EN Official Journal of the European Union C 79/29

Call(s) for proposals for indirect RTD actions under the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration: ‘Integrating and strengthening the European Research Area’

(2005/C 79/12)

1. In accordance with Decision No 1513/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 27 June 2002, concerning the sixth framework programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities contributing to the creation of the European Research Area and to innovation (2002 to 2006) (1), the Council adopted on 30 September 2002 the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration: ‘Integrating and strengthening the European Research Area’ (2002-2006) (2) (referred to as ‘the specific programme’). In accordance with Article 5(1) of the specific programme, the Commission of the European Communities (referred to as ‘the Commission’) has adopted on 9 December 2002 a work programme (3) (referred to as ‘the work programme’) setting out in greater detail the objectives and scientific and technological priorities of the specific programme, and the timetable for implementation. In accordance with Article 9(1) of the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 16 December 2002, concerning the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and universities in, and for the dissemination of research results for, the implementation of the European Community Sixth Framework Programme (2002 to 2006) (4) (referred to as ‘the rules for participation’), proposals for indirect RTD actions should be submitted under the terms of calls for proposals.

2. The present call(s) for proposals for indirect RTD actions (referred to as ‘the call(s)’) comprise(s) the present general part and the specific conditions that are described in the annex(es). The annex(es) indicate(s) in particular, the date(s) of closure for the submission of proposals for indirect RTD actions, an indicative date for the completion of the evaluations, the indicative budget, the instruments and the areas concerned, the evaluation criteria for the evaluation of proposals for indirect RTD actions, the minimum number of participants, and any applicable restrictions.

3. Natural or legal persons fulfilling the conditions stated in the rules for participation and that do not fall under any of the exclusion cases in the rules for participation or in Article 114(2) of the Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (5) (referred to as ‘the proposers’) are invited to submit to the Commission proposals for indirect RTD actions subject to the conditions in the rules for participation and in the call concerned being fulfilled. The conditions of participation of the proposers will be verified within the framework of the negotiation of the indirect RTD action. Before that however, proposers will have signed a declaration stating that they do not fall under any of the cases given by Article 93(1) of the Financial Regulation. They will also have given the Commission the information listed in Article 173(2) of the Commission Regulation (EC, EURATOM) No2342/2002, of 23 December 2002, laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (6). The European Community has adopted an equal opportunities policy and, on this basis, women are particularly encouraged to either submit proposals for indirect RTD actions or participate in the submission of proposals for indirect RTD actions.

4. The Commission makes available to proposers guides for proposers relating to the call(s) which contain information on the preparation and the submission of a proposal for an indirect RTD action. The Commission also makes available Guidelines on Proposal Evaluation and Selection Procedures (7). These guides and guidelines, as well as the work programme and other information relating to the call(s), can be obtained from the Commission via the following addresses: European Commission The FP6 Information Desk Directorate General RTD B-1049 Brussels, Belgium Internet address: www.cordis.lu/fp6

5. Proposals for indirect RTD actions are invited to be submitted only as an electronic proposal via the web-based Electronic Proposal Submission System (EPSS (8)). In exceptional cases, however, a co-ordinator may request permission from the Commission to submit on paper in advance of a call deadline. This should be done by writing to one of the following addresses: European Commission Directorate General RTD – Unit A1 B-1049 Brussels or rtd-policies@cec.eu.int. The request must be accompanied by an explanation of why the exception is being sought. Proposers wishing to use paper submission take the responsibility for ensuring that such requests for exemption and the associated procedures are completed in time for them to meet the call deadline. All proposals for indirect RTD actions must contain two parts: the forms (Part A) and the content (Part B). Proposals for indirect RTD actions may be prepared off-line or on-line and submitted on-line. Part B of proposals for indirect RTD actions can only be submitted in PDF (‘portable document format’, compatible with Adobe Version 3 or higher with embedded fonts). Compressed (‘zipped’) files will be excluded. The EPSS software tool (for off-line or on-line usage) is available via the Cordis website www.cordis.lu. Proposals for indirect RTD actions that are submitted on-line and which are incomplete, illegible or contain viruses will be excluded. Versions of proposals for indirect RTD actions submitted on a removable electronic storage medium (eg, CD-ROM, diskette), by email or by fax will be excluded. Any proposal for indirect RTD actions that has been allowed to be submitted on paper and which is incomplete will be excluded. Further details on the various proposal submission procedures are given in Annex J of the Guidelines on Proposal Evaluation and Selection Procedures.

