
Article 1 
The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (hereinafter referred to as the Agency) is hereby established and shall replace and succeed the executive agency set up by Decision 2004/20/EC as amended by Decision 2007/372/EC from 1 January 2014 until 31 December 2024, its statute being governed by Regulation (EC) No 58/2003.
Article 2 
The Agency shall be located in Brussels.
Article 3 

1. The Agency is hereby entrusted with the implementation of parts of the following Union programmes:
(a) Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (COSME) 2014-2020;
(b) Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE) 2014-2020;
(c) European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) including the Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP), Control and Scientific advice and Knowledge;
(d) The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020 (Horizon 2020) - parts of ‘Part II – Industrial Leadership’ and ‘Part III Societal challenges’.The first subparagraph shall apply subject to and as from the date of entry into force of each of these programmes.
2. The Agency is hereby entrusted with the implementation of the legacy of the following actions under the CIP:
(a) the Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE II);
(b) the ‘Eco-innovation initiative’;
(c) the ‘Enterprise Europe Network’;
(d) the ‘Your Europe Business Portal’;
(e) the ‘European IPR Helpdesk’;
(f) the ‘IPorta Project’.
3. The Agency shall be responsible for the following tasks related to the implementation of the parts of the Union programmes referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2:
(a) managing some or all stages of programme implementation and some or all phases in the lifetime of specific projects on the basis of the relevant work programmes adopted by the Commission, where the Commission has empowered it to do so in the instrument of delegation;
(b) adopting the instruments of budget execution for revenue and expenditure and carrying out all the operations necessary for the management of the programme, where the Commission has empowered it to do so in the instrument of delegation;
(c) providing support in programme implementation where the Commission has empowered it to do so in the instrument of delegation.
4. The Agency may be responsible for the provision of administrative and logistical support services if provided in the instrument of delegation, for the benefit of the programme-implementing bodies and within the scope of the programmes referred to therein.
Article 4 

1. The members of the Steering Committee shall be appointed for two years.
2. The Director shall be appointed for five years.
Article 5 
The Agency shall be subject to supervision by the Commission and shall report regularly on progress in implementing the Union programmes or parts thereof for which it is responsible in accordance with the arrangements and at the intervals stipulated in the instrument of delegation.
Article 6 
The Agency shall implement its operating budget in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1653/2004.
Article 7 

1. Decisions 2004/20/EC and 2007/372/EC are repealed with effect from 1 January 2014. References to the repealed Decisions shall be construed as references to this Decision.
2. The Agency shall be considered the legal successor of the Executive Agency established by Decision 2004/20/EC as amended by Decision 2007/372/EC.
3. Without prejudice to the revision of the grading of seconded officials foreseen by the instrument of delegation, this Decision shall not affect the rights and obligations of staff employed by the Agency, including its Director.
Article 8 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2014.
Done at Brussels, 17 December 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO