Activities of Dan NICA related to 2018/0224(COD)
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RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1290/2013 and (EU) No 1291/2013
Amendments (13)
Amendment 289 #
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
– having regard to Article 294(2) and Articles 173(3), 179 (1), 180, 182(1), 183 and 188 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8- 0252/2018),
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The promotion of research and innovation activities deemed necessary to help realise Union policy objectives should take into account the innovation principle as put forward in the Commission Communication of 15 May 2018 'A renewed European Agenda for Research and Innovation - Europe's chance to shape its future' (COM(2018)306)key driver to turn faster and more intensively the EU’s substantial knowledge assets into innovations.
Amendment 379 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The key enabling technologies (KETs) should be clearly visible and play a central role in Pillar II ‘Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness’. They should be connected to the FET-Flagship Programmes to allow research projects on KETs to cover the whole innovation chain.
Amendment 493 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) It is necessary to establish the minimum conditions for participation, both as a general rule where the consortium should include at least onthree legal entityies from a Member Statethree different Member States or EEA/EFTA countries, and with regard to the specificities of particular type of actions under the Programme.
Amendment 496 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) It is appropriatenecessary to establish the terms and conditions for providing Union funding to participants in actions under the Programme. Grants should be implemented taking into account all forms of contribution set out in the Financial Regulation, including lump sums, flat rates or unit costs, with the view to further simplification. Before any new costs reimbursement system could be deemed a real simplification for the beneficiaries, it needs to be preceded by an extensive evaluation which is concluded with a positive result.
Amendment 500 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46 a (new)
Recital 46 a (new)
(46a) In accordance with Article 157) of the TFEU and Directive 2006/54/EC that provide specific legal basis to ensure the application of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment in matters of employment and occupation, including the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value.
Amendment 552 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
(15a) ”Widening countries” in the sense of this Regulation means those countries identified through the composite indicator of Research Excellence (R&D intensity, excellence in S&T, Knowledge-intensity of economy, HT&MT contribution to trade balance) and with a corrective threshold of 70% of the EU average;
Amendment 884 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In the case of institutionalised European Partnerships, the financial and in-kind, contributions from partners other than the Union, will at least be equal to 50% .
Amendment 1144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Funding bodies may depart from the rules set out in this Title only if this is provided for in the basic act setting up the funding body or entrusting budget implementation tasks to it or, for funding bodies under Article 62(1)(c)(ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of the Financial Regulation, if it is provided for in the contribution agreement and their specific operating needs or the nature of the action so require.
Amendment 1249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. Only the criterion referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 shall apply to proposals for ERC frontier research actions. Only in cases when two or more excellent projects obtain the same ranking, the differentiation is made by applying the criteria referred to in point (b) or point (c) of paragraph 1.
Amendment 1340 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 a (new)
Article 32 a (new)
Article 32a Annual productive hours 1. Eligible personnel costs shall cover only the actual hours worked by the persons directly carrying out work under the action. Evidence regarding the actual hours worked shall be provided by the participant, usually through a time recording system. 2. For persons working exclusively for the action, no time recording is required. In such cases, the participant shall sign a declaration confirming that the person concerned has worked exclusively for the action. 3. The grant agreement shall contain: (a) the minimum requirements for the time recording system; (b) the option to choose between a fixed number of annual productive hours and a different method for establishing the number of annual productive hours according to participant's usual practices.
Amendment 1347 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Beneficiaries having received Union funding shall use their best reasonable efforts to exploit their results, in particular in the Unionby priority in the Union and associated countries. Exploitation may be done directly by the beneficiaries or indirectly in particular through the transfer and licensing of results in accordance with Article 36.
Amendment 1767 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V a (new)
Annex V a (new)
Implementation of the Programme