6. Proposals for indirect RTD actions have to reach the Commission at the latest on the closure date and at the time specified in the call concerned. Proposals for indirect RTD actions arriving after this date and time will be excluded. Proposals for indirect RTD actions not satisfying the conditions relating to the minimum number of participants indicated in the call concerned will be excluded. This also applies regarding any additional eligibility criteria given in the work programme.

7. In the case of successive submissions of the same proposal for an indirect RTD action, the Commission will examine the last version received before the closure date and time specified in the call concerned.

8. If foreseen in the relevant call, proposals for indirect RTD actions could be evaluated in the framework of a future evaluation.

9. In all correspondence relating to a call (e.g. when requesting information, or submitting a proposal for an indirect RTD action), proposers are invited to cite the relevant call identifier.

(1) OJ L 232, 29.8.2002, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 294, 29.10.2002, p. 1

(3) Commission Decision C(2002)4789, as modified by C(2003)577, C(2003)955, C(2003)1952, C(2003)3543, C(2003)3555, C(2003)4609, C(2003)5183, C(2004)433, C(2004)2002, C(2004)2727, C(2004)3324, C(2004)4178, C(2004)5286, C(2005)27, and C(2005)961 all decisions unpublished.

(4) OJ L 355, 30.12.2002, p. 23

(5) OJ L 248, of 16.9.2002, p. 1.

(6) OJ L 357, of 31.12.2002, p. 1.

(7) C(2003)883 of 27 March 2003, as last modified by C(2004)1855 of 18 May 2004.

(8) The EPSS is a tool to assist proposers to develop and submit their proposals electronically.

ANNEX 1 1. Specific Programme: Integrating and strengthening the European Research Area 2. Activities: Priority thematic area of research ‘Aeronautics and Space’. 3. Call title: Periodic call in the area of ‘Aeronautics and Space’ 4. Call identifier (1): FP6-2005-Aero-1 5. Date of publication (2): 31 March 2005. 6. Closure date(s) (3): 13 July 2005 at 17.00h (Brussels local time). 7. Total indicative budget: EUR 245 million, broken down as follows 8. Areas called and Instruments: Area Topic Instrument ‘Strengthening Competitiveness’ Open Upstream Research: Research Domains from 1.a to 1.l (See Section 1.3.1.1) STREP and CA Focused Downstream Research: Subjects from 1 to 4 (See Section 1.3.2) IP Structuring European Aeronautics Research: Subject 1 (See Section 1.3.3) NoE ‘Improving environmental impact with regard to emissions and noise’ Open Upstream Research: Research Domains from 2.a to 2.i (See Section 1.3.1.2) STREP and CA Focused Downstream Research: Subject 5 (See Section 1.3.2) IP ‘Improving aircraft safety and security’ Open Upstream Research: Research Domains from 3.a to 3.e (See Section 1.3.1.3) STREP and CA Structuring European Aeronautics Research: Subject 2 (See Section 1.3.3) NoE ‘Increasing the operational capacity and safety of the air transport system’ Open Upstream Research: Research Domains 4.a, 4.b, 4.c and 4.g (See Section 1.3.1.4) STREP and CA 9. Minimum number of participants (5): Instrument Minimum number of participants IP, NOE, STREP and CA 3 independent legal entities from 3 different MS or AS, with at least 2 MS or ACC. 10. Restriction on participation: None. 11. Consortia agreements: — Participants in IP are required to conclude a consortium agreement. — Participants in STREP, CA and SSA resulting from this call are encouraged, and may be required, to conclude a consortium agreement. 12. Evaluation procedure: — The evaluation shall follow a single stage procedure — Proposals will not be evaluated anonymously. 13. Evaluation criteria: See Annex B of the work programme for the applicable criteria (including their individual weights and thresholds and the overall threshold) per instrument. 14. Indicative evaluation and contractual timetable: — Evaluation results: estimated to be available within some 3 months after the closure date; — Conclusion of first contracts: it is estimated that the first contracts related to this call will come into force 8 months after the closure date. (1) The call identifier shall be given in the published version of this call. (2) The Director-General responsible for the publication of this call may publish it up to one month prior or after its envisaged publication date. (3) When the envisaged publication date is advanced or delayed (see previous footnote), closure date(s) will be adjusted accordingly, if needed, in the published call for proposals. (4) IP = Integrated project; NOE = Network of excellence; STREP = Specific targeted research project; CA = Coordination action; SSA = Specific support action (5) MS = Member States of the EU; AS (incl. ACC) = Associated States; ACC = Associated candidate countries. Any legal entity established in a Member State or Associated State and which is made up of the requested number of participant may be the sole participant in an indirect action.

