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REPORT on the proposal for a Council regulation on establishing the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking PDF (668 KB) DOC (97 KB)
Amendments (23)
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The involvement of academic and research institutions and other stakeholders, should be encouraged with a view to maintaining and supporting integrated scientific data infrastructures and High Performance Computing.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) Access time to the supercomputers should not be proportionate to financial contributions, and a level playing field for users from all Member States, scientists and industries in the Union should be ensured.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 a (new)
Recital 41 a (new)
(41a) The Joint Undertaking should guarantee that the High Performance Computing supercomputers in the Union are accessible exclusively to entities which comply with Union law on data protection, privacy and security.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to provide scientists, industry and the public sector from the Union or an Associated Country to Horizon 2020 with latest High Performance Computing and Data Infrastructure and support the development of its technologies and its applications across a wide range of fields for civilian use.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to provide Union level coordination and adequate financial resources to support the development and acquisition of such infrastructure, which will be accessible to users from the public and private sector primarily forexclusively for civilian research and innovation purposes;
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) to provide access to High Performance Computing-based infrastructures and services to a wide range of users from the research and scientific community as well as the industry including, micro enterprises, SMEs, and the public sector, for new and emerging data and compute- intensive applications and services with civilian purposes;
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) to increase the innovation potential of industry, and in particular of SMEs,micro and SMEs, as well as of research and scientific communities using advanced High Performance Computing infrastructures and services;
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(aa) geographic balance.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(3a) Access to the supercomputers shall be granted exclusively for the purpose of civilian research and innovation activities.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
(1) Specific conditions shall apply to industrial users applying for access right foronly for civilian private research purposes, non-research and innovation purposes or commercial purposes. This commercial service shall be a paying service, based on market prices. The level of the fee shall be established by the Governing Board.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 6 – point 1 – paragraph 2
Annex – Article 6 – point 1 – paragraph 2
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 6 – point 2 – paragraph 1
Annex – Article 6 – point 2 – paragraph 1
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 6 – point 2 – paragraph 2
Annex – Article 6 – point 2 – paragraph 2
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 6 – point 2 – paragraph 3
Annex – Article 6 – point 2 – paragraph 3
The Participating States of the Joint Undertaking shall only have the right to vote on the issues related to the acquisition of a pre-exascale supercomputer by the Joint Undertaking on the condition that they provide a financial or in-kind contribution to the acquisition or operation of the pre-exascale supercomputer. In particular the Participating State shall have the right to vote on the work plan with corresponding expenditure estimates for the procurement, selection of hosting entity, the award of the contracts, the allocation of the access rights, and the transfer of ownership to the hosting entity.
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 6 – point 2 – paragraph 4
Annex – Article 6 – point 2 – paragraph 4
The Participating States of the Joint Undertaking shall only have the right to vote on the issues related to the indirect actions implemented by the Joint Undertaking if they provide a financial contribution to the Joint Undertaking for the implementation of the corresponding parts of the workplan. In particular, in this case the Participating State shall have the right to vote on the work plan with corresponding expenditure estimates for the indirect actions, and the list of indirect actions selected for fundingfor the implementation of the corresponding parts of the workplan.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 6 – point 3
Annex – Article 6 – point 3
(3) The members of the Governing Board shall make every effort to achieve consensus. Failing consensus, the Governing Board shall take its decisions by a majority of at least 75% of all vothe votes of the Participating Member States, including the votes of the members who are absent.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 6 – point 4
Annex – Article 6 – point 4
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 6 – point 6 – paragraph 2
Annex – Article 6 – point 6 – paragraph 2
The quorum of the Governing Board shall be constituted by the Commission and at least half of the number of three Participating States’ representatives.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 15 – point 5
Annex – Article 15 – point 5
(5) Should any member of the Joint Undertaking be in default of its commitments concerning its financial contribution, the Executive Director shall put this in writing and shall set a reasonable period within which such default shall be remedied. If the situation is not remedied within that period, the Executive Director shall convene a meeting of the Governing Board to decide whether the defaulting member’s membership is to be revoked or whether any other measures are to be taken until its obligations have been met. The defaulting member’s voting rights shall be suspended until the default of its commitments is remedied
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex – Article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Joint Undertaking shall ensure compliance with Union law on data protection, and privacy.