Monica Pantea, MANETPCC meeting in Groningen 2006 Time Schedule of the EURONS Annual Report End of reporting period Deadline of submission to the EC First deadline for evaluation of the report from EC (45 days after receipt) Second deadline for evaluation of the report from EC (90 days after receipt) Submission of Annual Report 2005 to the EC Confirmation of receipt of Annual Report 2005 from EC First reaction from EC: Oral confirmation from C. Kurrer, that report is "basically accepted" Request of "additional information" from C. Kurrer First official reaction from EC: from C. Kurrer stating that "In the present form, I can not accept this report" End July 2006:Access reports reviewed, accordingly redistribution of funding Early October 2006:Oral confirmation by C. Kurrer that he has accepted report, announcement of another check by the financial department : Oral confirmation by C. Kurrer that he has accepted report, containing the results of check by the financial department October May March January July June April February

Monica Pantea, MANETPCC meeting in Groningen 2006 EURONS Annual Report 2006 time schedule Time schedule for the EURONS Annual Report 2006: 01. December 2006:AIS submitted to MANET (contains "Implementation Plan for the next 18 months" as regards the content and the financial information) Activity Reports submitted to MANET (contains achievements of 2005 and 2006 of the activity as well as the declaration if the contractual obligations have been fulfilled – milestones / deliverables) 11./12. December 2006: Revision of the submitted documents during the PCC meeting in Groningen 20. December 2006:Final versions of Activity Reports submitted to MANET for merging Part A – Activity Report of the Annual Report January 2007:Database Reports for TNAs submitted to MANET 15. January 2007:Cost Statements and Justification of resources deployed forms as well as Audit Certificates submitted to MANET for merging Part B – Management Report of the Annual Report February 2007:Submission of the Annual Report 2006 to the EC

Monica Pantea, MANETPCC meeting in Groningen 2006 EURONS Annual Report 2006 the straight tips General: Keep it short! Show the fulfilment of contractual obligations or justify well the non-fulfilment Annual Report 2006 = Midterm report → include all results of 2005 and 2006 Activity Reports: Do not change format of the Activity Report Implementation Plan: Update Milestones and Deliverables lists in Activity Reports, mark them clearly as changed in comparison to the last report and give good reasons for changes Database Reports: Check consistency of numbers in Activity Report – they will be carefully reviewed by the EC