2018/0003(NLE) | [ParlTrack]

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1

(1) The access to the supercomputers shall be primarily for civilian research and innovation purposes falling under public funding programmes and shall be open to users from the public and private sectors.

Amendment 101 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2

(2) The Governing Board shall define the general access conditions and may define specific access conditions for different types of users or applications. The quality of service shall be the same for all users but priority criteria can be defined.

Amendment 102 #

Proposal for a regulation
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 103 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)

(3a) Access to the supercomputers shall be granted exclusively for the purpose of civilian research and innovation activities.

Amendment 104 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

The share of the Union’s access time to each pre-exascale supercomputer shall be directly proportional to the financial contribution of the Union to its acquisition cost in relation to the total cost of acquisition and operation of the pre- exascale supercomputer. The Governing Board shall define the access rights to the Union’s share of access time.deleted

Amendment 105 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

Each Participating State shall be allocated a share of access time to each pre-exascale supercomputer that shall be directly proportional to the total value of its financial and in-kind contributions for the acquisition and operation costs of the pre-exascale supercomputer. Without prejudice of Article 12(3) the Participating State shall be responsible for defining the access rights for the users, in accordance with the access conditions defined by the Governing Board in accordance with Article 9(2).

Amendment 106 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1

(1) Specific conditions shall apply to industrial users applying for access right ~~for~~only for civilian private research purposes, non-research and innovation purposes or commercial purposes. This commercial service shall be a paying service, based on market prices. The level of the fee shall be established by the Governing Board.

Amendment 107 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1

(1) Specific conditions shall apply to industrial users applying for access right for civilian private research purposes, non- research and innovation purposes or commercial purposes. This commercial service shall be a paying service, based on market prices. The level of the fee shall be established by the Governing Board.

Amendment 108 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3

(3) The total access time allocated to commercial services shall not exceed 10% of the total available access time of each supercomputer. The Governing Board shall decide on the allocation and the queue of the access time for commercial services, giving priority to the non-commercial activities.

Amendment 109 #

Proposal for a regulation
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.

Amendment 110 #

Fredrick FEDERLEY, Carolina PUNSET, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Angelika MLINAR, Pavel TELIČKA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1

(1) The Joint Undertaking may make use of seconded national experts and trainees not employed by the Joint Undertaking. The number of seconded national experts expressed in full-time equivalents shall be added to the information on staff resources as referred to in Article 13(4) in accordance with the annual budget. All seconded national experts will be paid by the Joint Undertaking according to Union regulations and no cost employment is forbidden.

Amendment 111 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1

(1) By 30 June 2022 the Commission shall carry out, with the assistance of independent experts, an interim evaluation of the Joint Undertaking, which shall assess in particular the level of participation in, and contribution to, the actions by the Participating States, the Private Members and their constituent entities and affiliated entities, and also by other legal entities. The evaluation should also identify possible other policy needs, including assessment of the situation for specific sectors on their possibility to fully access and use the possibilities enabled by High Performance Computing. The Commission shall prepare a report on that evaluation which includes conclusions of the evaluation and observations by the Commission. The Commission shall send that report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 31 December 2022.

Amendment 112 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1

(1) By 30 June 2022 the Commission shall carry out, with the assistance of independent experts, an interim evaluation of the Joint Undertaking, which shall assess in particular the level of participation in, and contribution to, the actions by the Participating States, the Private Members and their constituent entities and affiliated entities as well as European industry at large, and also by other legal entities. The Commission shall prepare a report on that evaluation which includes conclusions of the evaluation and observations by the Commission. The Commission shall send that report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 31 December 2022.

Amendment 113 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 a (new)

(3a) The evaluation shall follow in assessing of art. 12, which should be reviewed based on the usage;

Amendment 114 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1

Without prejudice to Article 22, the Joint Undertaking shall ensure the protection of sensitive information the disclosure of which could damage the interests of its members or of participants in the activities of the Joint Undertaking except for the cases or a general public interest or damage to a person or institution could incur if confidentiality rule is applied.

