Main differences between the Council´s Partial General Approach and the Commission´s Proposal Rules for Participation and Dissemination Research and Innovation.

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Main differences between the Council´s Partial General Approach and the Commission´s Proposal Rules for Participation and Dissemination Research and Innovation

Policy Research and Innovation Research and Innovation Horizon 2020 state of play: European Parliament Very detailed discussions in EP: E.g.: Ms Riera Madurell's report on the Framework Programme amendments tabled in total. Mr Ehler's report on the RfP: 766 amendments tabled in total. Ms Carvalho's report on the Specific Programme: 988 amendments tabled in total. ITRE vote on H2020 package: end-November. EP Conference of Presidents decided that all EP reports under MFF (e.g. Horizon 2020) will not be adopted in Plenary until agreement is reached on MFF. ITRE may vote on the Horizon 2020 package in November and then wait for vote in plenary.

Policy Research and Innovation Research and Innovation Horizon 2020 state of play: Council Framework Programme Regulation: Partial General Approach reached on 31 May 2012 Rules for Participation and Dissemination: Partial General Approach reached on 10 October 2012 Specific Programme: Partial General Approach expected at the Competitiveness Council of 11 December Euratom: (poss.) Partial General Approach at the Competitiveness Council of 11 December 2012

Policy Research and Innovation Research and Innovation Next steps – summary: Ongoing: Parliament and Council negotiations on the basis of the Commission proposals Ongoing:Parliament and Council negotiations on EU budget (including overall budget for Horizon 2020) N.B. July2012: Final calls under 7th Framework Programme for research to bridge gap towards Horizon 2020 Mid 2013:Adoption of legislative acts by Parliament and Council on Horizon /1/2014:Horizon 2020 starts, launch of first calls

Councils´ Partial General Approach: A positive step forward Main elements of the Commission´s proposal are maintained, in particular: One project, one rate (although with exceptions) Single flat rate for indirect costs Open Access IPR orientations

YES but … A SINGLE FUNDING RATE (Art. 23) One project = One rate  Same rate for all beneficiaries and all activities in the grant.  The rate is fixed ex-ante in the WP (not negotiated per project).  Up to 100 % of the total eligible cost  Limited to maximum 70 % for actions close to market For close-to- market actions, as an exception to paragraph 3 of this Article, the Horizon 2020 grant may reach a maximum of 100% of the total eligible costs for non- profit legal entities, without prejudice to the co- financing principle. "For close-to-market actions, as an exception to paragraph 3 of this Article, the Horizon 2020 grant may reach a maximum of 100% of the total eligible costs for non- profit legal entities, without prejudice to the co- financing principle."

DEFINITIONS (Art. 2) For close-to- market actions, as an exception to paragraph 3 of this Article, the Horizon 2020 grant may reach a maximum of 100% of the total eligible costs for non- profit legal entities, without prejudice to the co- financing principle. To be added to recitals: "[Whereas]: The reimbursement rates mentioned in Article 23 are referred to as maximum in order to comply with the non-profit requirement and the cofinancing principle, and to allow participants to ask for a lower rate. By principle, the reimbursement rates should however be 100 or 70%." "close-to-market action' means an action primarily consisting of activities directly aiming at producing plans and arrangements or designs for new, altered or improved products, processes or services. For this purpose they may include prototyping, testing, demonstrating, piloting, large- scale product validation and market replication;  New definition on "close-to-market":

A SINGLE FUNDING RATE (Art. 23) To be added to recitals: "[Whereas]: The reimbursement rates mentioned in Article 23 are referred to as maximum in order to comply with the non-profit requirement and the co-financing principle, and to allow participants to ask for a lower rate. By principle, the reimbursement rates should however be 100 or 70%."

