Recital (59)

Operational stakeholders which have to implement network functions at local and operational levels and Member States should be fully involved in the implementation of those functions and in the decision-making process. Accordingly, the Network Manager should take measures through cooperative decision-making based in particular on the consultation of operational stakeholders and Member States and on detailed working arrangements and processes for operation. In such a cooperative decision-making process, the parties should act to the maximum extent possible with a view to improving the functioning and performance of the network, including the achievement of Union-wide performance targets in the key performance area of climate and environment, and the interests of the network should prevail, without prejudice to security and defence needs, and that cooperative decision-making process should be such that issues are resolved and consensus found wherever possible. In the context of the cooperative decision-making process for the execution of the network functions, Member States should ensure adequate coordination at national level with the civil and military operational stakeholders. Moreover, to ensure the appropriate governance relating to the execution of the network functions, a Network Management Board, ensuring an appropriate representation of the interests of all the actors involved, in particular the operational stakeholders, in the implementation of those functions, should be set up. Without prejudice to the consultation of the Network Management Board on regulatory or strategic decisions such as the endorsement of the Network Strategy Plan, the measures adopted through cooperative decision-making and by the Network Management Board should be operational or technical in nature, ensuring the day-to-day operation of the network in accordance with the objectives of this Regulation.