Amendment 115 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) initiate and manage the procedure for the acquisition of the pre-exascale supercomputers in an open and transparent manner, by the use of independent experts, evaluate the offers received, award of funding within the limits of available funds, monitor the implementation of the contract and manage the contracts;

Amendment 116 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) select the hosting entity of the pre- exascale supercomputers, in accordance with ~~its~~the rules set in art. 6 (3) and the financial rules referred to in Article 11 of this Regulation;

Amendment 117 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point i

(i) provide financial support, mainly in the form of grants, focusing on applications, outreach activities, awareness raising actions and professional development and reconversion activities for attracting human resources to High Performance Computing, promoting a balanced participation of men and women, as well as increasing skills and engineering know-how of the ecosystem;

Amendment 118 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point j

(j) initiate open calls for proposals and award funding to civilian research, development and innovation actions within the limits of available funds;

Amendment 119 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 6 – point 1 – paragraph 2

For the general administrative tasks referred to in Article 7(3), the voting rights of the Participating States shall be in proportion to their actual financial commitment to the activities of the Joint Undertaking over the duration of the Joint Undertaking.deleted

Amendment 120 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 6 – point 2 – paragraph 1

For the tasks related to the implementation of the actions of the Joint Undertaking, as defined in Article 7(4), the voting rights of the Participating States shall be in proportion to their actual contributions to the activities of the Joint Undertaking over the duration of the Joint Undertaking.deleted

Amendment 121 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 6 – point 2 – paragraph 2

Voting rights of the Participating States shall be calculated on an annual basis, taking into consideration the contributions made since their accession to the Joint Undertaking. For the calculation of the voting rights the contributions of the Participating States to the operational costs of the supercomputers acquired by the Joint Undertaking and for the contributions of the Participating States to the acquisition costs of the petascale supercomputers shall only be taken into account if they have been certified ex-ante by an independent auditor.deleted

Amendment 122 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 6 – point 2 – paragraph 3

The Participating States of the Joint Undertaking shall ~~only~~ have the right to vote on the issues related to the acquisition of a pre-exascale supercomputer by the Joint Undertaking ~~on the condition that they provide a financial or in-kind contribution to the acquisition or operation of the pre-exascale supercomputer~~. In particular the Participating State shall have the right to vote on the work plan with corresponding expenditure estimates for the procurement, selection of hosting entity, the award of the contracts, the allocation of the access rights, and the transfer of ownership to the hosting entity.

Amendment 123 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 6 – point 2 – paragraph 4

The Participating States of the Joint Undertaking ~~shall only~~ have the right to vote on the issues related to the indirect actions implemented by the Joint Undertaking if they provide a financial contribution to the Joint Undertaking for the implementation of the corresponding parts of the workplan. In particular, in this case the Participating State shall have the right to vote on the work plan with corresponding expenditure estimates for the indirect actions, and the list of indirect actions selected for fundingfor the implementation of the corresponding parts of the workplan.

Amendment 124 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 6 – point 3

(3) The members of the Governing Board shall make every effort to achieve consensus. Failing consensus, the Governing Board shall take its decisions by a majority of at least 75% of all votes and one third of all the Participating States, including the votes of the members who are absent.

Amendment 125 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 6 – point 3

(3) The members of the Governing Board shall make every effort to achieve consensus. Failing consensus, the Governing Board shall take its decisions by a majority of at least 75% of ~~all vo~~the votes of the Participating Member States, including the votes of the members who are absent.

Amendment 126 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 6 – point 4

(4) Any member of the Joint Undertaking other than the Union that fails to meet its commitments concerning the contributions referred to in Article 5 of the Regulation within six months of the time-limit as defined by the Governing Board shall be disqualified from voting in the Governing Board and shall have no access to the pre-exascale supercomputers owned by the Joint Undertaking until such time as its obligations have been met.deleted

Amendment 127 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 6 – point 5

(5) The Governing Board shall elect a chair among its members for a period of two years. The mandate of the chairperson shall be extended only once, following a decision by the Governing Board.

Amendment 128 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 6 – point 6 – paragraph 2

The quorum of the Governing Board shall be constituted by the Commission and at least half of the number of three Participating States’ representatives.

Amendment 129 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 7 – point 3 – point o a (new)

(oa) endorse the result of the fair and transparent process of selecting the hosting entities in accordance with article 6.3 of this Regulation;

Amendment 130 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 8 – point 1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)

The candidates list should be drawn with a view to ensure equal representation and opportunities for men and women.

Amendment 131 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 10 – point 2

(2) The Research and Innovation Advisory Group shall consist of no more than twe~~lve~~nty members, whereof no more than ~~six~~ten shall be appointed by the Private Members and no more than ~~six~~ten shall be appointed by the Governing Board. The Governing Board shall establish the specific criteria and selection process for the members it appoints.

