1. September 2003 Sixth Framework Programme Underlaying documentation EU/FoU-rådet Stina Bishop www.eufou.se Tel 08-454 6456 stina@eufou.se

2. September 2003 Legal documents The Treaty establishing the European Community Decision no 1513/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council adopting the 6FP Council decisions adopting the specific programmes Rules for participation - Decison no 2321/2002 EC of the European Parliament and of the Council Financial regulation – Decision no 1605/2002/EC of the Council Model contracts approved by the Commission

3. September 2003 Other documents Financial guidelines - draft –Not legally binding –Recommended when establishing a budget, requesting financial contribution, preparing financial reports –Commission services will follow these guidelines Commission checklist for consortium agreement –Non binding guidelines (art 12 RP)

4. September 2003 Different contracts Consortium agreement with annexes Model contract with annexes D E COM Cont A Co-ord F E D C B CSub Cont A Co-ord A A A A B B

5. September 2003 The Model Contract Contract No… (Instrument type) Annex I – Description of work Annex II - General Conditions Annex III - Specific provisions related to /this instrument/ –IP, NoE, Infrastructure approved by Commission –CRAFT, Collective not yet approved

6. September 2003 The Model contract, cont Annex IV - Form A –Consent of contractors to accede to the Contract Annex V - Form B –Accession of new legal entities to the contract Annex VI - Form C –Financial statement per instrument

7. September 2003 Consortium agreements Models for –Integrated Projects –Networks of Excellence –STREP, STIP –CRAFT - Draft

8. September 2003 Add to favourites Legal basis http://europa.eu.int/eur- lex/en/search/search_treaties.html http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/ documents_en.htmlhttp://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/ documents_en.html http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj/ Model contracts, guidelines, checklist http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/ working-groups/model- contract/index_en.html

9. September 2003 Add to favourites Find a cocument –http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/find-doc.htm Models for consortium agreement, for example on –http://www.ipr-helpdesk.org/index.htmhttp://www.ipr-helpdesk.org/index.htm –http://www.unite.be