ANNEX 2 1. Specific Programme: ‘Integrating and strengthening the European Research Area’ 2. Activity: Priority thematic area of research ‘Aeronautics and Space’ 3. Call title: Thematic call in the area of ‘Aeronautics Specific Support Actions’ 4. Call identifier (1): FP6-2002-Aero-2 5. Date of publication (2): 6. Intermediary and final closure dates (3): 30 June 2005, 20 October 2005 at 17.00 h (Brussels local time). The final closure date will be in March 2006 7. Total indicative budget (2002-2006): EUR 7 Million (2005: EUR 1 M + EUR 1 M) 8. Areas called: Area Topic Instrument All Promoting SME participation SSA Stimulating dissemination and exploitation of results Realising the European Research Area Promoting Candidate Countries participation Stimulating international co-operation Developing a EU research strategy in the sector 9. Minimum number of participants: Instrument Minimum number of participants SSA 1 legal entity from a MS or AS 10. Restriction on participation: None. 11. Consortia agreements: Participants in RTD actions resulting from this call are not required to conclude a consortium agreement 12. Evaluation procedure: — The evaluation shall follow a single stage procedure — Proposals will not be evaluated anonymously 13. Evaluation criteria: See Annex B of the work programme for the applicable criteria (including their individual weights and thresholds and the overall threshold) per instrument 14. Indicative evaluation and contractual timetable: — Evaluation results: estimated to be available within some 2 months after the closure date; — Conclusion of first contracts: it is estimated that the first contracts related to this call will come into force 6 months after the closure date. (1) The call identifier shall be given in the published version of this call. (2) The Director-General responsible for the publication of this call may publish it up to one month prior or after its envisaged publication date. (3) When the envisaged publication date is advanced or delayed (see previous footnote), closure date(s) will be adjusted accordingly, if needed, in the published call for proposals. (4) IP = Integrated project; NOE = Network of excellence; STREP = Specific targeted research project; CA = Coordination action; SSA = Specific support action

ANNEX 3 1. Specific Programme: Integrating and strengthening the European Research Area. 2. Activity: Priority thematic area of research ‘Aeronautics and Space’ 3. Call title: Thematic call in the area of ‘Space 2005’. 4. Call identifier (1): FP6-2005-Space-1. 5. Date of publication (2): 31 March 2005. 6. Closure date(s) (3): 13 July 2005, at 17.00h (Brussels local time). 7. Total indicative budget: EUR 45 Million, broken down as follows. 8. Areas called and Instruments: Area Topic Preferred Instrument GMES Water resources IP Security IP Long-term sustainability of GMES IP Data harmonisation for geo-information in support of integrated GMES/INSPIRE services IP Education and training CA, SSA Networking the users CA, SSA International cooperation STREP, CA, SSA Satellite Telecommunications Convergence and integration of satellite telecommunications with GMES IP, STREP Convergence and integration of satellite telecommunications with Galileo IP, STREP End-to-end satellite telecommunications systems STREP, IP Analysis of future potential combined Galileo/satellite telecommunications services SSA International cooperation STREP, CA, SSA 9. Minimum number of participants (5): Instrument Minimum number of participants IP, STREP and CA 3 independent legal entities from 3 different MS or AS, with at least 2 MS or ACC. SSA 1 legal entity from a MS or AS. 10. Restriction on participation: None. 11. Consortia agreements: Participants in RTD actions resulting from this call are required to conclude a consortium agreement. 12. Evaluation procedure: — The evaluation shall follow a single stage procedure. — Proposals will not be evaluated anonymously. 13. Evaluation criteria: See Annex B of the work programme for the applicable criteria (including their individual weights and thresholds and the overall threshold) per instrument. 14. Indicative evaluation and contractual timetable: — Evaluation results: estimated to be available within some 3 months after the closure date. — Conclusion of first contracts: it is estimated that the first contracts related to this call will come into force in 2006. (1) The call identifier shall be given in the published version of this call. (2) The Director-General responsible for the publication of this call may publish it up to one month prior or after its envisaged publication date. (3) When the envisaged date of publication is either advanced or delayed (see previous footnote), closure date(s) will be adjusted accordingly. (4) IP = Integrated project; STREP = Specific targeted research project; CA = Co-ordination action; SSA = Specific support action. (5) MS = Member States of the EU; AS (incl. ACC) = Associated States; ACC = Associated candidate countries. Any legal entity established in a Member State or Associated State and which is made up of the requested number of participant may be the sole participant in an indirect action.

