CELEX: 52013PC0501
Language: en
Date: 2013-07-10
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION on the ECSEL Joint Undertaking

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			Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION on the ECSEL Joint Undertaking /* COM/2013/0501 final - 2013/0234 (NLE) */
			
				
		
		
			
			   	EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.           CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL
·                        
General context
The European Union (EU) must take steps to
ensure it can emerge from the economic and financial crisis and find a path to
sustainable growth.
One of the aims of Horizon 2020[1], the European Union’s programme for research and innovation for the
period 2014-2020, will be to strengthen European industry through actions in support
of research and innovation across a range of industrial
sectors.
The Leadership in Enabling and Industrial
Technologies pillar of Horizon 2020 targets specifically the strengthening of
industrial competitiveness in key technologies such as ICT. Micro- and
nanoelectronics, and smart embedded components and systems are priority fields
identified within the ICT theme in Horizon 2020.
In order to better align EU support for research
and innovation with industrial goals and attract higher industrial investments
in Europe, Horizon 2020 provides for the setting-up of public-private
partnerships in key areas where research and innovation could contribute to Europe’s wider competitiveness goals and help tackle societal challenges.
This new proposal for
a public-private partnership (PPP) relates to a Joint
Undertaking (JU) in the field of electronic components and systems. The ECSEL (‘Electronic
Components and Systems for European Leadership’) JU replaces the previous ENIAC[2] and ARTEMIS[3] JUs respectively in the fields
of nanoelectronics and embedded systems launched under the Seventh Framework Programme[4]. It is put forward in the context of the Multiannual
Financial Framework[5],
the Commission’s proposal for Horizon 2020, the Commission Communication ‘Partnering
in Research and Innovation’[6],
the Innovation Union Flagship Initiative[7],
the Commission Communication on Key Enabling Technologies[8] ‘A European strategy for Key
Enabling Technologies — A bridge to growth and jobs’, and the Commission Communication ‘A European
strategy for micro- and nanoelectronics components and systems’[9]. The
proposal is also in line with the Commission Communication ‘Public-private partnerships, in Horizon
2020: a powerful tool to deliver on innovation and growth in Europe’[10].
·                        
Rationale and objectives of a Joint
Undertaking in the area of electronic components and systems
Apart from being a significant industry
with more than EUR 1000 billion of turn over world-wide, electronic components
and embedded systems are at the origin of most productivity improvements across
the whole of the economy and have a key role in addressing societal challenges.
Despite strong presence in important vertical markets (automotive, energy,
payment systems, etc.), the electronic components and systems industry in Europe is facing major challenges that will impact the whole economy. 
More specifically, Europe is facing two
main challenges in electronic components and systems. One is to be in control
of the key elements of the value chain, (i.e. design, manufacturing and integration
in final products), that are essential to ensure the sustainability of value
creation from electronics in Europe including the competitiveness of many other
European industrial sectors (automotive, energy, health, web industry, etc.).
The other is to bridge important gaps in the innovation chains in order to
better transform research excellence into commercial successes. 
In addressing the above challenges Europe must cope with fierce global competition, declining market shares of its industry,
high costs of research and innovation and fast-paced technology development.
In that context, a Joint Undertaking in the
area of electronic components and systems will aim at:
·              
ensuring the security of supply of key
technologies underpinning innovation in all major sectors of the economy, and ensuring
that Europe can make the best use of these technologies to spur economic growth
generally;
·              
supporting EU policies, the environment and
industrial competitiveness as embodied in the Europe 2020 strategy for smart,
sustainable and inclusive growth;
·              
overcoming obstacles to effective research and
innovation in this area, including high risks, high cost of R&D and market
failures. Public support is needed to leverage private investments;
·              
aligning strategies with Member States to attract
private investment and to contribute to sound public finances by avoiding
unnecessary duplication of efforts and fragmentation, and easing participation
for actors involved in research and innovation;
·              
pushing industry to set a long-term strategic research
and innovation agenda, create the necessary critical mass, leverage private
investment, facilitate knowledge sharing, reduce risks, lower costs and reduce
time to market.
In particular, the specific objectives of
this new Joint Undertaking are:
·              
to maintain and grow semiconductor and smart
systems manufacturing capability in Europe including leadership in
manufacturing equipment and materials processing;
·              
to secure a leading position in design and
systems engineering including embedded technologies;
·              
to provide access for all stakeholders to a
world-class infrastructure for the design and manufacture of electronic
components and embedded and smart systems; 
·              
to foster the development of ecosystems
involving innovative SMEs, strengthening existing clusters and nurturing the
creation of new clusters in promising new areas.
·                        
Building on past experience
The proposed Joint
Undertaking builds upon the achievements of previous JUs
(ENIAC and ARTEMIS) under the Seventh Framework Programme. Both JUs aimed at creating
a Europe-wide research and development programme in the fields of
nanoelectronics and embedded systems with an incentive for industry, Member States and the European Union to align strategies and increase investments. They
provided a major opportunity to cooperate across Europe, create critical mass
and leverage investments. The JUs demonstrated that they can successfully play
the role of an honest broker, and be a catalyst for ambitious projects
increasing the engagement of the private sector champions in a framework in
which national and European public authorities can support topics of high
strategic value. This capability has been convincingly demonstrated by the
ENIAC JU’s success in jump-starting the implementation of the KET
recommendations in nanoelectronics and by the ARTEMIS JU’s first launch of
large-scale innovation Pilot Projects. In the period 2008-2012 a total
research, development and innovation investment of EUR 2.8 billion was realised
by some 2000 participants of which over 500 are SMEs. 
These JUs involve the private sector,
national authorities and European authorities. One important challenge of this
tri-partite construction consisted in aligning procedures and content with the
expectations and processes of the participating Member States.
The first and second interim evaluations of
the ARTEMIS and ENIAC JUs strongly recommended continuing a similar initiative
under Horizon 2020, considering that no single organisation or Member State could possibly address all the challenges of this sector. Therefore, a
coordinated action at European level is deemed the most appropriate way forward.
The experience with the current model shows
that it has been able to meet the objectives, albeit with a steeper learning
curve than anticipated, during which confidence and a practical modus operandi
had to be built up.
Besides the successes mentioned above, there
are some observations to be made on the present set-up:
·              
There is a lack of synchronisation between the
various national procedures (for both contracting and payments), creating
delays in the implementation of projects.
·              
The obligation for the participants to conclude
two grant agreements based on different rules (JU and national) constitutes an
administrative burden.
·              
The differing national rules have an impact on the
way consortia are built.
·              
The rigid dependency between EU and national
commitments (ratio contributions as imposed by the Council Regulation MS/EU
1.8) has hampered budget execution.
·              
The requirements of the Framework Financial Regulation
for decentralised agencies put significant constraints on the limited resources
of the JU.
Those difficulties did not hold things up
but required continuous efforts by all parties to make the system work. The future
initiative will greatly benefit from a simplified operating model in line with
the overall goal of simplification under Horizon 2020. The
proposal for the new Joint Undertaking includes provisions aiming at
simplification and flexibility of operations.
2.           RESULTS OF CONSULTATIONS WITH THE
INTERESTED PARTIES AND IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
·                        
Results of consultation
Stakeholders consider the two existing Joint
Undertakings in ICT as being of high value. The public consultation showed that
the JUs helped addressing key bottlenecks in their respective domains and
contributed to an increase of European competitiveness.
The current ENIAC and ARTEMIS JUs involve
industrial stakeholders (both large companies and SMEs) and the research
community (research and knowledge-dissemination organisations) from across Europe. Member States are directly involved in the governance structures and contribute
financially. The industrial and research communities are represented through
the industrial associations AENEAS and ARTEMIS-IA.
The consultations show that all actors are
motivated and committed to the JTIs. According to industry, the JTIs have helped
in bringing together relevant stakeholders and facilitated cooperation in the
implementation of strategic research agendas. The JTIs pool private resources
and public funds from Member States and the European Union.
For the new JTI, all stakeholders strongly
support the following two main objectives:
·              
Achieve critical mass by pooling public and
private resources; and
·              
Provide public support for large-scale
demonstrators and pilots.
Cooperation on innovation across value
chains throughout Europe and closer to the market should be supported. The
design of complex electronic components and systems should be covered as well
as manufacturing and technology development.
Member States insist on the most effective
spending of public money in the interests of their national industry and
research community. All participating Member States acknowledge the importance
of a strong industry in electronic components and systems for their national
economy. Member States are willing to consider participation in a tripartite
model, when the level of funding requires pooling of resources and stronger
alignment of strategies at regional, national and EU levels.
Some Member States recognise the
difficulties currently faced by participants, notably through the application
of national eligibility criteria and the lack of synchronisation and alignment
of national contracting and funding terms. Differences in national agreements
create different conditions of participation and lead to some inefficiencies.
These difficulties were reported by stakeholders in connection with the
tripartite model for the JTI.