Amendment 132 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 10 – point 2

(2) The Research and Innovation Advisory Group shall consist of no more than twelve members, whereof no more than ~~six~~four shall be appointed by the Private Members and no more than ~~six~~eight shall be appointed by the Governing Board. The Governing Board shall establish the specific criteria and selection process for the members it appoints.

Amendment 133 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 15 – point 5

(5) Should any member of the Joint Undertaking be in default of its commitments concerning its financial contribution, the Executive Director shall put this in writing and shall set a reasonable period within which such default shall be remedied. If the situation is not remedied within that period, the Executive Director shall convene a meeting of the Governing Board to decide whether the defaulting member’s membership is to be revoked or whether any other measures are to be taken until its obligations have been met. ~~The defaulting member’s voting rights shall be suspended until the default of its commitments is remedied~~

Amendment 134 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)

The Joint Undertaking shall ensure compliance with Union law on data protection, and privacy.

Amendment 135 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 23 – point 2

(2) The Joint Undertaking Governing Board shall adopt rules for the prevention and management of conflicts of interest in respect of its members, bodies and staff in line with Union best practices. Those rules shall also contain provisions intended to avoid a conflict of interest in respect of the representatives of the members of the Joint Undertaking serving on the Governing Board.

Amendment 15 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council15 establishes Horizon 2020 – The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020), ‘Horizon 2020’. It aims to achieve a greater impact with respect to research and innovation by combining Horizon 2020 and private- sector funds in public-private partnerships in key areas where research and innovation can contribute to the Union’s wider competitiveness goals, leverage private investment and help tackle societal challenges. Those partnerships should be based on a long-term commitment, including a balanced contribution from all partners, be accountable for the achievement of their objectives and be aligned with the Union’s strategic goals relating to research, development and innovation. The governance and functioning of those partnerships should be open, transparent, effective and efficient and give the opportunity to a wide range of stakeholders active in their specific areas to participate and to civil society organisations and citizen groups to be properly consulted in the decision-making process. __________________ 15 Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1982/2006/EC (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 104)

Amendment 16 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) The Communication from the Commission of 19 April 2016 entitled ‘European Cloud Initiative – building a competitive data and knowledge economy in Europe22 ’, calls for the establishment of a European Data Infrastructure based on leading-class High Performance Computing capabilities and the development of a full European High Performance Computing ecosystem capable of developing new European technology and realise exascale supercomputers. The importance of the area and the challenges faced by the stakeholders in the Union require urgent action in order to gather the necessary resources and capabilities to close the chain from research and development to the delivery and operation of the exascale High Performance Computing systems. Therefore a mechanism should be set up at Union level to combine and concentrate the provision of support to the establishment of a world-leading European High Performance Computing infrastructure and for research and innovation in High Performance Computing by Member States, the Union and the private sector. This infrastructure should provide access to the public sector users, users from industry, including SMEs and users from academia, including the scientific communities being part of the European Open Science Cloud. __________________ 22 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS - European Cloud Initiative - Building a competitive data and knowledge economy in Europe, COM(2016) 178 final

Amendment 17 #

Fredrick FEDERLEY, Carolina PUNSET, Angelika MLINAR, Pavel TELIČKA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)

(8a) The involvement of academic and research institutions and other stakeholders, should be encouraged with a view to maintaining and supporting integrated scientific data infrastructures and High Performance Computing.

Amendment 18 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) In order to equip the Union with the computing performance needed to maintain its research at a leading edge and in order to harness the added value of joint action on Union level the Member States investment in High Performance Computing should be coordinated and the industrial take-up of High Performance Computing technology have to be reinforced. The Union should increase its effectiveness in turning the technology developments into High Performance Computing systems that are procured in Europe, establishing an effective link between technology supply, co-design with users, and a joint procurement of world- class systems.

Amendment 19 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)

(10a) Since there is a serious funding gap in the field of High Performance Computing in comparison with other entities in the world and since the applications of High Performance Computing in the fields of, inter alia, medicine, climate research and industry, this could potentially cause the Union to fall behind on the field of innovation, which is an important motor for its economic success, it is of the utmost strategic and economic importance that this issue is addressed.

Amendment 20 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)

(10a) Calls on the Commission and Member States to explore appropriate governance and funding frameworks, taking sufficient consideration of EuroHPC JU initiative and their sustainability and of a European-wide level playing field; stresses that Member States should consider the funding programmes in an integrated way to Commission’s approach;

Amendment 21 #

Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)

(10a) In the joint effort to establish a European high performance computing ecosystem, it is necessary to take into account the shared values underlying the European project that serve to define a European digital identity.

