support with regard to the evaluation of contracts concluded under Article 19;

(d)

tasks related to the space and related ground segment of the EuroQCI referred to in Article 4(1), point (c).