Activites

• 2008/02/04 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 2008/74
  • Corrigendum to final act 32008R0074R(01)
  • OJ L 219 14.08.2008, p. 0073
• #2842
• 2007/12/20 Council Meeting
• 2007/12/20 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2007/12/20 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 2007/12/11 Results of vote in Parliament
  • Results of vote in Parliament
  • T6-0588/2007 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Gianni DE MICHELIS (PES, IT) and made some amendments to the proposal for a Council regulation on the establishment of the "ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking" to implement a Joint Technology Initiative in Embedded Computing Systems.The main amendments were as follows: Creation of a Joint Undertaking: the report stipulates that it should be ensured that after the last call for proposals in 2013 projects still in progress are implemented, monitored and funded until 2017. The ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking should also be considered as a Community body as referred to in Point 47 of the IIA of 17 May 2006.Objectives: the Joint Undertaking should also promote the involvement of SMEs in its activities. Parliament deleted the objective in the Commission’s proposal stating that the Joint Undertaking should ensure the efficiency and durability of the JTI on Embedded Computing Systems.Financing: the sum of the contributions from ARTEMISIA and the European Union shall not exceed 5% of the overall budget of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking. ARTEMIS Member States shall ensure that national funds are allocated within the shortest possible delay. The report stipulates that the financial contributions to the cost of projects from public funds shall be conditional on in-kind contributions to the projects submitted by research and development organisations to cover their share of the costs of the projects.Financial rules: the financial rules of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking may not depart from Regulation (EC) No 2343/2002, unless its specific operating needs so require and subject to the prior consent of the Commission. The budgetary authority shall be informed of such derogations.Evaluation: the evaluation and selection process will be carried out with the assistance of external experts.Staff: the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking shall recruit its staff in accordance with applicable regulations of the host country. The Commission may second to the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking as many officials as may be needed. Parliament deleted the clause stating that the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities shall apply to the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking and its staff.Responsibility: some essential clauses of the JU Statutes have been inserted to clarify that the Joint Undertaking shall be solely responsible for meeting its obligations. It shall not be responsible for meeting the financial obligations of its Members. It shall not be liable for any ARTEMIS Member State failing to meet its obligations resulting from calls for proposals launched by the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking. The Members shall not be liable for any of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking’s obligations. The financial liability of the Members shall be an internal liability towards the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking only, limited to their commitment to contribute to the resources.Report, evaluation and discharge: no later than 31 December 2010, the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and the Council an interim evaluation of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking prepared with the assistance of independent experts. Parliament deleted the clause stating that the final evaluation will be carried out by 31 March 2018. Discharge for the implementation of the budget of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking shall be given: a) respecting the Court of Auditor's competence to examine the revenue and expenditures accounts of all bodies set up by the Communities; b) recognising the specificities of the Joint Technology Initiatives as new mechanisms for implementing public private partnerships, in order to find a more effective solution for the purpose of discharging the Community's budget.Parliament also introduced the following amendments in the annexes:- a new clause states that the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking is a body as referred to in Article 185 of the Financial Regulation and Point 47 of the IIA of 17 May 2006; - in the event of an application for membership from another legal entity or third country, the Governing Board shall provide timely information to the Commission on the assessment made of the applicant and, where applicable, on the recommendation or decision of the Governing Board. The Commission shall transmit this information to the Council;- the Public Authorities Board shall elect its Chairperson every two years. The same Chairperson may be re-elected no more than twice;- the Executive Director shall be appointed by the Governing Board on the basis of a list of candidates proposed by the Commission following a call for expression of interest published in the Official Journal of the EU and in the press or on the internet, for a period of up to three years, which may extend the term of office once for a further period of not more than three years;- the Governing Board must consult with the Commission on some matters, including the financial rules;- the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking's financial rules shall not depart from Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002, unless its specific operating needs so require. The prior consent of the Commission shall be required for the adoption of any rules which depart from Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002. The budgetary authority shall be informed of any such derogation;- the Multiannual Strategic Plan, the Annual Work Programme and the Annual Implementation Plan shall be made public. The Annual Activity Report shall include the participation of SMEs in the R&D activities of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking. Calls for proposals shall be made public to the greatest extent possible through periodicals, on the internet, etc.- the Annual Accounts and balance sheets for the preceding year shall be submitted to the European Court of Auditors and to the budgetary authority;- with the exception of the financial contributions due to Project participants the financial liability of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking for its debts is limited to the contributions that the Members have made to the running costs;- proposals for amendments to the Statutes shall be approved by the Governing Board and submitted to the Commission for decision after consulting the European Parliament;- access Rights shall be granted on a non-exclusive, non-transferable basis. The clause on time limits for access rights was deleted;- the report specifies the procedure for evaluating in-kind contributions; - the terms and conditions of grant agreements shall be in accordance with the financial rules.