For SMEs ease of participation is of
paramount importance. They strongly favour more targeted support, an opinion
that is shared by the participating Member States.
The need for multi-annual financial perspectives
from the Member States for the operations of the JU is equally highlighted by
many stakeholders.
The various opinions were taken into
account when designing the new JTI in electronic components and systems
although the modus operandi of the JU as a one-stop shop was not equally supported
by all Member States.
·                        
Impact assessment
The
proposed Regulation has been subject to a Commission impact assessment which is
attached to the proposal.
3.           LEGAL ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSAL
·                        
Summary of the proposed action
The proposal consists of a Council
Regulation setting up the ECSEL Joint Undertaking and defining its objectives,
legal status, operational rules and statutes for the period 2014-2024 (up to
2020 for financial programming). The ENIAC and ARTEMIS Joint Undertakings were
established respectively in the fields of nanoelectronics and embedded computing
systems by Council Regulations (EC) No 72/2008 and No 74/2008 of 20 December
2007. These are to be repealed with effect from the entry into force of the new
JU.
·                        
Legal basis
The legal basis of the proposal is Article
187 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
The Rules for Participation and
Dissemination of Horizon 2020 will apply. However, given a specific operational
need of this initiative, a derogation from these Rules is necessary.
Nevertheless, this specific derogation is not included in the present proposal
at this stage, in order not to prejudice the inter-institutional discussions
concerning the appropriate legal basis/procedural modalities for their
adoption, which are still pending in the context of the legislative works
concerning the Commission proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament
and of the Council laying down the Rules for Participation and dissemination in
Horizon 2020 (COM(2011) 0810 - 2011/0399 (COD). The specific derogation will be
introduced at a later stage in view of the outcome of the abovementioned
discussions.
The applicability of State aid rules
requires derogating from Regulation (EU) No … [Rules for the participation and
dissemination in Horizon 2020] with regard to the single funding rate per
action. Due to the co-funding by Member States, the State aid rules with their
specific provisions on aid intensities depending on the type of participants
and the type of activities apply to the public aid granted by the Joint
Undertaking. 
·                        
Subsidiarity principle
The subsidiarity principle applies insofar
as the proposal does not fall under the exclusive competence of the Union.
The objectives of the proposal cannot be
sufficiently achieved by the Member States individually for the following
reasons.
·              
The sizeable challenges facing Europe’s industry
and economy require a substantial investment that represents a major effort for
any one Member State to take on by its own. As a result, individual Member
States, whatever the size of their economy, hesitate to engage in research and
innovation, or delay investments that are essential for attracting further private
investment and building Europe’s capacity to innovate and compete. By combining
resources from regional, national and EU levels, Europe can quickly react to,
and anticipate the demand for, high investments as evidenced by the 2012 calls for
proposals in respect of the ENIAC JTI. This call supported a set of
manufacturing pilot lines in key domains for Europe’s industries.
·              
Europe has high-quality
specialised technology and industrial clusters in micro and nanoelectronics
components and smart and embedded systems. Innovation and competitive products
and services are increasingly stemming from multi-disciplinary research and
innovation activities and from alliances and partnerships along the value chain
from semiconductor development up to embedded software and networked
applications. If no new initiative is launched at EU level fragmentation of the
research and innovation landscape will increase in Europe. Without a focused
and coherent programme Europe’s contribution to electronic components and
systems would consist of a set of scattered and unstructured local efforts.
Progress will be held back by lack of coordination of industrial R&D
objectives, duplication of effort, unnecessary bureaucracy, and suboptimal use
of limited research funding. Therefore, action by individual Member States is
not sufficient to meet the challenges faced by the electronic components and
systems industry. No single national mechanism will be able to gather all the
necessary expertise and financial means to take a strong position in the
worldwide competitive market.
EU-level action will better achieve the desired
objectives for several reasons. A European public-private partnership will
leverage the financial and technical means that are essential to master the
complexity of the ever escalating pace of innovation in this area. It will have
a focusing effect on the European, national and industrial priorities. It will
combine the strengths of transnational and European programmes. The adoption of
a simplified modus operandi should allow for a shorter time-to-grant and avoid
additional red tape for participants.
The proposal therefore complies with the
subsidiarity principle.
·                        
Proportionality principle
In accordance with the principle of
proportionality, the provisions of this Regulation do not go beyond what is
necessary to achieve its objectives.
The proposal complies with the
proportionality principle for the following reasons. The proposed Joint
Undertaking is the only simple option that overcomes the constraints and satisfies
the requirements for achieving the objectives of the action. It is a structure
that is durable over time, has legal personality and provides a clear legal
framework for the collaboration and participation of actors involved in
research and innovation, national authorities and the EU in a public-private
partnership. The participation of all stakeholders is of paramount importance.
As the initiative focuses on industrial objectives of great significance for
economic competitiveness, industrial participation is essential to help shape
the research priorities and innovation policies. The involvement of Member
States is needed to mobilise national funding that constitutes the bulk of the
public research and innovation spending in the area. Finally, the EU has a key
role to play in driving the integration process, balancing the different interests
of the partners, and adequately monitoring the use of its financial
contribution.
The proposed action will achieve the
necessary integration at EU level while providing flexibility for participation
by individual Member States. Decision-making power on the use of national financial
contributions is kept at the national level. The Joint Undertaking will
establish a lean structure for decision-making and financial and administrative
operations. It will be particularly cost-effective as its administrative costs
are expected to be around 3% of the overall EU contribution to the research and
innovation activities to be launched by the Joint Undertaking.
·                        
Choice of instrument
Proposed instrument: Regulation
Other means would not be adequate for the
following reason: the creation of a Joint Undertaking in which the European Union
participates requires a Council Regulation.
4.           BUDGETARY
IMPLICATION
The budgetary assessment to be contributed
by DG CONNECT from its budget for Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies
indicates maximum EU expenditure of EUR 1 215 255 000[11] [12] (EFTA included) over the total
lifetime of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking (up to 2024), which would need to be committed
before 31 December 2020, when the budget for Horizon 2020 comes to an end, and
paid by 31 December 2024.
5.           OPTIONAL
ELEMENTS
·                        
Simplification
A simplified operating model is proposed to
address the practical difficulties experienced by participants with the current
JUs such as the variety of national rules and practices leading to significant
differences in treating individual participants. It is proposed that the new JU
may act for the Member States in making grant agreements/payments instead of
national administrations just like it does for the EU contribution. This will allow
the JU to act as a one-stop shop and ensure synchronisation of funding to all
participants. It is also proposed to harmonise the public funding rates (from
EU and national sources) for all participants.
·                        
European interest
Having a leading-edge electronics
components and systems industry in Europe is of strong European interest as it
will supply the enabling electronics technologies that foster innovation in a very
wide range of businesses across the economy from automotive and aerospace to
energy, health equipment, home appliances and all types of industrial
manufacturing processes. In this respect, the objectives and scope of the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking will be precise on the technology tracks to follow and
economic goals to reach, the open and fair selection criteria for participants,
the industry engagement in investments and creating jobs and the relevant
governance and implementation modalities. The public aids provided to the
activities of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking will improve the European Union’s
situation regarding research and innovation in the international context. They
will benefit the full value chain of the electronics components and systems
industry in Europe including many SMEs, but also the wider economic actors
through the spill-overs generated. The Commission might consider, upon
notification of the Member State or group of Member States concerned, that the
ECSEL Joint Undertaking's initiatives qualify as important projects of common
European interest, provided all relevant conditions are met.
2013/0234 (NLE)
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION
on the ECSEL Joint Undertaking 
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the
Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 187 and the first
paragraph of Article 188 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the
European Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the
European Parliament[13],
Having regard to the opinion of the
European Economic and Social Committee[14],
Whereas:
(1)       Public-private
partnerships in the form of Joint Technology Initiatives were initially provided
for in Decision No 1982/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 18 December 2006 concerning the Seventh Framework Programme of the European
Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities
(2007-2013)[15].
(2)       Council Decision 2006/971/EC
of 19 December 2006 concerning the Specific Programme ‘Cooperation’
implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for
research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013)[16] identified specific
public-private partnerships to be supported, including public-private
partnerships in the specific areas of the ENIAC and ARTEMIS Joint Technology
Initiatives.
(3)       Europe 2020 Strategy[17] underscores the need to
develop favourable conditions for investment in knowledge and innovation so as
to achieve smart, sustainable and inclusive growth in the Union. Both European
Parliament and Council have endorsed this strategy.
(4)       Regulation (EU) No …/2013
of the European Parliament and of the Council of … 2013 establishing Horizon
2020 — The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)[18] aims to achieve a greater
impact on research and innovation by combining Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
and private-sector funds in public-private partnerships in key areas where research
and innovation can contribute to the Union’s wider competitiveness goals and
help tackle societal challenges. Union involvement in those partnerships may
take the form of financial contributions to joint undertakings established on
the basis of Article 187 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
under Decision No 1982/2006/EC.