Amendment 22 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 b (new)

(10b) Since there are serious defence and security risks aligned to the dependency of the Union on foreign High Performance Computing technology, it is in the interest of the security of the Union that investments are made in the development of a European High Performance Computing infrastructure, functioning independently.

Amendment 23 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 b (new)

(10b) Believes that the European Technology Platform and the cPPP on HPC are crucial to define Europe’s research priorities in developing European technology in all segments of the HPC solution supply chain;

Amendment 24 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) A Joint Undertaking represents the best available instrument capable to implement the goals of the European High performance Computing Strategy as defined in the European Cloud Initiative24, to overcome the present limitations, while offering the highest economic, and societal~~, and environmental impact~~ impact and addressing the overall environmental impact and energy consumption of the HPC systems and best safeguarding the Union’s interests. It can pool resources from the Union, the Member States and the private sector. It can implement a procurement framework and operate world-class HPC systems via promotion of technology, particularly European one. It can launch research and innovation programmes for developing technologies and their subsequent integration in European exascale supercomputing systems and contribute to developing a competitive European technology supply industry. __________________ 24 COM(2016) 178 final

Amendment 25 #

Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Patrizia TOIA, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Theresa GRIFFIN, Dan NICA, Flavio ZANONATO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)

(11a) The mission of the Joint Undertaking is to establish and maintain in Europe an integrated world-class High Performance Computing and Big Data ecosystem based on European leadership in HPC, Cloud and Big Data technologies

Amendment 26 #

Michał BONI, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Seán KELLY, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ

Proposal for a regulation
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 27 #

Răzvan POPA

Proposal for a regulation
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 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~~in order to reach this target ~~have to~~, actions need to urgently start now.

Amendment 28 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)

(12a) Believes that the HPC initiative ensures investments into science and research sectors in order to create business incentives and tools to share and use data as widely as possible, underpinned by building a strong cloud and data infrastructure in Europe;

Amendment 29 #

Michał BONI, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Seán KELLY, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 b (new)

(12b) Stresses that EuroHPC JU, should be treated as an integral part of the European Data Infrastructure across the whole ecosystem and the benefits should be promoted widely;

Amendment 30 #

Michał BONI, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Seán KELLY, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 c (new)

(12c) Believes that Europe needs a complete demand-driven HPC ecosystem including trusted and secure high-speed network services, to acquire leadership- class supercomputers, secure its HPC system supply, and deploy HPC services to industry and SMEs for simulation, visualisation and prototyping. Considers that it is of utmost importance to put the EU among the top supercomputing powers in the world by 2022;

Amendment 31 #

Michał BONI, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Seán KELLY, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)

(13a) Calls on the Commission to encourage more Member States to join EuroHPC JU and use it as a priority area for research and development programmes corresponding with national activities. Stresses that the European Commission should promote the initiative in all Member States as part of a strong political and economic commitment in digital innovation;

Amendment 32 #

Proposal for a regulation
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 #

Michał BONI, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Seán KELLY, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ

Proposal for a regulation
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 34 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)

(15a) Supports the Commission efforts together with European industry researchers and academia for deployment of EuroHPC JU in synergy with Big Data, the European Technology Platform for High Performance Computing Value PPP and the cPPP that enhance community building around data and set the grounds for a thriving data-driven economy in Europe.

Amendment 35 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) The Joint Undertaking should address clearly defined topics that would enable academia and European industries at large to design, develop and use the most innovative technologies in High Performance Computing, and to establish an integrated infrastructure across the Union with world-class High Performance Computing capability, high-speed connectivity and leading-edge applications and data and software services for its scientists and for other lead users from industry, including SMEs and the public sector. The Joint Undertaking should make efforts to reduce the specific HPC-related skills gap, encouraging requalification, HPC related career choices and offering special programs to encourage balanced representation of men and women in the HPC career paths. The Joint Undertaking should prepare the path towards building the first hybrid High Performance Computing infrastructure in Europe, integrating classical computing architectures with quantum computing devices, e.g. exploiting the quantum computer as an accelerator of High Performance Computing threads. Structured and coordinated financial support at European level is necessary to help research teams and European industries remain at the leading edge in a highly competitive international context by producing world- class results and their integration in competitive systems, to ensure the fast and broad industrial exploitation of European technology across the Union generating important spill-overs for society, to share risk-taking and joining of forces by aligning strategies and investments towards a common European interest. The Commission could consider, upon notification by a Member State or group of Member States concerned, that the Joint Undertaking’s initiatives qualify as Important Projects of Common European Interest, provided that all relevant conditions are met in accordance with the Community Framework for state aid for research and development and innovation25. __________________ 25 Communication from the Commission — Criteria for the analysis of the compatibility with the internal market of State aid to promote the execution of important projects of common European interest, OJ C 188, 20.6.2014, p. 4.