Single model: 20 % Flat Rate Art. 24 PGA: " 1. Indirect eligible costs shall be determined by applying a flat rate of 25% of the total direct eligible costs, excluding direct eligible costs for subcontracting and the costs of resources made available by third parties which are not used on the premises of the beneficiary, as well as financial support to third parties. 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, indirect costs may be declared in the form of a lump sum or scale of unit costs when provided for in the work programme or work plan.” INDIRECT COSTS (Art. 24) Single model: 25 % Flat Rate

FUNDING OF THE ACTION; EVALUATION (Art. 24a) "The interim evaluation of Horizon 2020 shall include an evaluation of the impact of the various features introduced with the new funding levels laid down in Articles 22a, 23 and 24, with the aim to evaluate whether the new approach has led to undesired situations adversely affecting the attractiveness of the Framework programme." Interim evaluation on the funding levels:

Direct Eligible PERSONNEL COSTS (Art. 22a) "1. Without prejudice to the conditions laid down in Article 22, direct eligible personnel costs shall be limited to salaries plus social security charges and other costs included in the remuneration of personnel assigned to the action, arising from the national law or the employment contract." Definition of what is eligible as direct personnel costs:

Direct Eligible PERSONNEL COSTS (Art. 22a) For close-to- market actions, as an exception to paragraph 3 of this Article, the Horizon 2020 grant may reach a maximum of 100% of the total eligible costs for non- profit legal entities, without prejudice to the co- financing principle. To be added to recitals: "[Whereas]: The reimbursement rates mentioned in Article 23 are referred to as maximum in order to comply with the non-profit requirement and the cofinancing principle, and to allow participants to ask for a lower rate. By principle, the reimbursement rates should however be 100 or 70%." Additional payments: "2. Without prejudice to the conditions laid down in Article 22, additional remuneration to personnel assigned to the action, including payments on the basis of supplementary contracts regardless of their nature, may also be considered as direct eligible personnel costs, up to the amount set out in paragraph 3, if they fulfil the following additional conditions: (a) It is part of the usual remuneration practices of the participant and is paid in a consistent manner whenever the same kind of work or expertise is required; (b) The criteria used to calculate the supplementary payments are objective and of general application by the participant, independently from the source of funding used." 3. Additional remuneration may be eligible up to EUR per year and per person. For a person not working exclusively for the action, a limit per hour shall apply. The limit per hour shall be calculated by dividing EUR by the number of annual productive hours calculated in accordance with Article 25.

ANNUAL PRODUCTIVE HOURS (Art. 25) "3. The grant agreement shall contain: (a) the minimum requirements for the time recording system; (b) the option to choose between the fixed number of annual productive hours and the method for establishing the number of annual productive hours to be used for the calculation of the hourly personnel rates taking account of the participant's usual accounting practices." The grant agreement shall contain the minimum requirement for the time recording system as well as the number of annual productive hours to be used for the calculation of the hourly personnel rates.

AWARD CRITERIA (Art. 14) Only three criteria IMPLEMENTATION IMPACT EXCELLENCE Sole criterion for ERC frontier research 2a. The criterion of impact may be given a higher weighting for proposals for close-to-market actions.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS The grant agreement may lay down conditions under which open access to result shall be provided… "taking into account the legitimate interests of the participants and any restrictions due to the protection of intellectual property and security rules. In such case, the work programme or work plan shall indicate if dissemination of research data through open access is required."  Open access (Art.40) :

 New definition on "fair and reasonable conditions" (Art.2): "‘fair and reasonable conditions’ means appropriate conditions including possible financial terms or royalty-free conditions, taking into account the specific circumstances of the request for access, which may be determined by the actual or potential value of the results or background to which access is requested and/or the scope, duration or other characteristics of the exploitation envisaged;" INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

OTHER RELEVANT CHANGES Financial capacity (Art.14) "Financial capacity can be guaranteed by any other legal entity, whose financial capacity shall then be verified according to Article 14.5." Model Grant Agreement (Art. 16) " The Commission shall, in close cooperation with Member States, draw up model grant agreements […]." CoM and systematic errors (Art. 29) "Once the Commission has accepted a certificate on the methodology, it shall not attribute any systemic or recurrent error to the accepted methodology." Responsibility of the third parties Art.19: [The third party] "accepts joint and several liability with the participant for the Union contributions corresponding to the amount declared by the third party." Art. 32: […] "the Commission or the relevant Union funding body shall recover directly from participants or third parties any amount owed."

Thank you very much for your attention!