(5)       In accordance with
Decision (EU) No […]/2013 of the Council of […] 2013 establishing the Specific
Programme implementing Horizon 2020 (2014-2020)[19] further support should be
provided to Joint Undertakings established under Decision No 1982/2006/EC under
the conditions specified in Decision (EU) No […]/2013. The Industrial
Leadership priority targets two specific activity lines under Information and
Communication Technologies: "micro- and nanoelectronics", and "a
new generation of components and systems, engineering of advanced and smart
embedded components and systems". Embedded computing systems (ARTEMIS) and
nanoelectronics (ENIAC) should be combined into a single initiative.
(6)       The Commission
Communication ‘A European strategy for Key Enabling Technologies — A bridge to
growth and jobs"[20]
identifies key enabling technologies (hereinafter ‘KET’), which include micro-
and nanoelectronics, as indispensable sources of innovation. There is currently
a gap between basic knowledge generation and its subsequent commercialisation
into goods and services. This needs to be tackled inter alia through a focused
effort on pilot manufacturing lines and innovation pilot projects, including
those of larger scale, for achieving technology and product validation under
industrial conditions, and more integration and cross-fertilisation between the
various KETs.
(7)       According to the
Commission Communication ‘A European strategy for micro- and nanoelectronics
components and systems’[21],
micro- and nanoelectronics components and systems underpin innovation and
competitiveness of all major economic sectors. The importance of the area and
the challenges faced by the stakeholders in the Union require urgent action in
order to leave no weak link in Europe’s innovation and value chains. It is thus
proposed to set up a mechanism at Union level to combine and focus support to research
and innovation in electronic components and systems by Member States, the Union and the private sector.
(8)       In view of regaining a
leading position in the nanoelectronics eco-system for Europe, the industrial
and research stakeholders have proposed a strategic research and innovation
programme with a total investment of EUR 100 billion up to the year 2020,
aiming at increasing Europe’s nanoelectronics-based worldwide revenues by over
EUR 200 billion per year and creating an additional 250 000 direct and
induced jobs in Europe.
(9)       The term ‘Electronic
Components and Systems’ encompasses the areas of micro- and nanoelectronics,
embedded/cyber-physical and smart integrated systems and applications.
(10)     The ENIAC Joint Undertaking
set up by Council Regulation (EC) No 72/2008 of 20 December 2007[22] successfully implemented a research
agenda strengthening the relevant areas in nanoelectronics in which Europe improved its competitiveness by leveraging investments in priority subjects and by
engaging the whole ecosystem.
(11)     The ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking
set up by Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 of 20 December 2007 on the
establishment of the ‘ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking’ to implement a Joint
Technology Initiative in Embedded Computing Systems[23] has successfully demonstrated its
strategic positioning which combines top-down guidance with bottom-up
definition of the technical issues to be addressed, attracting projects with
outcomes directly relevant for industry.
(12)     The interim evaluations of
the ENIAC and ARTEMIS Joint Undertakings have shown that they are useful and
adapted tools to combine forces and have significant impact in their respective
domains. The research areas covered by the ENIAC and ARTEMIS Joint Undertakings
should therefore continue to be supported in order to further improve the
competitiveness of the electronic components and systems industry in Europe and focus the efforts on a set of strategic activities commonly agreed among the
private and public stakeholders engaged in the initiatives.
(13)     Continued support for the
nanoelectronics and embedded computing systems research programmes should build
on the experience acquired from the operations of the ENIAC and ARTEMIS Joint
Undertakings including the results of their interim evaluations, the
stakeholders’ recommendations and the need to achieve effective coordination
and synergy of resources.
(14)     There is increased
interaction between the stakeholders of the European Technology Platforms ARTEMIS,
ENIAC and EPoSS (the European Technology Platform on Smart Systems Integration)
as detailed in the High Level Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda of the
ICT Components and Systems Industries which they released in 2012. In order to
best capture and build on the synergies stemming from these interactions, it is
necessary to set up a single Joint Undertaking (hereinafter the ‘ECSEL Joint
Undertaking’) covering electronic components and systems including the previous
activities of the ENIAC and ARTEMIS Joint Undertakings and using a more fit-for-purpose
structure and rules in order to enhance efficiency and to ensure simplification.
To this effect, the ECSEL Joint Undertaking should adopt financial rules
specific to its needs in accordance with Article 209 of Regulation (EU,
Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25
October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union[24].
(15)     The implementation of the high
level strategic research and innovation agenda put forward by the industrial
stakeholders relies on several sources of support: national, regional and
intergovernmental programmes, Union Framework Programme and a Joint Technology
Initiative in the form of a public-private partnership.
(16)     The public-private
partnership on electronic components and systems should combine the financial
and technical means that are essential to master the complexity of the ever
escalating pace of innovation in this area. Therefore, the members of the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking should be the Union, Member States and Associated Countries
to the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (hereinafter ‘Associated Countries’) on
a voluntary basis, and associations as private members representing their
constituent companies and other organisations active in the field of electronic
components and systems in Europe. The ECSEL Joint Undertaking should be open to
new members.
(17)     The ECSEL Joint Undertaking
should address clearly defined topics that would enable the European industries
at large to design, manufacture and use the most innovative technologies in
electronic components and systems. A structured and coordinated financial
support at European level is necessary to help maintain research teams and
European industries at the leading edge in a highly competitive international
context, ensure the fast and broad industrial exploitation of technology
leadership across Europe generating important spill-overs for society, share
risk-taking and join forces by aligning strategies and investments towards a
common European interest. The Commission might consider, upon notification of
the Member State or group of Member States concerned, that the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking's initiatives qualify as important projects of common European
interest, provided all relevant conditions are met.
(18)     The private associations AENEAS,
ARTEMISIA and EPoSS have expressed in writing their agreement for the research
and innovation activities in the area of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking to be
pursued within a structure well adapted to the nature of a public-private
partnership. It is appropriate that the private associations accept the
Statutes set out in the Annex to this Regulation by means of a letter of
endorsement.
(19)     In order to achieve its
objectives, the ECSEL Joint Undertaking should provide financial support mainly
in the form of grants to participants following open and competitive calls for proposals.
Such financial support must be targeted at proven market failures that prevent
the development of the programme concerned and must have an incentive effect in
that it changes the behaviour of the recipient.
(20)     In order to maintain a
level playing field for all undertakings active in the internal market, funding
provided by the Union Framework Programme should be designed in accordance with
State aid rules so as to ensure the effectiveness of public spending and
prevent market distortions such as crowding-out of private funding, creating
ineffective market structures or preserving inefficient firms.
(21)     Participation in indirect
actions funded by the ECSEL Joint Undertaking should comply with Regulation
(EU) No …/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of … 2013 laying
down the rules for the participation and dissemination in "Horizon 2020 –
the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)"[25]. 
(22)     The Union’s financial
contribution should be managed in accordance with the principle of sound
financial management and with the relevant rules on indirect management set out
in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 and Commission Delegated Regulation
(EU) No 1268/2012 of 29 October 2012 on the rules of application of Regulation
(EU, Euratom) No 966/2012[26].
(23)     Audits of recipients of Union
funds under this Regulation should be carried out in such a manner that
administrative burden is reduced, in compliance with Regulation (EU) No
[…]/2013 [the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme].
(24)     The financial interests of
the Union and of the other members of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking should be
protected by proportionate measures throughout the expenditure cycle, including
the prevention, detection and investigation of irregularities, the recovery of
funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate,
administrative and financial penalties in accordance with Regulation (EU,
Euratom) No 966/2012.
(25)     The Commission's internal
auditor should exercise the same powers over the ECSEL Joint Undertaking as
those exercised in respect of the Commission.
(26)     In accordance with Article
287(1) of the Treaty, the constituent instrument of bodies, offices or agencies
set up by the Union may preclude the examination of the accounts of all revenue
and expenditure of those bodies, offices or agencies by the Court of Auditors. In
accordance with Article 60(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012, the
accounts of the bodies under Article 209 of that Regulation are to be examined
by an independent audit body which is to give an opinion inter alia on the
reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying
transactions. Avoidance of duplication of the examination of the accounts
justifies that the accounts of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking should not be
subject to examination by the Court of Auditors.
(27)     In accordance with the principles
of subsidiarity and proportionality as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on
European Union, the objectives of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking in strengthening
industrial research and innovation across the Union cannot be sufficiently
achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of avoiding
duplication, retaining critical mass and ensuring that public financing is used
in an optimal way, be better achieved by the Union. This Regulation confines
itself to the minimum required in order to achieve those objectives and does
not go beyond what is necessary for that purpose.