Amendment 36 #

Fredrick FEDERLEY, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Angelika MLINAR, Pavel TELIČKA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) The Joint Undertaking should address clearly defined topics that would enable academia and European industries at large to design, develop and use the most innovative technologies in High Performance Computing, and to establish an integrated infrastructure across the Union with world-class High Performance Computing capability, high-speed connectivity and leading-edge applications and data and software services for its scientists and for other lead users from industry, including SMEs and start-ups and the public sector. The Joint Undertaking should make efforts to reduce the specific HPC-related skills gap. The Joint Undertaking should prepare the path towards building the first hybrid High Performance Computing infrastructure in Europe, integrating classical computing architectures with quantum computing devices, e.g. exploiting the quantum computer as an accelerator of High Performance Computing threads. Structured and coordinated financial support at European level is necessary to help research teams and European industries remain at the leading edge in a highly competitive international context by producing world- class results and their integration in competitive systems, to ensure the fast and broad industrial exploitation of European technology across the Union generating important ~~spill-over~~benefits for society, to share risk-taking and joining of forces by aligning strategies and investments towards a common European interest. The Commission could consider, upon notification by a Member State or group of Member States concerned, that the Joint Undertaking’s initiatives qualify as Important Projects of Common European Interest, provided that all relevant conditions are met in accordance with the Community Framework for state aid for research and development and innovation25. __________________ 25 Communication from the Commission — Criteria for the analysis of the compatibility with the internal market of State aid to promote the execution of important projects of common European interest, OJ C 188, 20.6.2014, p. 4.

Amendment 37 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) The Joint Undertaking should address clearly defined topics that would enable academia ~~and~~but also European industries at large to design, develop and use the most innovative technologies in High Performance Computing, and to establish an integrated infrastructure across the Union with world-class High Performance Computing capability, high- speed connectivity and leading-edge applications and data and software services for its scientists and for other lead users from industry, including SMEs and the public sector. The Joint Undertaking should make efforts to reduce the specific HPC-related skills gap. The Joint Undertaking should prepare the path towards building the first hybrid High Performance Computing infrastructure in Europe, integrating classical computing architectures with quantum computing devices, e.g. exploiting the quantum computer as an accelerator of High Performance Computing threads. Structured and coordinated financial support at European level is necessary to help research teams and European industries remain at the leading edge in a highly competitive international context by producing world- class results and their integration in competitive systems, to ensure the fast and broad industrial exploitation of European technology across the Union generating important spill-overs for society, to share risk-taking and joining of forces by aligning strategies and investments towards a common European interest. The Commission could consider, upon notification by a Member State or group of Member States concerned, that the Joint Undertaking’s initiatives qualify as Important Projects of Common European Interest, provided that all relevant conditions are met in accordance with the Community Framework for state aid for research and development and innovation25. __________________ 25 Communication from the Commission — Criteria for the analysis of the compatibility with the internal market of State aid to promote the execution of important projects of common European interest, OJ C 188, 20.6.2014, p. 4.

Amendment 38 #

Michał BONI, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Seán KELLY, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) The Joint Undertaking should address clearly defined topics that would enable academia and European industries at large to design, develop and use the most innovative technologies in High Performance Computing, and to establish an integrated infrastructure across the Union with world-class High Performance Computing capability, high-speed connectivity and leading-edge applications and data and software services for its scientists and for other lead users from industry, in~~cluding~~ particular SMEs and the public sector. The Joint Undertaking should make efforts to reduce the specific HPC-related skills gap. The Joint Undertaking should prepare the path towards building the first hybrid High Performance Computing infrastructure in Europe, integrating classical computing architectures with quantum computing devices, e.g. exploiting the quantum computer as an accelerator of High Performance Computing threads. Structured and coordinated financial support at European level is necessary to help research teams and European industries remain at the leading edge in a highly competitive international context by producing world- class results and their integration in competitive systems, to ensure the fast and broad industrial exploitation of European technology across the Union generating important spill-overs for society, to share risk-taking and joining of forces by aligning strategies and investments towards a common European interest. The Commission could consider, upon notification by a Member State or group of Member States concerned, that the Joint Undertaking’s initiatives qualify as Important Projects of Common European Interest, provided that all relevant conditions are met in accordance with the Community Framework for state aid for research and development and innovation25. __________________ 25 Communication from the Commission — Criteria for the analysis of the compatibility with the internal market of State aid to promote the execution of important projects of common European interest, OJ C 188, 20.6.2014, p. 4.

