20 Amendments of Francisco SOSA WAGNER related to 2011/0399(COD)
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Horizon 2020 should be implemented with a view to contributing directly to improving public well-being, ensuring social, economic and environmental sustainability and creating industrial leadership, prosperity, growth and employment in Europe and should reflect the strategic vision of the Commission Communication of 6 October 2010 to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Region "Europe 2020 Flagship Initiative Innovation" whereby the Commission engages to radically simplify access of participants.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) Access to patent applications, standards, publications or any other means of dissemination, including electronic format, relating to the results of Horizon 2020-funded research, shall be provided in formats accessible to all, including large print, Braille, easily readable text, audio, video and electronic format.
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11 a) It would be wise progressively to introduce minimum conditions for participation obliging the Member States in which the legal entities are based to invest a minimum percentage of their GDP in RDI; this requirement will help strike a fair balance between states and encourage the legal entities to conduct cutting-edge research and aim for excellence.
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12 a) Funding and oversight of research in the social sciences, the law and the humanities should be subject to special conditions and preferably be orientated towards disseminating the results achieved rather than other stages of the process.
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In order to enhance transparency, the names of experts that have assisted the Commission or relevant funding bodies in application of this Regulation should be published. Where the publication of the name would endanger the security or integrity of the expert or would unduly prejudice his or her privacy, in exceptional cases, the Commission or funding bodies should be able tomay refrain from the publication of such names.
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Rules governing the exploitation and dissemination of results should be laid down to ensure that the participants protect, exploit and disseminate those results as appropriate, in particular the possibility of additional open access, dissemination or exploitation conditions in the European strategic interest.
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) 'legal entity’ means undertakings, research centres and universitie, universities and civil society organisations, encompassing any natural person, or any legal person created under national law, Union law or international law, which has legal personality and which may, acting in its own name, exercise rights and be subject to obligations;
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In actions under the activity '‘Secure societies'’ within the specific objective '‘Inclusive, innovative and secure societies'’ and the ‘Health, demographic change and well-being’ section of the ‘Societal challenges’ strand, the Commission may make available to Union institutions and bodies or Member States' national authorities any useful information in its possession on results of a participant that has received Union funding.
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, in the case of European Research Council (ERC) frontier research actions, the SME instrument, programme co-fund actions and in justified cases provided for in the work programme or work plan, such as when geographical and cultural aspects of research conducted in the field of social sciences and the humanities are of particular interest to a given Member State or associated country and not others, the minimum condition shall be the participation of one legal entity established in a Member State or associated country.
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall systematically carry out ethics reviews for proposals raising ethical issues. This review shall verify the respect of ethical principles and EU legislation and, in the case of research carried out outside the Union, tshatll verify whether the same research would have been allowed in a Member State.
Amendment 338 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission or the relevant funding body shall be responsible for the examination of this request. This examination shall only cover the procedural aspects of the evaluation, and notwhere appropriate, and in accordance with the previous paragraph, the merit of the proposal.
Amendment 340 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. An evaluation review committee composed of Commission staff or of the relevant funding body staff shall provide an opinion on the procedural aspects of the evaluation process. It shall be chaired by an official of the Commission or of the relevant funding body, from a department other than the one responsible for the call for proposals; the committee shall select an independent expert from the database referred to in Article 37 of this regulation; the expert shall give an opinion on whether to examine the proposal under consideration on its merits, the final decision shall, however, be taken by the committee Chair. The committee may recommend one of the following:
Amendment 597 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 37 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Independent experts shall be identified and selected on the basis of calls for applications from individuals and calls addressed to relevant organisations such as national research agencies, research institutions, universities, standardisation organisations or enterprises with a view to establishing a database of candidates.
Amendment 600 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 37 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
The Commission or the relevant funding body may, ifn deemed appropriate and in duly justified casesuly justified cases and with due account for the specific nature of the subject at hand, select any individualexpert with the appropriate skills from outside the database.
Amendment 604 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Article 37 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Appropriate measures shall be taken to seek gender balance and geographical diversity when appointing independent experts, also to ensure that no specific interest group is overrepresented, which could compromise the impartiality of the decision-making process.
Amendment 614 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 3
Article 37 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission or the relevant funding body shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the expert is not faced with a conflict of interests in relation to the matter on which the expert is required to provide an opinion; one way of eliminating this risk would be to publish a full statement of professional activities and financial interests.
Amendment 655 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
With regard to dissemination through research publications, open access shall apply under the terms and conditions laid down in the grant agreement. This arrangement shall be automatic, with a view to ensuring free online public access to EU-funded research publications as soon as possible or, at all events, within six months of their appearing in a scientific journal. Any costs incurred in providing such access shall be covered by EU funds. With regard to dissemination of other results, including research data, the grant agreement may lay down the terms and conditions under which open access to such results shall be provided, in particular in ERC frontier research or in other appropriate areas, for example in cases where there are overriding reasons in the public interest, the results of research in the field of public health shall be made freely available.
Amendment 673 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Access to patent applications, standards, publications or any other means of dissemination, including electronic format, relating to the results of the related research shall be ensured for people with disabilities on the same terms as for any other citizen.
Amendment 735 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1
Article 47 – paragraph 1
1. In the case of actions involving security- related activities and activities which are justified on public health grounds, the grant agreement may lay down specific provisions, in particular on changes to the consortium's composition, classified information, exploitation, dissemination, transfers and licences of results.
Amendment 739 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 3
Article 47 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of ERC frontier research actions or actions relating to a societal challenge as part of the ‘health, demographic change and well-being’ section of the Societal challenges strand, the grant agreement may lay down specific provisions, in particular on access rights, portability and dissemination, relating to participants, researchers and any party concerned by the action.