(28)     The ENIAC and ARTEMIS Joint
Undertakings were set up for a period up to 31 December 2017. The transition
from the ENIAC and ARTEMIS Joint Undertakings to the ECSEL Joint Undertaking
should be aligned and synchronized with the transition from the Seventh
Framework Programme to the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme to ensure optimal
use of the funding available for research. In the interest of legal certainty
and clarity, Council Regulations (EC) No 72/2008 and No 74/2008 should
therefore be repealed and transitional provisions should be set out.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Establishment
1.           To implement the Joint
Technology Initiative on ‘Electronic Components and Systems for European
Leadership’, a Joint Undertaking within the meaning of Article 187 of the
Treaty on the functioning of the European Union (hereinafter ‘ECSEL Joint
Undertaking’) is hereby established for a period up to 31 December 2024.
2.           The ECSEL Joint
Undertaking shall replace and succeed the ENIAC and ARTEMIS Joint Undertakings as
originally established by Regulations (EC) Nos 72/2008 and 74/2008.
3.           The ECSEL Joint
Undertaking shall constitute a body entrusted with the implementation of a public-private
partnership referred to in Article 209 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.
4.           The ECSEL Joint
Undertaking shall have legal personality. In each of the Member States, it
shall enjoy the most extensive legal capacity accorded to legal persons under
the laws of those Member States. It may, in particular, acquire or dispose of
movable and immovable property and may be a party to legal proceedings.
5.           The seat of the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking shall be located in Brussels, Belgium.
6.           The Statutes of the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking are set out in the Annex.
Article 2
Objectives
1.           The ECSEL Joint
Undertaking shall have the following objectives:
(a)         
to contribute to the implementation of
Regulation (EU) No … of the European Parliament and of the Council of … 2013
establishing the Horizon 2020 — The Framework Programme for Research and
Innovation (2014-2020) and in particular part … of Decision No …/2013/EU of the
Council of … 2013 establishing the Specific Programme implementing Horizon 2020
(2014-2020);
(b)         
to contribute to the development of a strong and
globally competitive electronics components and systems industry in the Union;
(c)         
to ensure the availability of electronic
components and systems for key markets and for addressing societal challenges,
aiming at keeping Europe at the forefront of technology development, bridging
the gap between research and exploitation, strengthening innovation capabilities
and creating economic and employment growth in the Union;
(d)         
to align strategies with Member States to attract
private investment and contribute to the effectiveness of public support by
avoiding unnecessary duplication and fragmentation of efforts, and easing
participation for actors involved in research and innovation;
(e)         
to maintain and grow semiconductor and smart system
manufacturing capability in Europe, including leadership in manufacturing equipment
and materials processing;
(f)           
to secure a commanding position in design and
systems engineering including embedded technologies;
(g)         
to provide access for all stakeholders to a
world-class infrastructure for the design and manufacture of electronic
components and embedded/cyber-physical and smart systems;
(h)         
to build a dynamic ecosystem involving
innovative Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), strengthening existing
clusters and nurturing the creation of new clusters in promising new areas.
2.           The scope of work for the
ECSEL Joint Undertaking will build on the results obtained by the ENIAC and
ARTEMIS Joint Undertakings and by the European Technology Platform EPoSS. It
will foster new developments in, and synergies between the following main areas:
(a)         
design technologies, process and integration,
equipment, materials and manufacturing for micro- and nanoelectronics while
targeting miniaturisation, diversification and differentiation, heterogeneous
integration;
(b)         
processes, methods, tools and platforms,
reference designs and architectures, for software and/or control-intensive embedded/cyber-physical
systems, addressing seamless connectivity and interoperability, functional
safety, high availability, and security for professional and consumer type
applications, and connected services;
(c)         
multi-disciplinary approaches for smart systems,
supported by developments in holistic design and advanced manufacturing to
realise self-reliant and adaptable smart systems having sophisticated
interfaces and offering complex functionalities based on e.g. the seamless
integration of sensing, actuating, processing, energy provision and networking.
Article 3
Union financial contribution
1.           The maximum Union contribution,
including EFTA appropriations, to the ECSEL Joint Undertaking to cover
administrative costs and operational costs shall be EUR 1 215 255 000.
The contribution shall be paid from the appropriations in the general budget of
the Union allocated to the Specific Programme implementing Horizon 2020 (2014-2020).
The budget implementation with regard to the Union contribution shall be
entrusted to the ECSEL Joint Undertaking acting as a body referred to in
Article 209 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 in accordance with Articles
58(1)(c)(iv), 60 and 61 of that Regulation.
2.           The arrangements for the Union
financial contribution shall be set out in a delegation agreement and annual
transfer of funds agreements to be concluded between the Commission, on behalf
of the Union, and the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
3.           The delegation agreement
referred to in paragraph 2 shall address the elements set out in Article 58(3)
and Articles 60 and 61 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 and in Article
40 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 as well as inter alia the
following:
(a)         
the requirements for the ECSEL Joint Undertaking’s
contribution concerning the relevant performance indicators referred to in
Annex II to Decision No …/EU [the Specific Programme implementing the Horizon
2020 Framework Programme];
(b)         
the requirements for the ECSEL Joint Undertaking’s
contribution in view of the monitoring referred to in Annex III to Decision No …/EU
[the Specific Programme implementing the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme];
(c)         
the specific performance indicators related to
the functioning of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking;
(d)         
the arrangements regarding the provision of data
necessary to ensure that the Commission is able to meet its dissemination and
reporting obligations as referred to in Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No …/2013
[the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme];
(e)         
the use of and changes to human resources, in
particular recruitment by function group, grade and category, the
reclassification exercise and any changes to the number of staff members.
Article 4
Contributions of members other than the Union
1.           The ECSEL Member States shall
make a financial contribution to the operational costs of the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking of at least EUR 1 200 000 000 over the period defined
in Article 1.
2.           The private members shall
make or arrange for their constituent entities to make contributions to the
ECSEL Joint Undertaking of at least EUR 1 700 000 000 over
the period defined in Article 1.
3.           The contributions referred
to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall consist of contributions to the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking as laid down in clause 16(2), clause 16(3)(b) and clause 16(3)(c)
of the Statutes.
4.           The Members of the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking other than the Union shall report each year by 31 January to
the Governing Board on the value of the contributions referred to in paragraphs
1 and 2 made in each of the previous financial years.
5.           For the purpose of valuing
the contributions referred to in clause 16(3)(c) of the Statutes, the costs
shall be determined according to the usual cost accounting practices of the
entities concerned, to the applicable accounting standards of the country where
each entity is established, and to the applicable International Accounting
Standards / International Financial Reporting Standards. The costs shall be
certified by an independent external auditor appointed by the entity concerned.
The valuation of the contributions shall be verified by the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking. In case of remaining uncertainties, it may be audited by the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking.
6.           The Commission may engage
in remedial actions and possibly terminate, proportionally reduce or suspend
the Union financial contribution to the ECSEL Joint Undertaking or trigger the
winding up procedure referred to in clause 26(2) of the Statutes if those members
or their constituent entities do not contribute, contribute only partially or
contribute late with regard to the contributions referred to in paragraphs 1
and 2.
Article 5
Financial rules
The ECSEL Joint Undertaking shall adopt its
specific financial rules in accordance with Article 209 of Regulation (EU,
Euratom) No 966/2012 and Regulation (EU) No … [delegated Regulation on the
model Financial Regulation for PPPs].
Article 6
Staff
1.           The Staff Regulations of Officials
and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union laid down in Council Regulation (EEC,
Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68[27]
and the rules adopted by agreement between the institutions of the Union for giving effect to those acts shall apply to the staff employed by the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking.
2.           Regarding the staff of the
ECSEL Joint Undertaking, the Governing Board shall exercise the powers
conferred by the Staff Regulations on the appointing authority and by the Conditions
of Employment of Other Servants on the authority empowered to conclude contracts
(hereinafter ‘the appointing authority powers’).
The Governing Board shall adopt, in accordance
with Article 110 of the Staff Regulations, a decision based on Article 2(1) of
the Staff Regulations and Article 6 of the Conditions of Employment of Other
Servants delegating the relevant appointing authority powers to the Executive
Director and defining the conditions under which this delegation of powers can
be suspended. The Executive Director shall be authorised to sub-delegate those
powers.
In exceptional circumstances, the Governing
Board may decide to temporarily suspend the delegation of the appointing
authority powers to the Executive Director and those sub-delegated by the
latter, and exercise them itself or delegate them to one of its members or to a
staff member of ECSEL the Joint Undertaking other than the Executive Director.
3.           The Governing Board shall
adopt appropriate implementing rules giving effect to the Staff Regulations and
the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants in accordance with Article 110
of the Staff Regulations.
4.           The staff resources shall
be set out by the staff establishment plan of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking, indicating
the number of temporary posts by function group and by grade, as well as by the
number of contract staff expressed in full-time equivalents, in line with its annual budget.
5.           The staff of the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking shall consist of temporary staff and contract staff.
6.           All costs related to staff
shall be borne by the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
Article 7
Seconded national experts and trainees
1.           The ECSEL Joint
Undertaking may make use of seconded national experts and trainees not employed
by the ECSEL Joint Undertaking. The number of seconded national experts
expressed in full-time equivalents shall be added to the staff resources as
referred to in Article 6(4) in line with the annual budget.