Amendment 39 #

Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Patrizia TOIA, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Theresa GRIFFIN, Dan NICA, Flavio ZANONATO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)

(18a) The Joint Undertaking should provide European scientists, industry and the public sector with access to world- class supercomputers and associated services, giving them the tools to stay at the forefront of science and industrial competition.

Amendment 40 #

Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Patrizia TOIA, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Theresa GRIFFIN, Dan NICA, Flavio ZANONATO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 b (new)

(18b) In order to build the necessary capacity in the Member States, one High Performance Computing Competence Centre associated with the national supercomputing centre should be established per Member State; the Centres should facilitate and promote access to the HPC ecosystem, from access to the supercomputers, to access to applications and services; they should also provide to HPC users learning and training courses for building HPC skills and should promote awareness raising and training and outreach activities of the benefits of HPC for SMEs in particular and embark on networking activities with stakeholders and other Competence Centres to foster wider innovations enabling further HPC uptake.

Amendment 41 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)

(20a) The supercomputers acquired and supported by the Joint Undertaking should be designed and selected in order to maximise their efficiency for scientific purposes as well as for their use by industry. For that reason, the European Commission need take steps to further strengthen the assessment of efficiency and cost-effectiveness in its evaluations.

Amendment 42 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) The Joint Undertaking should be the owner of the pre-exascale supercomputers it has acquired. The operation of the pre-exascale supercomputers should be entrusted to a hosting entity, i.e. a legal entity in a Member State participating in the Joint Undertaking which provides facilities to host and operate a supercomputer. The hosting entity should ensure to the extent possible a physical and functional separation of the Joint Undertaking pre- exascale supercomputers and any other, national or regional computing systems it operates. The hosting entity should be selected by the Governing Board of the Joint Undertaking. The Joint Undertaking should remain the owner of the pre- exascale supercomputers until they are de~~preciated (typically after 4-5 years of operation). Then ownership should be transferred~~commissioned. The decommissioning process could include transfer of ownership to the hosting entity ~~for decommissioning~~, disposal or any other use ~~and~~. In the case of transfer of ownership to the hosting entity the latter should reimburse the Joint Undertaking the residual value of the supercomputers.

Amendment 43 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) The use of the pre-exascale and petascale supercomputers should be primarily for civilian public research and innovation purposes, for any user from academia, industry or the public sector. The Joint Undertaking should be allowed to carry out some limited civilian economic activities for private purposes. Access should be granted to users established in the Union or an Associated Country to Horizon 2020. The access rights should be equitable to any user and allocated in a transparent manner. The Governing Board should define the access rights to the Union’s share of access time for each supercomputer.

Amendment 44 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) The use of the pre-exascale and petascale supercomputers should be primarily for public research and innovation purposes, for any user from academia, industry, including SMEs or the public sector. The Joint Undertaking should be allowed to carry out some limited economic activities for private purposes. Access should be granted to users established in the Union or an Associated Country to Horizon 2020. The access rights should be equitable to any user and allocated in a transparent manner. The Governing Board should define the access rights to the Union’s share of access time for each supercomputer.

Amendment 45 #

Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Patrizia TOIA, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Theresa GRIFFIN, Dan NICA, Flavio ZANONATO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) The use of the pre-exascale and petascale supercomputers should be primarily for public civilian research and innovation purposes, for any user from academia, industry or the public sector. The Joint Undertaking should be allowed to carry out some limited economic activities for private purposes. Access should be granted to users established in the Union or an Associated Country to Horizon 2020. The access rights should be equitable to any user and allocated in a transparent manner. The Governing Board should define the access rights to the Union’s share of access time for each supercomputer.

Amendment 46 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)

(23a) Access time to the supercomputers should not be proportionate to financial contributions, and a level playing field for users from all Member States, scientists and industries in the Union should be ensured.

Amendment 47 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24

(24) LVery limited use of the supercomputers by users carrying out civilian economic activities for non- research applications shcould be allowed. Access time should be primarily granted to any user established in the Union or a country associated to Horizon 2020. The access rights should be allocated in a transparent manner.

