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16.3.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 66/11

# COMMISSION

**Call for proposals for indirect RTD actions under the specific programme for research, tech-**
**nological development and demonstration: ‘Structuring the European Research Area’**

**Research and Innovation: Intellectual Property Rights Helpdesk**

**(Call identifier: FP6-2004-INNOV-3)**

(2004/C 66/12)

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: ‘Structuring the European Research
Area’ ( [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 6 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 calls for proposals for indirect RTD actions
(referred to as ‘the calls’) comprise the present general part and
the specific conditions that are described in the annexes. The
annexes indicate in particular, the date 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.

( [1] ) OJ L 232, 29.8.2002, p. 1.
( [2] ) OJ L 294, 29.10.2002, p. 44.
( [3] ) Commission Decision C(2002) 4791, as amended by Commission
Decisions C(2003) 635, C(2003) 998, C(2003) 1951, C(2003) 2708
and C(2003) 4571, all unpublished.
( [4] ) OJ L 355, 30.12.2002, p. 23.

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. Beforehand, 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) No 2342/2002 of
23 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for the
implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No
1605/2002 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 related to the calls which contain information on the
preparation and the submission of a proposal for an indirect
RTD action. These guides, as well as the work programme and
other information related to the calls, can be obtained from the
Commission in one of the following addresses:

European Commission
The FP6 Information Desk
Directorate General RTD
B-1049 Brussels
Internet address: www.cordis.lu/fp6

( [5] ) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
( [6] ) OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 1.

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5. Proposals for indirect RTD actions are submitted preferably via the electronic proposal submission system (EPSS).

Within this context, proposals for indirect RTD actions may be
prepared off-line or on-line and submitted on-line. Those
prepared with the EPSS off-line version could, as an alternative,
be submitted either on CD-ROM or diskette (a paper copy of
the proposal for an indirect RTD action must in either case be
attached).

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 may also be prepared and
submitted using the form in the guide for proposers (referred
to as ‘on paper’).

6. Proposals for indirect RTD actions submitted on
CD-ROM, diskette, or paper by post must be received by the
Commission at the following address, and labelled as follows:

‘FP6 — Research Proposals’
Call identifier: FP6-2004-INNOV-3
European Commission
B-1049 Brussels.

For deliveries by hand or by representatives (including by
private courier ( [7] )), the delivery should be to the following
address, and labelled as follows:

‘FP6 — Research Proposals’
Call identifier: FP6-2004-INNOV-3
European Commission
Rue de Genève, 1
B-1140 Brussels.

Proposals for indirect RTD actions may be submitted on-line
via the Cordis website (www.cordis.lu).

Proposals for indirect RTD actions submitted either on
CD-ROM or on diskette which are incomplete ( [8] ), illegible ( [9] )

( [7] ) Users of courier services that ask for the recipient's telephone
number should give the following number: (32-2) 299 25 05 (Mrs
M. Capite).
( [8] ) All proposals for indirect RTD actions must contain two parts: the
forms (Part A) and the content (Part B).
( [9] ) Proposals for indirect RTD actions should be submitted in PDF
(‘portable document format’, version 3 or higher with embedded
fonts) or RTF (‘rich text format’).

or contain viruses will be excluded if a complete corresponding
paper version, in the same envelope, has not been supplied.

Proposals for indirect RTD actions that are submitted on-line
and which are incomplete ( [10] ), illegible ( [11] ) or contain viruses
will be excluded.

Proposals for indirect RTD actions that are submitted on paper
and which are incomplete ( [12] ) will be excluded.

Proposals for indirect RTD actions submitted by e-mail ( [13] ) or
by fax will be excluded.

7. 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.

8. 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.

Where the same proposal for an indirect RTD action is
submitted on paper and in electronic format (CD-ROM,
diskette, on-line), the Commission will only examine the text
submitted under the electronic formats.

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

( [10] ) See footnote 8.
( [11] ) See footnote 9.
( [12] ) See footnote 8.
( [13] ) This does not include proposals for indirect RTD actions that have
been submitted on-line.

16.3.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 66/13

_ANNEX_

1. **Specific Programme:** Structuring the European Research Area.

2. **Thematic priority/Domain:** Research and Innovation.

3. **Call title:** Intellectual Property Rights Helpdesk (IPR-Helpdesk).

4. **Call identifier No:** FP6-2004-INNOV-3.

5. **Date of publication:** 16 March 2004.

6. **Closing date:** 16 June 2004 at 17:00 (Brussels local time).

7. **Total indicative budget:** EUR 4 million (for three years).

8. **Area and instruments**

|Area|Instrument|
|---|---|
|1.2.4.3|Specific Support Actions|

9. **Minimum number of participants**

|Instrument|Minimum number of participants|
|---|---|
|Specific support actions|One legal entity|

10. **Restriction to participation:** None.

11. **Consortium agreement:** In the case of consortia, participants 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**

The evaluation criteria and weighting shall be as below. No thresholds will apply to this call, except for ‘Relevance’
for which a threshold of four out of five will apply ( [1] ).

|Evaluation criteria|IPR-Helpdesk|
|---|---|
|1. Relevance|Weighting: 5 %|
|2. Quality of the support action|Weighting: 50 %|
|3. Potential impact|Weighting: 5 %|
|4. Quality of the management|Weighting: 20 %|
|5. Mobilisation of resources|Weighting: 20 %|

Further information in this respect will be given in the call for proposals documentation.

14. **Indicative evaluation and selection delays**

— Evaluation results: estimated to be within four months after the relevant closure date mentioned under point 6.

— Contract signature: it is estimated that the contract related to this call will come into force on 1 January 2005.

( [1] ) The proposal must clearly address the objective of this action as described in this work programme. If the proposal fails to achieve
the threshold for ‘Relevance’, the evaluation of the proposal may be stopped.