• 2007/11/28 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
  • A6-0484/2007
• #2832
• 2007/11/22 Council Meeting
  • 2832 summary

    The Council agreed on a "general approach" (substantial elements of the legal acts) on four proposals aimed at establishing joint technology initiatives (JTIs) in the following fields:Innovative medicines ("IMI") Embedded computing systems ("ARTEMIS") Nanoelectronic technologies ("ENIAC") Aeronautics and air transport ("CLEAN SKY") The agreement on the general approach paves the way for adopting the final Decisions as soon as possible after receiving the European Parliament's opinions, in order to enable a swift start to the four JTIs in early 2008.According to the agreement reached today, the JTIs would have the following common features:The JTIs should be set up under Community law as Community bodies. They should receive Community funding in order to implement the research programmes, notably by awarding funding to selected projects, following publication of calls for proposals.They will take the form of real public / private partnerships with a shared responsibility of industry in the management of the joint undertakings. EU Member States and the Commission will exercise appropriate supervision over the use of public funds.They will have a limited duration of 10 years.JTIs will not have the status of international organisations.JTIs will have legal personality and will be established on the basis of Articles 171 and 172 of the EC Treaty.They will implement the research programmes by combining public and private funding. The Community will contribute to both the research activities and the running costs.

• 2007/11/12 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• #2820
• 2007/09/28 Council Meeting
  • 2820 summary

    The Council held an exchange of views on four proposals aimed at establishing joint technology initiatives (JTIs) in the following fields:embedded computing systems ("ARTEMIS")innovative medicines ("IMI") (CNS/2007/0089)aeronautics and air transport ("CLEAN SKY") (CNS/2007/0118)nano-electronics technologies ("ENIAC") (CNS/2007/0122)The ministerial debate concentrated in horizontal issues with a view to adopting final decisions at the November Competitiveness Council meeting in order to enable a swift start to the four JTIs in 2008.The Council underlined a number of important political elements which resulted from thediscussion:The JTIs should be set up under Community law as Community bodies. They should receive Community funding in order to implement the research programmes, notably by awarding funding to selected projects, following publication of calls for proposals.They will take the form of real public/private partnerships with a shared responsibility of industry in the management of the joint undertakings. EU member states and the Commission will exercise appropriate supervision over the use of public funds. They will have a limited duration of 10 years. They will not have the status of international organisations. They will have legal personality and will be established on the basis of articles 171 and 172 of the EC treaty.They will implement the research programmes by combining public and private funding.The Community will contribute to both the research activities and the running costs.The Council also tasked the preparatory bodies to continue further technical work based on the political guidelines agreed by the Council.ARTEMIS will address the design, development and deployment of ubiquitous, interoperable and cost-effective, yet powerful, safe and secure electronic and software systems. It will deliver reference designs that offer standard architectural approaches for given ranges of applications, middleware that enables seamless connectivity and interoperability, integrated design software tools and methods for rapid development and prototyping.The maximum of the Community contribution is estimated at EUR 420 million (up to 2017).

• 2007/06/19 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• #2801
• 2007/05/21 Council Meeting
  • 2801
• 2007/05/15 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2007)0243 summary