Amendment 48 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25

(25) The Joint Undertaking governance should be assured by two bodies: a Governing Board, and an Industrial and Scientific Advisory Board. The Governing board should be composed of Representatives of the Union and Participating States. It should be responsible for strategic policy making and funding decisions related to the activities of the Joint Undertaking, in particular for all the public procurement activities. The Industrial and Scientific Advisory Board should include mainly representatives of academia and in a lower measure, relevant industry as users and technology suppliers. It should provide independent advice to the Governing Board on the Strategic Research Agenda and on the acquisition and operation of the supercomputers owned by the Joint Undertaking.

Amendment 49 #

Proposal for a regulation
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 contributions.deleted

Amendment 50 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26

Amendment 51 #

Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Patrizia TOIA, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Theresa GRIFFIN, Dan NICA, Flavio ZANONATO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)

(28a) The Data protection and Privacy Regulation of the European Union should apply for any supercomputer owned fully or in part by the JU, or for any supercomputer making available access time to the JU.

Amendment 52 #

Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Patrizia TOIA, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Theresa GRIFFIN, Dan NICA, Flavio ZANONATO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 b (new)

(28b) The provisions of Horizon 2020 on intellectual property rights, transfer of ownership of IPR, licensing and exploitation should apply, as a minimum, in order to protect the European Union`s economic interests.

Amendment 53 #

Michał BONI, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Seán KELLY, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)

(29a) Taken together, the investments should fully cover the total cost of ownership, including all costs relating to the provision of a full service.

Amendment 54 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30 a (new)

(30a) Underlines that HPC initiative providers operating in the Union must compete on an even playing field, with the same rules applicable to all.

Amendment 55 #

Gunnar HÖKMARK, Michał BONI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30 a (new)

(30a) Care must be taken to ensure that ETP and PRACE cooperation with the Joint Undertaking does not give rise to a conflict of interest.

Amendment 56 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31 a (new)

(31a) Broad participation across the Union and fair and reasonable access for non-EU actors is important in order to realise the full potential of a European supercomputer capable of contributing to European excellent science and regional competitiveness. In this regard, all potential synergies between EuroHPC and EU research programmes should be explored. Furthermore, underlines the importance of fully integrating the EuroHPC with existing leading research and development structures, so as to maximise efficiency and facilitate its use.

Amendment 57 #

Fredrick FEDERLEY, Carolina PUNSET, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Angelika MLINAR, Pavel TELIČKA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32

(32) Provision of financial support to activities from Connecting Europe Facility programme or other relevant programs should comply with rules of this programme.

Amendment 58 #

Michał BONI, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Seán KELLY, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 a (new)

(34a) Encourages the Commission and the Member States to communicate the economic potential of High Performance Computing to SMEs in particular.

Amendment 59 #

Fredrick FEDERLEY, Carolina PUNSET, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Angelika MLINAR, Pavel TELIČKA

Proposal for a regulation
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 60 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40

(40) All calls for proposals and all calls for tender under the Joint Undertaking should take into account the duration of the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme and Connecting Europe Facility Programme, as appropriate, except in duly justified cases. For the period not covered by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme and the Connecting Europe Facility Programme, appropriate adjustments should be made taking in to account the MFF for the period after 2020, with the aim at continuing the activities of the Joint Undertaking.

Amendment 61 #

Michał BONI, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Seán KELLY, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40 a (new)

(40a) Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the existing work of the European Cloud Partnership based on the existing pillars of PRACE and GEANT and to recognise their vital complementary roles in realising a EuroHPC ecosystem.

Amendment 62 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 a (new)

(41a) Since High Performance Computing is an intensive and energy- consuming activity due to, inter alia, the cooling process, the hosting entity should be able to rely as much as possible on renewable energy for its functioning, this aspect should be taken into account in the selection process of the Joint Undertaking.

Amendment 63 #

Michał BONI, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Seán KELLY, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 a (new)

(41a) The Joint Undertaking should guarantee that the High Performance Computing supercomputers in the Union are accessible exclusively to entities which comply with Union law on data protection, privacy and security.

Amendment 64 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 a (new)

(42a) Believes that the full potential of cloud computing for Europe can only be realised when data can flow freely across the Union with clear rules and play an increasingly important role in the European economy.

Amendment 65 #

Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5

(5) The seat of the Joint Undertaking shall be located in ~~Luxembourg~~Milan.

Amendment 66 #

Proposal for a regulation
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 67 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11

(11) ‘Private Members’ means the private associations and businesses that are members of the Joint Undertaking.

