17 Amendments of Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ related to 2018/0003(NLE)
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The Joint Undertaking should be set up and start operating in 2019 to reach the target of equipping the Union with a pre- exascale infrastructure by 2020 and developing the necessary technologies for reaching, where possible, autonomous exascale capabilities by 2022/2023. Since a development cycle of the next generation of technology typically takes 4-5 years, to stay competitive on the global market, the actions to reach this target have to start now.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) The Joint Undertaking should aim at participation of all EU Member States and respect the principle of geographical balance in its activities. Where appropriate, an international cooperation between the Participating Countries or between the participating countries and other reliable countries should be promoted.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The Union, the Participating States and the Private Members of the Joint Undertaking should each provide a financial contribution to the administrative costs of the Joint Undertaking. Since, under the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 a contribution to the administrative costs by the Union can be frontloaded to cover the running costs only up to 2023, the Participating States and the Private Members of the Joint Undertaking should fully cover the administrative costs of the Joint Undertaking as of 2024 to ensure a sustainability of the Joint Undertaking on a long-term basis.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Voting rights should be, in principle, proportional to the financial and in-kind contributions of its members. Participating States should only have the right to vote on activities related to procurement of the Joint Undertaking if they contribute resources to the procurement activities respectively should only vote on activities related to the indirect actions if they contribute resources. The voting rights should be calculated on an annually on the basis of the actual contributionsof the Participating States should be distributed equally among them.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) The synergies with other EU or national financing instruments and programmes should be promoted. Horizon 2020 should contribute to the closing of the research and innovation divide within the Union by promoting synergies with the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF). Therefore the Joint Undertaking should seek to develop close interactions with the ESIF, which can specifically help to strengthen local, regional and national research and innovation capabilities.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) “hosting entity” means a legal entity established in a Member State participating in the Joint Undertaking which includes facilities to host and operate a petascale or pre-exascale supercomputer.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to provide scientists, industry and researchers, industry, including startups and SMEs, 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, such as healthcare, energy, smart cities, autonomous transport, space, security and defence.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to provide a framework for acquisition of an integrated world-class petascale and pre-exascale supercomputing and data infrastructure in the Union;
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) to bridge the gap between research and development and the delivery of exascale High Performance Computing systems reinforcing the digital technology supply chain in the Union and enabling the acquisition by the Joint Undertaking of leadershipworld-class supercomputers;
Amendment 84 #
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, using advanced High Performance Computing infrastructures and services, particularly national High Performance Computing/Supercomputing centres;
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
(1) The Joint Undertaking shall entrust the operation of each individual petascale or pre- exascale supercomputer it owns to a hosting entity, representing one or several Participating Countries, selected in accordance with paragraph 3 and the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules referred to in Article 11.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
(2) Petascale or Pre-exascale supercomputers shall be located in a Participating State that is a Member State of the Union. A Member State shall not host more than one pre- exascale supercomputer.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) high level of data protection, privacy and cybersecurity, including a state-of-art management of risks and threats and resilience against cyber- attacks;
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – title
Article 8 – title
Acquisition and ownership of the petascale and pre- exascale supercomputers
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
(2) The Joint Undertaking shall be the owner of the petascale or pre-exascale supercomputers and associated infrastructure, if such infrastructure is not already owned by the hosting entity.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
(3) Without prejudice to international agreements concluded by the Union, only users residing, established or located in a Member State or in a country associated to Horizon 2020, shall be granted access time, except if decided otherwise by the Governing Board in duly justified cases, particularly regarding other reliable third countries, taking into account the interests of the Union.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
(3) The total access time allocated to commercial services shall not exceed 120% of the total available access time of each supercomputer. The Governing Board shall decide on the allocation of the access time for commercial services.