REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL Annual Report on the progress achieved by the Joint Technology Initiatives Joint Undertakings in 2009
Date: 2011-09-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, EU programme, joint venture, research and development

EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

Brussels, 14.9.2011 
COM(2011) 557 final 

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND 
THE COUNCIL 

Annual Report on the progress achieved by the Joint Technology Initiatives  
Joint Undertakings in 2009 

{SEC(2011) 1044 final} 

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REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND 
THE COUNCIL 

Annual Report on the progress achieved by the Joint Technology Initiatives  
Joint Undertakings in 2009 

1. INTRODUCTION 

The  Annual  Report  on  the  progress  achieved  by  the  Joint  Technology  Initiatives  Joint 
Undertakings  (hereinafter  referred  to  as  "JTI  JUs")  is  prepared  pursuant  to  Article  11(1)  of 
each Council Regulation setting up the individual JTI JUs1, which states that:  

"The  Commission  shall  present  to  the  European  Parliament  and  to  the  Council  an  annual 
report on the progress achieved by the [name of the JTI] Joint Undertaking. This report shall 
contain  details  of  implementation  including  number  of  proposals  submitted,  number  of 
proposals selected for funding, type of participants, including SMEs, and [country statistics]." 

In the case of Clean Sky, Article 11(1) of Council Regulation 2008/71/EC2 also foresees that: 

"In particular this annual report will include assessment results of the Technology Evaluator 
referred to in Article 8(1) of the Statutes, as appropriate". 

This document constitutes the second reporting on the progress achieved by these JTI JUs. It 
is accompanied by a  Commission Staff  Working  Document  containing  essentially statistical 
information on the 2009 research activities of the JTI JUs. 

2. 

PROGRESS IN 2009 

2.1. 

PREPARATORY ACTIONS 

Further preparatory work for the set-up of the JTI JUs took place in 2009, in particular on the 
JTI JUs Financial Rules, the requirements for an Accounting System, the Staff Establishment 
Plans, the Implementing Measures of the Staff Regulations, the staff selection procedures and 
in  particular  the  appointment  of  four  Executive  Directors,  the  model  JU  Grant  Agreements, 
the  model  General  Financing  Agreement  between  the  Commission  and  the  JUs,  the 
documentation for the calls for proposals, the Internal Control Framework of the JUs and the 

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The  five  JTIs  are:  Innovative  Medicines  Initiative  (supporting  the  development  of  new  knowledge, 
tools  and  methods  for  new  medicines,  Council  Regulation  2008/73/EC,  http://imi.europa.eu),  Clean 
Sky  (seeking  to  increase  the  competitiveness  of  the  European  aeronautics  industry  while  reducing 
emissions  and  noise,  Council  Regulation  2008/71/EC,  http://www.cleansky.eu),  Fuel  Cells  and 
Hydrogen  (speeding  up  the  development  and  deployment  of  hydrogen  supply  and  fuel  cell 
technologies,  Council  Regulation  2008/521/EC,  http://www.fch-ju.eu),  ARTEMIS  (addressing 
embedded  computing  systems,  Council  Regulation  2008/74/EC,  http://www.artemis-ju.eu),  ENIAC 
(targeting  the  very  high  level  of  miniaturisation  required  for  the  next  generation  of  nanoelectronics 
components, Council Regulation 2008/72/EC, www.eniac.eu).  
OJ L 30, 4.2.2008, p. 1-20 and its corrigendum OJ L 220, 15.08.2008, p. 35. 

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host agreement with the Belgian authorities. The JTI JUs were located in the COVE building 
in Brussels. 

In  autumn  2009,  IMI,  Clean  Sky  and  ARTEMIS  acquired  the  operational  capacity  to 
implement  their  budget  (also  called  "autonomy").  These  JTI  JUs  now  operate  without  the 
direct involvement of the Commission in their daily work. 

2.2. 

FUNDING RESEARCH 

Calls were launched by all JUs in 2009. ARTEMIS published its second call for proposals on 
05.03.2009 and ENIAC on 19.03.2009. Clean Sky published calls for partners on 15.06.2009 
and on 25.11.2009. FCH published its second call for proposals on 02.07.2009. Finally, IMI 
published its second call for proposals on 27.11.2009. Detailed information on these calls is 
provided in the Commission Staff Working Document accompanying this Annual Report. 

2.3. 

ASSESSMENT  RESULTS  OF  THE  TECHNOLOGY  EVALUATOR 
REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 8(1) OF THE CLEAN SKY STATUTES 

In  2009,  no  assessment  results  of  the  Technology  Evaluator  have  been  produced,  as  the 
various  components  of  the  tool  were  still  being  integrated.  A  calibration  run  covering  the 
environmental impact of the current generation of aircraft, providing a benchmark for future 
comparison, is scheduled for 2010, to yield a refinement of Clean Sky's environmental targets. 

3. 

OUTLOOK OF ACTIVITIES IN 2010 AND BEYOND 

In 2010, the JTI JUs continued playing their role in shaping Europe's research landscape and 
integrating industrial research in their areas. 

In 2010, the Commission granted autonomy to the last two JTI JUs, namely ENIAC and FCH. 
This meant the end of all Commission involvement in the preparatory periods for the JTI JUs 
launched under the Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development 
and demonstration activities. 

In 2010, the Commission launched the exercise related to the first interim evaluations of the 
JTI JUs, in accordance with Article 11(2) of the Council Regulation establishing each JTI JU. 
These  interim  evaluations  were  carried  out  by  the  Commission  with  the  assistance  of 
independent experts have addressed quality and efficiency-related issues as well as progress 
towards  the  objectives  set.  The  conclusions  of  these  interim  evaluations  will  be  later 
communicated  to  the  Parliament  and  to  the  Council  and  will  be  accompanied  by  the 
Commission's  observations  and,  if  appropriate,  measures  to  amend  the  JTI  JUs  regulatory 
framework. 

4. 

FURTHER INFORMATION 

Further  information  is  available  at  http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/jtis/home_en.html,  which 
provides a central access point to each JTI JU website. 

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