Amendment 68 #

Proposal for a regulation
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 69 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) to provide scientists, industry 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 for civilian use.

Amendment 70 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) to provide scientists, industry, including 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.

Amendment 71 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a

Amendment 72 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) to provide a framework for acquisition of an integrated world-class pre-exascale supercomputing and data infrastructure in the Union, including through supporting the acquisition of petascale supercomputers by the Participating States;

Amendment 73 #

Proposal for a regulation
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 74 #

Gunnar HÖKMARK, Michał BONI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) to provide Union level coordination and adequate financial resources to support the development and acquisition of such infrastructure, which will be accessible to users from the public and private sector ~~primarily for~~exclusively for civilian research and innovation purposes;

Amendment 75 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) to support the development of an integrated High Performance Computing ecosystem in the Union covering all scientific and industrial value chain segments notably hardware, software, applications, services, engineering, interconnections, know-how and skills, in order to strengthen the Union as a global centre for innovations, contributing to competitiveness and enhanced research and development capacity.

Amendment 76 #

Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) to support the development of an integrated High Performance Computing ecosystem in the Union covering all scientific and industrial value chain segments, notably hardware, software, applications, services, engineering, interconnections, know-how and skills, taking into account the shared values underlying the European project that serve to define a European digital identity.

Amendment 77 #

Fredrick FEDERLEY, Carolina PUNSET, Angelika MLINAR, Pavel TELIČKA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) to support the development of an integrated High Performance Computing ecosystem in the Union covering all civilian scientific and industrial value chain segments notably hardware, software, applications, services, engineering, interconnections, know-how and skills.

Amendment 78 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

(da) to enable synergies and provide added value of cooperation between Participating Member States and other actors.

Amendment 79 #

Michał BONI, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Seán KELLY, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d

(d) to build and operate a leading-class integrated supercomputing and data infrastructure across the Union a, where this infrastructure is designed to be efficient for scientific purposes and provides an essential component for scientific excellence, and for the digitisation of industry, and the public sector, and for strengthening the innovation capabilities and global competitiveness for creating economic and employment growth in the Union;

Amendment 80 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e

(e) to provide access to High Performance Computing-based infrastructures and services to a wide range of users from the research and scientific community as well as the industry ~~including~~, micro enterprises, SMEs, and the public sector, for new and emerging data and compute- intensive applications and services with civilian purposes;

Amendment 81 #

Proposal for a regulation
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, closing the technology gap vis-à-vis international competitors and enabling the acquisition by the Joint Undertaking of leadership- class supercomputers;

Amendment 82 #

Proposal for a regulation
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 ~~leadership~~world-class supercomputers;

Amendment 83 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point h

(h) to interconnect and federate regional, national and European High Performance Computing supercomputers and other computing systems, data centres and associated software and applications without jeopardising data protection and privacy;

Amendment 84 #

Proposal for a regulation
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 85 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point i

(i) to increase the innovation potential of industry, and in particular of ~~SMEs,~~micro and SMEs, as well as of research and scientific communities using advanced High Performance Computing infrastructures and services;

Amendment 86 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point j

(j) to improve understanding of High Performance Computing and contribute to reducing skills gaps in the Union related to High Performance Computing, building on the effects of digitising society, encouraging requalification and a balanced representation of men and women in the High Performance Computing career paths;

Amendment 87 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point k a (new)

(ka) to improve and secure the technological and scientific autonomy of the Union and its Member States.

Amendment 88 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) EUR 386 000 000 from the Horizon 2020 Programme, including up to EUR 105 000 000 for administrative costs;

Amendment 89 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1

(1) The Participating States shall make a contribution to the operational and administrative costs of the Joint Undertaking for at least EUR 486 000 000, including EUR 105 000 000 for administrative costs.

Amendment 90 #

Proposal for a regulation
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

(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 92 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – introductory part

(3) The hosting entity shall be selected through a fair and transparent process by the Governing Board, based, inter alia on the following criteria:

Amendment 93 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)

(aa) geographic balance.

Amendment 94 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point c

(c) experience of the hosting entity in installing ~~and~~, operating ~~similar systems~~and maintaining similar systems, also in relation to its geographical conditions and the ability to handle the energy needs of the supercomputer;

Amendment 95 #

Proposal for a regulation
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 96 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point g a (new)

(ga) the percentage of renewable energy consumed in the region where the hosting facility is located;

Amendment 97 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – title

Acquisition and ownership of the petascale and pre- exascale supercomputers

Amendment 98 #

Proposal for a regulation
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 99 #