    PURPOSE: to set up a Joint Undertaking: “ARTEMIS” on Embedded Computing Systems.PROPOSED ACT: Council Regulation.CONTENT: the 7th Framework Programme2007-2013 sets up four Specific Programmes: Co-operation, Ideas, People and Capacities. This proposal relates directly to the Specific Programme Co-operation, Theme “Information and Communication technologies”. The Co-operation programme underlines the need for ambitious pan-European public private partnerships to speed up the development of major technologies through large-scale research actions organised at a Community level.  Joint Technology Initiatives, or JTIs,  help fulfil this need. JTIs are born out of the “European Technology Platforms”, (ETPs), which existed under the previous, 6th Framework Programme. In a small number of cases, ETPs have achieved such an ambitious scale and scope that they now require the mobilisation of greater public and private investments.Given that the ambition and scope of the JTIs are large they are being proposed in the form of Joint Undertakings with their own legal personality. The development of these new Joint Undertaking will, for the first time, create the legal basis allowing national, EU and private investment to be combined within a coherent framework. JTIs, in the form of Joint Undertakings are being proposed in a limited number of sectors only, including: hydrogen and fuel cells, aeronautics and air transport, medicines, nanoelectronics and global monitoring for environment and security. Embedded systems, are computers that are used in larger systems to control equipments such as automobiles, home appliances, communication devices, control systems and office machines. More than 90% of computing devices are embedded and forecasts predict that by 2010 more than 16 billion embedded devices will be used and over 40 billion by 2020.In spite of its economic importance, the EU’s research investment in embedded systems is lagging well behind that of the US and Japan. Furthermore, the EU funding landscape is fragmented and unable to provide a convincing response. The Community Framework Programmes have had made major investments in the past but their budget is severely limited compared to the overall public R&D budget in Europe. The inter-governmental programme Eureka is a valuable mechanism and some national programmes are active in this area. However, all these efforts are scattered and not focused on common objectives. The purpose of this Regulation, therefore, is the implementation of a Joint Technology Initiative on Embedded Computer Systems through a Joint Undertaking entitled ARTEMIS, or the ARTEMIS JU. It will be based in Brussels and exist for a period ending on 31 December 2017.  The financial impact on the EU budget will cease after 2013. It will be jointly funded by the founding members, namely the Community and the ARTEMISIA association with a combined budget of EUR 451 million. The maximum Community contribution will be EUR 420 million paid from the budget appropriations allocated to the Theme “Information and Communication Technologies” of the specific programme “Co-operation”. In particular, the ARTEMIS JU will seek:- to define and implement a Research Agenda for the development of key technologies for Embedded Computing Systems across different applications in order to strengthen European competitiveness;- to support and implement R&D activities by awarding funding to participants in selected projects, following competitive calls for proposals;- to promote a public-private partnership the purpose of which is to mobilise and pool Community, national and private efforts;- to increase overall R&D investments in the field of embedded computing systems; and- to foster collaboration between the public and private sectors.In short, the ARTEMIS JU will seek to foster collaboration between all stakeholders such as industry, national authorities and academic/research centres with a view to co-ordinating research efforts. More concretely speaking the proposal requires the JTI on Embedded Computer Systems to address the design, development and deployment of ubiquitous, interoperable and cost-effective, powerful, safe and secure electronic software systems. It should be capable of delivering reference designs and architectures that offer common architectural approaches for given ranges of applications, middleware that allows seamless connectivity and interoperability and integrated system design methods and tools for rapid development and prototyping.In summary, the other measures being proposed are as follows:- the ARTEMIS JU should be able to organise competitive calls for proposals for Projects to implement parts of the research Agenda;- the rules for the organisation and operation of the ARTEMIS JU should be laid down in the Statutes, which are attached in Annex to the proposed Regulation;- the Commission and JU will need to report regularly on progress to the Council and the European Parliament;- the JU should have a distinct financial regulation based on the principles of the framework financial regulation; and- the intellectual property policy should promote knowledge creation and exploitation.In other fields, the proposal seeks to simplify administrative procedures for public authorities and for private parties. Compared to current funding arrangements under Eureka, the proposed new JU will effect significant simplification by:- removing budgetary uncertainty;- avoiding evaluation duplication;- reducing the time and costs involved in preparing R&D proposals; and- streamlining reporting procedures during project execution. Projects will report only once to the Joint Undertaking instead of reporting to Eureka and to all States providing financing.The budgetary assessment indicates maximum Community expenditure of EUR 420 million over the initial period of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking (up to 2017), which would need to be committed before 31 December 2013 when the FP7 budget comes to an end. An initial EUR 42.5 million is to be committed in 2008. The ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking should be a body set up by the Communities and discharge for the implementation of its budget should be given by the European Parliament, taking however into account the specificities resulting from the nature of JTIs as public-private partnerships and in particular from the private sector contribution to the budget.

  • DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/connect/index_en.htm', 'title': 'Communications Networks, Content and Technology'}, REDING Viviane

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2007)0243
• Debate in Council: 2801
• Debate in Council: 2820
• Debate in Council: 2832
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A6-0484/2007
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T6-0588/2007
• : Regulation 2008/74
• : Corrigendum to final act 32008R0074R(01)
• : OJ L 219 14.08.2008, p. 0073

History

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