10 Amendments of Luigi BERLINGUER related to 2011/0399(COD)
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15
(15) 'results‘ means any data, knowledge and, information and publication, whatever their form or nature, whether or not they can be protected, which are generated in the action as well as any attached rights, including intellectual property rights;
Amendment 368 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17a Time to Grant The Commission or the relevant funding body shall ensure that the time between the deadline for proposals as established by the individual calls for proposals and the signature of the grant agreement, or where applicable the grant decision, shall be limited to a maximum period of six months. A prolongation by one additional month may be applied in exceptional cases. Consequences for both the Commission and participants should be provided. For example after the period of six months the Commission will be obliged to stipulate the grant agreement and the participant in good faith will be able to start the implementation of the research.
Amendment 387 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. The members of any consortium wishing to participate in an action shall appoint one of them to act as coordinator which shall be identified in the grant agreement. The coordinator shall be the mandatory contact between the members of consortium, represent the consortium in relations with the Commission or the relevant funding body and monitor the compliance by members of consortium with their obligations under the grant agreement.
Amendment 391 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. The consortium may propose to add or remove a participant or change a coordinator in accordance with the respective provisions of the grant agreement and the consortium agreement, provided that this change is in conformity with the conditionrules for participation, does not adversely affect the implementation of the action and is not contrary to the principle of equal treatment.
Amendment 480 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Value added tax ('VAT') and any other indirect tax paid by, and which cannot be refunded to, the beneficiary according to the applicable national legislation, shall be considered as eligible costs
Amendment 495 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Alternatively to paragraph 1, a beneficiary may opt to determine its indirect eligible costs based on indirect costs that actually incurred in direct relationship with the eligible direct costs attributed to the project, according to the beneficiary's usual cost accounting practices. Consequently, the reimbursement rates as indicated in Article 22(3) will be applied
Amendment 509 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. Eligible personnel costs shall only cover the actual hours worked by the persons directly carrying out work under the action. The evidence regarding the actual hours worked shall be provided by the participant, normally through a time recording system.
Amendment 510 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
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. The number of annual productive hours which may be used by the beneficiary should be determined as follows: a) a standard provided by the Commission or b) a standard provided by the beneficiary and agreed by the Commission or c) the actual productive hours.
Amendment 512 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The evidence regarding the hours worked shall be provided by the participant, normally through a time recording system. 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.
Amendment 520 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3
Article 25 – paragraph 3
3. The grant agreement shall contain the minimum requirements for the time recording system as well as the number of annual productive hours to be used for the calculation of the hourly personnel rates.