Activities of Miloslav RANSDORF related to 2013/0232(COD)
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 (4)
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Any Eureka Members or Associated country that is not associated to Horizon 2020 may become a Eurostars-2 partner country.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – point 2
Article 2 – point 2
(2) ‘'research and development 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 no more than 100 full-time equivalents) or 10 full-time equivalents (for SME with over 100 full-time equivalents).
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Any Eureka Member or Associated country that is not associated to Horizon 2020 may become a Eurostars-2 partner country provided it fulfils the condition set out in point (c) of Article 6(1). Those Eureka Members or Associated countries that fulfil that condition shall be regarded as partner countries for the purposes of this Decision. Those partner countries shall not be eligible for the Union's financial contribution under Eurostars-2.
Amendment 34 #
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 as a rule be equal to one third of the contributions of the participating states referred to in Article 7 (1)(a). It shall cover administrative and operational costs. In case that during the lifetime of the programme the rate of Union's contribution needs to be adapted, certain flexibility should be given for individual calls. In this case, the Union's contribution could go up to a maximum of half of the contributions of the participating states.