2.           The Governing Board shall
adopt a decision laying down rules on the secondment of national experts to the
ECSEL Joint Undertaking and on the use of trainees.
Article 8
Privileges and Immunities
The Protocol on the Privileges and
Immunities of the European Union shall apply to the ECSEL Joint Undertaking and
its staff.
Article 9
Liability of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking
1.           The contractual liability
of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking shall be governed by the relevant contractual
provisions and by the law applicable to the agreement, decision or contract in
question.
2.           In the event of
non-contractual liability, the ECSEL Joint Undertaking shall make good any
damage caused by its staff in the performance of their duties, in accordance
with the general principles common to the laws of the Member States.
3.           Any payment by the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking in respect of the liability referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2
and the costs and expenses incurred in that connection shall be considered as
expenditure of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking and shall be covered by the
resources of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
4.           The ECSEL Joint
Undertaking shall be solely responsible for meeting its obligations.
Article 10
Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice and applicable law
1.           The Court of Justice shall
have jurisdiction under the conditions laid down in the Treaty as well as in
the following cases:
(a)         
in any dispute between the members of the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking which relates to the subject matter of this Regulation;
(b)         
pursuant to any arbitration clause contained in
agreements, decisions and contracts concluded by the ECSEL Joint Undertaking;
(c)         
in disputes relating to compensation for damage
caused by the staff of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking in the performance of their
duties;
(d)         
in any dispute between the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking and its staff within the limits and under the conditions laid down
in the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other
Servants of the European Union.
2.           Regarding any matter
involving an Associated Country, the specific provisions of the relevant
agreements shall apply.
3.           Regarding any matter not
covered by this Regulation or by Union law, the law of the state where the seat
of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking is located shall apply.
Article 11
Evaluation
1.           By 31 December 2017 the
Commission shall conduct an interim evaluation of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking, which
shall assess notably the level of participation in, and contribution to, the
indirect actions both by the private members and their constituent entities,
and also by other legal entities. The Commission shall communicate the
conclusions of this evaluation, and its observations, to the European Parliament
and to the Council by 30 June 2018.
2.           On the basis of the
conclusions of the interim evaluation referred to in paragraph 1, the
Commission may act in accordance with Article 4(6) or take any other
appropriate action.
3.           Within six months after
the winding up of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking, but no later than two years after
the triggering of the winding up procedure referred to in clause 26 of the
Statutes, the Commission shall conduct a final evaluation of the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking. The results of that final evaluation shall be presented to the
European Parliament and to the Council.
Article 12
Discharge
1.           The discharge of the budget
implementation with regard to the Union’s contribution to the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking shall be part of the discharge given by the European Parliament,
upon recommendation of the Council, to the Commission in accordance with the
procedure provided for in Article 319 of the Treaty.
2.           The ECSEL Joint Undertaking
shall fully cooperate with the institutions involved in the discharge procedure
and provide any necessary additional information. In this context, it may be requested
to be represented in meetings with the relevant institutions or bodies and to assist
the Commission authorising officer by delegation.
Article 13
Ex-post audits
1.           Ex-post audits of
expenditure on indirect actions shall be carried out by the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking in accordance with Article 23 of Regulation (EU) No … [the Horizon
2020 Framework Programme] as part of the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
indirect actions.
2.           To ensure consistency, the
Commission may decide to carry out the audits referred to in paragraph 1.
Article 14
Protection of the Union’s financial interests
1.           Without prejudice to
clause 22(4) of the Statutes, the ECSEL Joint Undertaking shall grant Commission
staff and other persons authorised by it, as well as the Court of Auditors,
access to its sites and premises and to all the information, including
information in electronic format, needed in order to conduct their audits.
2.           The European Anti-Fraud
Office (OLAF) may carry out investigations, including on-the-spot checks and
inspections, in accordance with the provisions and procedures laid down in
Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
25 May 1999 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud
Office (OLAF)[28]
and Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning
on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect
the European Communities’ financial interests against fraud and other
irregularities[29]
with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any
other illegal activity affecting the Union’s financial interests in connection
with an agreement or decision or a contract funded under this Regulation.
3.           Without prejudice to
paragraphs 1 and 2, agreements, decisions and contracts resulting from the
implementation of this Regulation shall contain provisions expressly empowering
the Commission, the ECSEL Joint Undertaking, the Court of Auditors and OLAF to
conduct such audits and investigations, according to their respective
competences.
4.           The ECSEL Joint
Undertaking shall ensure that the financial interests of its members are
adequately protected by carrying out or commissioning appropriate internal and
external controls.
5.           The ECSEL Joint
Undertaking shall accede to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 25 May 1999
between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission concerning
internal investigations by OLAF[30].
The ECSEL Joint Undertaking shall adopt the necessary measures to facilitate
internal investigations conducted by OLAF.
Article 15
Confidentiality
Without prejudice to Article 16, the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking shall ensure the protection of sensitive information whose
disclosure could damage the interests of its members or of participants in the
activities of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
Article 16
Transparency
1.           Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001
regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission
documents[31]
shall apply to documents held by the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
2.           The ECSEL Joint
Undertaking’s Governing Board may adopt practical arrangements for implementing
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001.
3.           Without prejudice to
Article 10, decisions taken by the ECSEL Joint Undertaking pursuant to Article
8 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 may form the subject of a complaint to the
Ombudsman under the conditions laid down in Article 228 of the Treaty.
Article 17
Rules for participation and dissemination
Regulation (EU) No … [Rules for
participation and dissemination in Horizon 2020] shall apply to the actions
funded by the ECSEL Joint Undertaking. In accordance with that Regulation, the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking shall be considered as a funding body and shall provide
financial support to indirect actions as set out in clause 1(a) of the Statutes.
Article 18
Support from the host state
An administrative agreement may be
concluded between the ECSEL Joint Undertaking and the State where its seat is
located concerning privileges and immunities and other support to be provided
by that State to the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
Article 19
Repeal and transitional provisions
1.           Regulation (EC) No 72/2008
and Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 are repealed with effect from the date of entry
into force of the present Regulation.
2.           Without prejudice to paragraph
1, actions initiated under Regulations (EC) Nos 72/2008 and 74/2008 including
annual implementation plans adopted under those Regulations shall continue to
be governed by those Regulations until their completion.
3.           In addition to the
contributions referred to in Article 3(1) and Article 4(2), the following contributions
to the administrative costs of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking shall be paid over
the period 2014-2017 for the completion of the actions launched under
Regulations (EC) Nos 72/2008 and 74/2008: EUR 2 050 000 by the
Union, EUR 1 430 000 by the AENEAS association and EUR 975 000
by the ARTEMISIA association.
The interim evaluation referred to in Article 11(1)
shall include a final evaluation of the ENIAC and ARTEMIS Joint Undertakings
under Regulations (EC) Nos 72/2008 and 74/2008.
4.           The Executive Director
appointed on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 72/2008 shall, for the remaining
period of the term of office, be assigned to the functions of the Executive
Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking as provided for in this Regulation with
effect from the date of entry into force of the present Regulation. The other
conditions of the Executive Director’s contract shall remain unchanged.
5.           If the Executive Director
appointed in accordance with paragraph 4 was in his/her first term of office,
he/she shall be appointed for the remaining period of term of office with a
possibility to extend the term of office up to 4 years in line with clause 8(4)
of the Statutes. If the Executive Director appointed in accordance with
paragraph 4 was in his/her second term of office, there is no possibility for
extension. The Executive Director whose term of office has been extended may
not participate in another selection procedure for the same post at the end of
the overall period.
6.           The contract of employment
of the Executive Director appointed on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 74/2008
shall be terminated before the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
7.           Without prejudice to
paragraphs 4 and 5, this Regulation shall not affect the rights and obligations
of staff engaged under Regulations (EC) Nos 72/2008 and 74/2008. Their
contracts may be renewed under this Regulation in accordance with the Staff
Regulations and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants and in line with
the budgetary constraints of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
8.           The Executive Director of
the ECSEL Joint Undertaking shall convene the first meeting of the Governing
Board and of the Public Authorities Board.
9.           Unless otherwise agreed
between members of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking and of the ARTEMIS Joint
Undertaking pursuant to Regulations (EC) Nos 72/2008 and 74/2008, all rights
and obligations, including assets, debts or liabilities of the members of the Joint
Undertakings pursuant to those Regulations shall be transferred to the members of
the ECSEL Joint Undertaking pursuant to this Regulation.
10.         Any unused appropriations
under Regulations (EC) Nos 72/2008 and 74/2008 shall be transferred to the
ECSEL Joint Undertaking. Any amount due by the AENEAS Association and the
ARTEMISIA Association for the administrative appropriations of the ENIAC and
ARTEMIS Joint Undertakings over the period 2008-2013 shall be transferred to
the ECSEL Joint Undertaking according to arrangements to be agreed with the
Commission.
Article 20
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on
the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of
the European Union.
This
Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States.