ANNEX 4 1. Specific Programme: Integrating and strengthening the European Research Area 2. Activity: Priority thematic area of research ‘Sustainable Surface Transport’. 3. Call title: Thematic call in the area of ‘Surface Transport 3B’. 4. Call identifier (1): FP6-2005-Transport-4 5. Date of publication (2): 31 March 2005. 6. Closure date(s) (3): 1 September 2005 at 17.00 h (Brussels local time). 7. Total indicative budget: EUR 150 million, broken down as follows 8. Areas called and Instruments: Area Topic Instrument Objective 1 ‘New technologies and concepts for all surface transport modes (road, rail and waterborne)’ Low cost power-integrated advanced hybrid configurations IP Towards advanced road transport for urban environment IP Efficient rail traction and sustainable energy supply IP Research domain 1.4 (for all transport modes and for road transport with emphasis on after-treatment) and research domain 1.8 STREP Research domains 1.4 to 1.10 CA Objective 2 ‘Advanced design and production techniques’ Future road vehicle production structures (the 5 day car initiative) IP Development of cost-effective high performance track infrastructure for heavy and light rail systems IP Structuring the European Marine Testing capacity for increased competitiveness NoE Research domain 2.2(only for a new generation of products and systems in waterborne transport), research domain 2.3 (for all types of transport vehicles and vessels excluding passenger cars), research domain 2.4 and research domain 2.6 (with special consideration of the needs of New Member States) STREP Research domains 2.1 to 2.7 CA Objective 3 ‘Re-balancing and integrating different transport modes’ Effective operations in ports IP Research domain 3.14 (only for rail transport) and research domain 3.16 STREP Research domains 3.14 to 3.17 CA Objective 4 ‘Increasing road, rail and waterborne safety and avoiding traffic congestion’ Safe maritime operations IP Research domain 4.13 (only for rail transport and powered two-wheelers) and research domains 4.15 and 4.16 STREP Research domains 4.11 to 4.16 CA 9. Minimum number of participants (5): Instrument Minimum number of participants IP, NOE, STREP and CA 3 independent legal entities from 3 different MS or AS, with at least 2 MS or ACC 10. Restriction on participation: None. 11. Consortia agreements: Participants in RTD actions resulting from this call are required to conclude a consortium agreement. 12. Evaluation procedure: — The evaluation shall follow a single stage procedure. — Proposals will not be evaluated anonymously. 13. Evaluation criteria: See Annex B of the work programme for the applicable criteria (including their individual weights and thresholds and the overall threshold) per instrument. 14. Indicative evaluation and contractual timetable: — Evaluation results: estimated to be available within some 3 months after the closure date; — Conclusion of first contracts: it is estimated that the first contracts related to this call will come into force 8 months after the closure. (1) The call identifier shall be given in the published version of this call. (2) The Director-General responsible for the publication of this call may publish it up to one month prior or after its envisaged publication date. (3) When the envisaged publication date is advanced or delayed (see previous footnote), this deadline will be adjusted accordingly. (4) IP = Integrated project; NOE = Network of excellence; STREP = Specific targeted project; CA = Coordination action; SSA = Specific support action (5) MS = Member States of the EU; AS (incl. ACC) = Associated States; ACC = Associated candidate countries. Any legal entity established in a Member State or Associated State and which is made up of the requested number of participant may be the sole participant in an indirect action.