Activities of Kent JOHANSSON related to 2013/0232(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the participation of the Union in a Research and Development Programme jointly undertaken by several Member States aimed at supporting research performing small and medium-sized enterprises PDF (216 KB) DOC (325 KB)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Eurostars-2 Programme (hereinafter ‘Eurostars-2’), aligned with the Europe 2020 strategy, the related Flagship initiative ‘Innovation Union’25 and ‘A Reinforced European Research Area Partnership for Excellence and Growth’26 will aim at supporting research performing SMEs by co-financing their market oriented research projects in any field. As such, and in combination with the activities under the ‘Leading and Enabling Technology’ objective set out in the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, it will contribute to the goals of the Industrial Leadership part of that programme to speed-up development of the technologies and innovations that will underpin tomorrow's businesses and help innovative European SMEs to grow into world- leading companies. As part of the improvements from the previous Eurostars programme, Eurostars-2 should head towards shorter time to grant, stronger integration and lean, transparent and more efficient administration to the ultimate benefit of research performing SMEs. __________________ 25 COM(2010) 546 final of 6 October 2010. 26To keep the bottom up nature and the business-driven agenda with its main focus on market potential from the previous Eurostars programme is key to the success of Eurostars-2. __________________ 25 COM(2010) 546 final of 6 October 2010. 26 COM(2012) 392 final of 17 July 2012. COM(2012) 392 final of 17 July 2012.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – point 2
Article 2 – point 2
(2) ‘research performing SME’ is an SME which reinvests at least 10% of its turnover to research and development activities or dedicates at least 10% of its full-time equivalents to research and development activities, or either has at least 5 full-time equivalents (for SME with up to 100 full- time equivalents) or 10 full-time equivalents (for SME with at least 100 full-time equivalents).
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Any EUREKA Member or Associated EUREKA country that is not associated to Horizon 2020 may be partner to Eurostars-2 provided it fulfils the condition set out in point (c) of Article 6(1). Those EUREKA Members or Associated countries that fulfil these conditions shall be regarded as partner states for the purposes of this Decision. Those partner states shall however not be eligible for the Union's financial contribution under Eurostars-2.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Without exceeding the maximum amount set out in paragraph 1, the Union's contribution shall be equal to one thirdup to half of the contributions of the participating states referred to in Article 7 (1)(a). It shall cover administrative and operationaloperational costs, including the costs of the evaluation of proposals and administrative costs.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. A maximum of 24% of the Union's financial contribution may be used to contribute to the administrative costs of Eurostars-2. Participating states shall cover any otherthe national administrative costs necessary for the implementation of Eurostars-2.