Done at Brussels, 
                                                                       For
the Council
                                                                       The
President
ANNEX
STATUTES 
OF THE 
ECSEL JOINT UNDERTAKING
1 - Tasks
The ECSEL Joint Undertaking shall carry out
the following tasks:
(a)                   
support financially research and innovation
indirect actions, mainly in the form of grants;
(b)                   
ensure sustainable management of the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking;
(c)                   
develop close cooperation and ensure
coordination with European (in particular Horizon 2020), national and
transnational activities, bodies and stakeholders, aiming at fostering a fertile
innovation environment in Europe, creating synergies and improving exploitation
of research and innovation results in the area of electronic components and systems;
(d)                   
define and make any necessary adjustments to the
multiannual strategic plan;
(e)                   
draw up and implement work plans for executing
the multiannual strategic plan;
(f)                     
initiate calls for proposals, evaluate proposals,
and award funding to indirect actions within the limits of available funds;
(g)                   
publish information on the indirect actions;
(h)                   
monitor the implementation of the indirect
actions and manage the grant agreements or decisions;
(i)                     
monitor overall progress towards the objectives
of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking;
(j)                     
information, communication, exploitation and
dissemination activities by applying mutatis mutandis the provisions of Article
22 of Regulation (EU) No …/2013 [the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme];
(k)                   
any other task needed to achieve the objectives
set out in Article 2.
2 - Members
1.           The members of the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking shall be the following:
(a)         
the Union, represented by the Commission,
(b)         
[Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak
Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom], and
(c)         
upon acceptance of these Statutes by means of a
letter of endorsement, [the AENEAS association, an association registered under
French law (registration No 20070039) with its registered office in Paris
(France); the ARTEMISIA association, an association registered under Dutch law
(registration No 17201341) with its registered office in Eindhoven (the
Netherlands); the EPoSS association, an association registered under … law
(registration No ...) with its registered office in ... (…)].
2.           The countries who are
members of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking are hereinafter referred to as ‘ECSEL
Member States’. Each ECSEL Member State shall appoint its representatives in
the bodies of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking and designate the national entity or
entities responsible for fulfilling its obligations with respect to activities
of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
3.           The ECSEL Member States together
with the Commission shall hereinafter be referred to as the ‘public authorities’
of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
4.           The private associations
shall hereinafter be referred to as the ‘private members’ of the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking.
3 - Changes to membership
1.           Member States of the Union or Associated Countries that are not listed in clause 2(1)(b) shall become members of
the ECSEL Joint Undertaking upon notification to the Governing Board of their
written acceptance of these Statutes and of any other provisions governing the
functioning of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
2.           Provided that they contribute
to the financing referred to in clause 16(4) to achieve the objectives of the
ECSEL Joint Undertaking set out in Article 2 and accept these Statutes, the
following entities may apply to become a member of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking:
(a)         
any other country than those referred under
paragraph 1 pursuing research and innovation policies or programmes in the area
of electronic components and systems;
(b)         
any other legal entity that directly or
indirectly supports research and innovation in a Member State or in an Associated
Country.
3.           Any application for
membership to the ECSEL Joint Undertaking in accordance with paragraph 2 shall
be addressed to the Governing Board. It shall assess the application, taking
into account the relevance and the potential added value of the applicant for achieving
the objectives of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking. It shall then decide on the
application.
4.           Any member may terminate
its membership of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking. Such termination shall become
effective and irrevocable six months after notification to the other members. As
of then, the former member shall be discharged from any obligations other than
those approved or incurred by the ECSEL Joint Undertaking prior to the
notification of terminating the membership.
5.           Membership of the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking may not be transferred to a third party without prior
agreement of the Governing Board.
6.           The ECSEL Joint
Undertaking shall publish on its website immediately upon any change to
membership pursuant to this clause an updated list of members of the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking together with the date when such change takes effect.
4 - Organisation of the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking
The bodies of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking shall
be:
(a)                   
the Governing Board;
(b)                   
the Executive Director;
(c)                   
the Public Authorities Board;
(d)                   
the Private Members Board.
5 - Composition of the Governing Board
The Governing Board shall be composed of
representatives of the members of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
Each member of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking
shall appoint its representatives and a lead delegate who shall hold the voting
rights of the member in the Governing Board.
6 - Functioning of the Governing Board
1.           The voting rights are
distributed as follows: 1/3 for the private members collectively, 1/3 for the
Commission, and 1/3 for the ECSEL Member States collectively. The members 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, including
the votes of the members who are not in attendance.
For the first two financial years, the voting
rights of the ECSEL Member States shall be distributed as follows: one per cent
for each ECSEL Member State and the remaining percentage distributed annually among
the ECSEL Member States in proportion to their actual financial contributions in
the past two years, including their contributions to the ENIAC and ARTEMIS Joint
Undertakings. For subsequent years, the distribution of the voting rights of the
ECSEL Member States shall be established annually in proportion to the funds
they have actually committed to indirect actions in the past two financial
years.
The voting rights of the private members shall
be distributed equally amongst the private associations unless decided
otherwise by the Private Members Board.
Voting rights for any new member of the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking that is not a Member State or an Associated Country shall be
determined by the Governing Board before that member joins the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking.
2.           The Governing Board shall
elect a chairperson for a period of at least one year.
3.           The Governing Board shall
hold its ordinary meetings at least twice a year. It may hold extraordinary
meetings at the request of the Commission or of a majority of the
representatives of the ECSEL Member States or of a majority of the private members,
or at the request of the chairperson, or at the request of the Executive
Director in accordance with clause 16(5). The meetings of the Governing Board
shall be convened by its chairperson and shall usually take place at the seat
of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
The quorum of the Governing Board shall be
constituted by the Commission, the private members and at least three ECSEL
Member States’ lead delegates.
The Executive Director shall have the right to take
part in the deliberations, but shall have no voting rights.
The Governing Board may invite, on a case by
case basis, other persons to attend its meetings as observers, in particular
representatives of EU regional authorities.
The representatives of the members of the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking shall not be personally liable for actions they have taken in
their capacity as representatives on the Governing Board.
The Governing Board shall adopt its own rules
of procedure.
7 - Tasks of the Governing Board
1.           The Governing Board shall
have overall responsibility for the strategic orientation and the operations of
the ECSEL Joint Undertaking and shall supervise the implementation of its
activities.
2.           The Governing Board shall
in particular carry out the following tasks:
(a)         
assess, accept or reject applications for new
membership in accordance with clause 3(3);
(b)         
decide on the termination of membership in the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking of any member that does not fulfil its obligations;
(c)         
adopt the financial rules of the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking in accordance with Article 5;
(d)         
adopt the annual budget of the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking, including the staff establishment plan indicating the number of
temporary posts by function group and by grade, the number of contract staff and
seconded national experts expressed in full-time equivalents;
(e)         
exercise the appointing authority powers with
respect to staff, in accordance with Article 6(2);
(f)           
appoint, dismiss, extend the term of office of, provide
guidance to and monitor the performance of the Executive Director;
(g)         
approve the organisational structure of the Programme
Office, referred to in clause 9(5) upon recommendation by the Executive
Director;
(h)         
adopt the multiannual strategic plan referred to
in clause 21(1);
(i)           
adopt the work plan and the corresponding
expenditure estimates referred to in clause 21(2);
(j)           
approve the annual accounts;
(k)         
approve the annual activity report, including
the corresponding expenditure referred to in clause 22(1);
(l)           
arrange as appropriate,
for the establishment of an internal audit capability of the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking;
(m)       
establish the ECSEL Joint Undertaking’s
communications policy upon recommendation by the Executive Director;
(n)         
where appropriate, lay down implementing rules pursuant
to Article 6(3);
(o)         
where appropriate, lay down rules on the
secondment of national experts to the ECSEL Joint Undertaking and on the use of
trainees pursuant to Article 7(2);
(p)         
where appropriate, set up advisory groups in
addition to the bodies of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking;
(q)         
where appropriate, submit to the Commission any request
to amend this Regulation proposed by any member of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking;
(r)          
be responsible for any task that is not
specifically allocated to one of the bodies of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking; it
may assign such tasks to one of those bodies.
8 – Appointment, dismissal or extension
of the term of office of the Executive Director
1.           The Executive Director
shall be appointed by the Governing Board, from a list of candidates proposed
by the Commission, following an open and transparent selection procedure. The
Commission shall associate the representation from the other members of the
ECSEL Joint Undertaking in the selection procedure as appropriate.
In particular, an appropriate representation from
the other members of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking shall be ensured at the
pre-selection stage of the selection procedure. For that purpose, the ECSEL Member  States and the private members shall appoint by common accord a
representative as well as an observer on behalf of the Governing Board.
2.           The Executive Director is
a member of staff and shall be engaged as a temporary agent of the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking under point (a) of Article 2 of the Conditions of Employment of
Other Servants of the Union.
For the purpose of concluding the contract of
the Executive Director, the ECSEL Joint Undertaking shall be represented by the
chairperson of the Governing Board.
