Article 25 Role of the Member States

1.   The Member States may contribute with their technical competence, know-how and assistance, in particular in the field of safety and security, or, where appropriate and possible, by making available to the Programme the data, information, services and infrastructure located on their territory.

2.   Where possible, the Member States shall aim to ensure coherence and complementarity of the relevant activities and interoperability of their capacities under their recovery and resilience plans under Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council (29) with the Programme.

3.   The Member States shall take all the necessary measures to ensure the smooth functioning of the Programme.

4.   The Member States may help to secure and protect, at the appropriate level, the frequencies required for the Programme.

5.   The Member States and the Commission may cooperate to widen the uptake of governmental services provided by the Programme.

6.   In the field of security, the Member States shall perform the tasks referred to in Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2021/696.

7.   The Member States shall provide their operational needs in order to consolidate the capacity and further detail the specifications of their governmental services. They shall also advise the Commission on any matter within their respective fields of competence, in particular by providing input for the preparation of the implementing acts.

8.   The Commission may entrust, by means of contribution agreements, specific tasks to Member State organisations, where such organisations have been designated by the Member State concerned. The Commission shall adopt the contribution decisions regarding the contribution agreements by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 47(2).