3.           The term of office of the
Executive Director shall be three years. By the end of that period, the Commission
associating the ECSEL Member States and the private members as appropriate shall
undertake an assessment of the performance of the Executive Director and the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking’s future tasks and challenges.
4.           The Governing Board,
acting on a proposal from the Commission which takes into account the
assessment referred to in paragraph 3, may extend the term of office of the
Executive Director once, for no more than four years.
5.           An Executive Director
whose term of office has been extended may not participate in another selection
procedure for the same post at the end of the overall period.
6.           The Executive Director may
be dismissed only upon a decision of the Governing Board acting on a proposal from
the Commission associating the the ECSEL Member States and the private members as
appropriate.
9 - Tasks of the Executive Director
1.           The Executive Director
shall be the chief executive responsible for the day-to-day management of the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking in accordance with the decisions of the Governing Board.
2.           The Executive Director
shall be the legal representative of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking. He/she shall
be accountable to the Governing Board.
3.           The Executive Director
shall implement the budget of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
4.           The Executive Director
shall in particular carry out the following tasks in an independent manner:
(a)         
consolidate and submit for adoption to the
Governing Board the draft multiannual strategic plan composed of the multiannual
strategic research and innovation agenda as proposed by the Private Members
Board and the multiannual financial perspectives from the public authorities;
(b)         
prepare and submit for adoption to the Governing
Board the draft annual budget, including the corresponding staff establishment
plan indicating the number of temporary posts in each grade and function group
and the number of contract staff and seconded national experts expressed in
full-time equivalents;
(c)         
prepare and submit for adoption to the Governing
Board the draft work plan including the scope of the calls for proposals needed
to implement the research and innovation activities plan as proposed by the Private
Members Board and the corresponding expenditure estimates as proposed by the public
authorities;
(d)         
submit for approval to the Governing Board the annual
accounts;
(e)         
prepare and submit for approval to the Governing
Board the annual activity report, including the corresponding expenditure;
(f)           
sign individual grant agreements or decisions;
(g)         
sign procurement contracts;
(h)         
implement the ECSEL Joint Undertaking’s communication
policy;
(i)           
organise, direct and supervise the operations
and the staff of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking within the constraints of the
delegation by the Governing Board as provided for in Article 6(2);
(j)           
establish and ensure the functioning of an
effective and efficient internal control system and report any significant
change to it to the Governing Board;
(k)         
ensure that risk assessment and risk management
are performed;
(l)           
take any other measures needed for assessing the
progress of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking towards its objectives as set out in
Article 2;
(m)       
perform any other tasks entrusted or delegated
to the Executive Director by the Governing Board.
5.           The Executive Director
shall set up a Programme Office for the execution, under his/her
responsibility, of all support tasks arising from this Regulation. The
Programme Office shall be composed of the staff of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking
and shall in particular carry out the following tasks:
(a)         
provide support in establishing and managing an
appropriate accounting system in accordance with the financial rules of the
ECSEL Joint Undertaking;
(b)         
manage the calls for proposals as provided for
in the work plan and administer the grant agreements or decisions;
(c)         
provide the members and the other bodies of the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking all relevant information and support necessary for them to
perform their duties as well as responding to their specific requests;
(d)         
act as the secretariat of the bodies of the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking and provide support to any advisory group set up by the
Governing Board.
10 - Composition of the Public
Authorities Board
The Public Authorities Board shall be
composed of representatives of the public authorities of the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking.
Each public authority shall appoint its
representatives and a lead delegate who shall hold the voting rights in the
Public Authorities Board.
11 - Functioning of the Public
Authorities Board
1.           The voting rights in the
Public Authorities Board shall be assigned to the public authorities on an
annual basis in proportion to their financial contribution to the activities of
the ECSEL Joint Undertaking for that year in accordance with clause 18(4), and
with an upper limit for any given member of 50% of the total voting rights in
the Public Authorities Board.
If fewer than three ECSEL Member States have
communicated to the Executive Director their financial contribution according
to clause 18(4), the Commission shall hold 50% of the voting rights and the
remaining 50% shall be distributed equally amongst the ECSEL Member States.
The public authorities shall make every effort
to achieve consensus. Failing consensus, the Public Authorities Board shall
take its decisions by a majority of at least 75% of all votes, including the votes
of the ECSEL Member States that are not in attendance.
Each public authority shall have a right of veto
on all issues concerning the use of its own contribution to the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking.
2.           The Public Authorities
Board shall elect its chairperson for a period of at least one year.
3.           The Public Authorities
Board shall hold its ordinary meetings at least twice a year. It may hold
extraordinary meetings at the request of the Commission or of a majority of the
representatives of the ECSEL Member States, or at the request of the
chairperson. The meetings of the Public Authorities Board shall be convened by
its chairperson and shall normally take place at the seat of the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking.
The quorum of the Public Authorities Board
shall be constituted by the Commission and at least three ECSEL Member States’
lead delegates.
The Executive Director shall have the right to take
part in the deliberations, but shall have no voting rights.
Any Member State or Associated Country that is
not a member of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking shall be able to participate in the
Public Authorities Board as an observer. Observers shall receive all relevant
documents and may give advice on any decision taken by the Public Authorities
Board.
The Public Authorities Board may appoint
working groups where necessary under the overall coordination of one or more public
authorities.
The Public Authorities Board shall adopt its own
rules of procedure.
12 - Tasks of the Public Authorities
Board
The Public Authorities Board shall:
(a)                   
ensure that the principles of fairness and transparency
are properly applied in the allocation of public funding to participants in indirect
actions;
(b)                   
approve the rules of procedure for calls for proposals,
and for the evaluation, selection and monitoring of indirect actions;
(c)                   
approve the launch of calls for proposals, in
accordance with the work plan;
(d)                   
rank proposals on the basis of the selection and
award criteria, and considering their contribution towards achieving the
objectives of the call and synergy with national priorities;
(e)                   
decide on the allocation of public funding to
selected proposals up to the limit of the budgets available, taking into
account the verifications carried out in accordance with clause 18(5). This
decision shall be binding on ECSEL Member States without any further evaluation
or selection processes.
13 - Composition of the Private Members Board
The Private Members Board shall be composed
of representatives of the private members of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
Each private member shall appoint its
representatives and a lead delegate who shall hold the voting rights in the
Private Members Board.
14 - Functioning of the Private Members
Board
1.           The Private Members Board
shall meet at least twice a year.
2.           The Private Members Board
may appoint working groups where necessary under the overall coordination of
one or more members.
3.           The Private Members Board
shall elect its chairperson.
4.           The Private Members Board
shall adopt its rules of procedure.
15 - Tasks of
the Private Members Board
The Private Members Board shall:
(a)                   
draw up and regularly update the draft multiannual
strategic research and innovation agenda referred to in clause 21(1) for
achieving the objectives of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking set out in Article 2;
(b)                   
prepare each year the draft research and
innovation activities plan for the next year, as a basis for the calls for proposals
referred to in clause 21(2);
(c)                   
submit to the Executive Director the draft multiannual
strategic research and innovation agenda and the yearly draft research and
innovation activities plan within the deadlines set by the Governing Board;
(d)                   
organise an advisory stakeholder forum that is
open to all public and private stakeholders having an interest in the field of
electronic components and systems, to inform them and collect feedback about the
draft multiannual strategic research and innovation agenda and draft research
and innovation activities plan for a given year.
16 - Sources of financing
1.           The ECSEL Joint
Undertaking shall be jointly funded by its members through financial contributions
paid in instalments and in-kind contributions consisting of the costs incurred
by the private members or their constituent entities in implementing indirect
actions that are not reimbursed by the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
2.           The administrative costs
of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking shall not exceed EUR 39 420 000 and
shall be covered through the financial contributions referred to in Article
3(1) for the Union contribution up to EUR 15 255 000, Article
4(2) for the contribution by the private members up to
EUR 19 710 000 and Article 19(2) for the completion of the
actions launched under Regulations 72/2008 and 74/2008. If part of the
contribution for administrative costs is not used, it may be made available to
cover the operational costs of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
3.           The operational costs of
the ECSEL Joint Undertaking shall be covered through:
(a)         
a financial contribution by the Union;
(b)         
financial contributions from ECSEL Member States.
(c)         
in-kind contributions by the private members or
their constituent entities consisting of the costs incurred by them in
implementing indirect actions less the contributions by the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking, the ECSEL Member States and any other Union contribution to those
costs.
4.           The resources of the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking entered in its budget shall be composed of the following
contributions:
(a)         
members’ financial contributions to the administrative
costs;
(b)         
members’ financial contributions to the
operational costs, including those from the ECSEL Member States which entrust the
ECSEL Joint Undertaking in accordance with clause 17(1);
(c)         
any revenue generated by the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking;
(d)         
any other financial contributions, resources and
revenues.
Any interest yielded by the contributions paid
to the ECSEL Joint Undertaking shall be considered to be its revenue.
5.           Should any member of the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking be in default of its commitments concerning its agreed
financial contribution, the Executive Director shall put this in writing and
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 if any other measures are to be taken
until its obligations have been met.
6.           All the resources and
activities of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking shall be intended for the achievement
of the objectives set out in Article 2.
7.           The ECSEL Joint
Undertaking shall own all assets generated by it or transferred to it for the achievement
of its objectives set out in Article 2.
8.           Except when the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking is wound up pursuant to clause 26, any excess revenue over
expenditure shall not be paid to the members of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
17 - ECSEL Member States contributions
1.           The ECSEL Member States
may entrust the ECSEL Joint Undertaking with the implementation of their
contributions to the participants in indirect actions through the grant
agreements with participants concluded by the ECSEL Joint Undertaking. They may
also entrust the ECSEL Joint Undertaking with the payment of their
contributions to the participants or make the payments by themselves based on
the verifications made by the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
2.           Where an ECSEL Member
State does not entrust the ECSEL Joint Undertaking as described in the first
paragraph, it shall take all necessary measures to establish its own grant
agreements within a similar timeframe as the ECSEL Joint Undertaking grant
agreements, and in such a way that they fully comply with the conditions for the
eligibility of costs as defined in Regulation (EU) No … [Rules for
participation and dissemination in Horizon 2020]. The verification of the
eligibility of costs performed by the ECSEL Joint Undertaking as referred to in
clause 18(7) may be used by the ECSEL Member State as part of its own payment
process.
3.           The arrangements for the cooperation
between the ECSEL Member States and the ECSEL Joint Undertaking shall be
established by means of an administrative arrangement to be concluded between
the entities designated by the ECSEL Member States for that purpose and the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking.
4.           When ECSEL Member States
entrust the ECSEL Joint Undertaking in accordance with the first paragraph, the
administrative arrangements referred to in paragraph 3 shall be supplemented
with annual arrangements between the entities designated by the ECSEL Member
States for that purpose and the ECSEL Joint Undertaking, laying down the terms
and conditions for the financial contribution of the ECSEL Member States to the
ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
5.           Member States, Associated
Countries and third countries that are not members of the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking may conclude similar arrangements with the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
18 - Funding of indirect actions
1.           The ECSEL Joint
Undertaking shall support indirect actions through open and competitive calls
for proposals, and allocation of public funding within the limits of the
budgets available. Any public support under this initiative is without
prejudice to the procedural and material State aid rules.
2.           The financial contribution
from the public authorities shall be that referred to in clause 16(3)(a) and clause
16(3)(b) disbursed as a reimbursement of eligible costs to the participants in
indirect actions. The total public contribution for a given action shall not
exceed the limits foreseen in Regulation (EU) No … [Rules for participation and
dissemination in Horizon 2020]. 
3.           Eligibility criteria for
funding from the Union are laid down in Regulation (EU) No … [Rules for
participation and dissemination in Horizon 2020].
Specific eligibility criteria for funding from
the ECSEL Member States may be determined by the relevant national funding
authorities and shall be included in the work plan.
4.           The public authorities
shall communicate to the Executive Director their financial commitments
reserved for each call for proposals to be included in the work plan and where
applicable in accordance with clause 17(1) in time for the preparation of the draft
budget of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking, taking into account the scope of the research
and innovation activities addressed in the work plan.
5.           The Executive Director shall
verify the eligibility of applicants for funding from the Union and the ECSEL
Member States shall verify the eligibility of their applicants against any predetermined
national criteria for funding and communicate the results to the Executive
Director.
6.           On the basis of the
verifications provided in paragraph 5, the Executive Director shall establish
the proposed list of indirect actions to be retained for funding, detailed by applicants,
and communicate it to the Public Authorities Board who shall decide on the maximum
allocation of public funding in accordance with clause 12(e) and mandate the
Executive Director to establish agreements with the corresponding participants.
7.           The ECSEL Joint
Undertaking shall take all necessary measures, including the verification of
the eligibility of costs, for the disbursement of the public funding to the
respective participants in accordance with the arrangements referred to in
clause 17(3) and (4).
8.           The ECSEL Member States
shall not require additional technical monitoring and reporting other than
those required by the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
19 - Financial commitments
Financial commitments of the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking shall not exceed the amount of financial resources available or committed
to its budget by its members.
20 - Financial year
The financial year shall run from 1 January
to 31 December.
21 - Operational and financial planning
1.           The multiannual strategic plan
shall specify the strategy and plans for achieving the objectives of the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking set out in Article 2 in the form of a multiannual strategic research
and innovation agenda from the Private Members Board and multiannual financial
perspectives from the public authorities. It should identify research and
innovation priorities for the development and adoption of key competences for
electronic components and systems across different application areas in order
to strengthen European competitiveness and help create new markets and societal
applications. It should be reviewed regularly in accordance with the evolution
of the industrial needs in Europe.
2.           The Executive Director
shall submit to the Governing Board for adoption a draft annual or multiannual work
plan which shall include the research and innovation activities plan, the
administrative activities and the corresponding expenditure estimates.
3.           The work plan shall be adopted
by the end of the year prior to its implementation. The work plan shall be made
publicly available.
4.           The Executive Director
shall prepare the draft annual budget for the following year and submit it to
the Governing Board for adoption.
5.           The annual budget for a
particular year shall be adopted by the Governing Board by the end of the previous
year.
6.           The annual budget shall be
adapted in order to take into account the amount of the Union contribution as
set out in the Union budget.
22 - Operational and financial reporting
1.           The Executive Director
shall report annually to the Governing Board on the performance of his/her duties
in accordance with the financial rules of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
By 15 February each year, the Executive Director
shall submit to the Governing Board for approval an annual activity report on
the progress made by the ECSEL Joint Undertaking in the previous calendar year,
in particular in relation to the work plan for that year. That report shall include,
inter alia, information on the following matters:
(a)         
research, innovation and other actions carried
out and the corresponding expenditure;
(b)         
the proposals submitted, including a breakdown
by participant type, including SMEs, and by country;
(c)         
the proposals selected for funding, with a
breakdown by participant type, including SMEs, and by country, and indicating
the contributions of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking and the ECSEL Member States to the individual participants and indirect actions.
2.           Once approved by the
Governing Board, the annual activity report shall be made publicly available.
3.           The ECSEL Joint
Undertaking shall report annually to the Commission in accordance with Article
60(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.
4.           The accounts of the ECSEL
Joint Undertaking shall be examined by an independent audit body as laid down
in Article 60(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.
The accounts of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking
shall not be subject to examination by the Court of Auditors.
23 - Internal audit
The Commission's internal auditor shall
exercise the same powers over the ECSEL Joint Undertaking as those exercised in
respect of the Commission. 
24 - Liability of members and insurance
1.           The financial liability of
the members of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking for the debts of the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking shall be limited to their contribution already made.
2.           The ECSEL Joint
Undertaking shall take out and maintain appropriate insurance.
25 - Conflict of interest
1.           The ECSEL Joint
Undertaking, its bodies and staff shall avoid any conflict of interest in carrying
out their activities.
2.           The ECSEL Joint
Undertaking Governing Board may adopt rules for the prevention and management
of conflicts of interest in respect of its members, bodies and staff. In those
rules, provision shall be made to avoid a conflict of interest for the
representatives of the members of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking serving in the
Governing Board or in the Public Authorities Board.
26 - Winding up
1.           The ECSEL Joint
Undertaking shall be wound up at the end of the period provided for in Article
1.
2.           The winding up procedure
shall be automatically triggered if the Commission or all private members
withdraw from the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
3.           For the purpose of
conducting the proceedings to wind up the ECSEL Joint Undertaking, the
Governing Board shall appoint one or more liquidators, who shall comply with
the decisions of the Governing Board.
4.           When the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking is being wound up, its assets shall be used to cover its
liabilities and the expenditure relating to its winding up. Any surplus shall
be distributed among the members at the time of the winding up in proportion to
their financial contribution to the ECSEL Joint Undertaking. Any such surplus
distributed to the Union shall be returned to the Union budget.
5.           An ad hoc procedure shall
be set up to ensure appropriate management of any agreement concluded or
decision adopted by the ECSEL Joint Undertaking as well as any procurement
contract extending beyond the duration of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1.           FRAMEWORK OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE
              1.1.    Title of the proposal/initiative
              1.2.    Policy
area(s) concerned in the ABM/ABB structure
              1.3.    Nature
of the proposal/initiative
              1.4.    Objective(s)
              1.5.    Grounds
for the proposal/initiative
              1.6.    Duration
and financial impact
              1.7.    Management
method(s) envisaged
2.           MANAGEMENT MEASURES
              2.1.    Monitoring
and reporting rules
              2.2.    Management
and control system
              2.3.    Measures
to prevent fraud and irregularities
3.           ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE
PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE
              3.1.    Heading(s)
of the multiannual financial framework and expenditure budget line(s) affected
              3.2.    Estimated
impact on expenditure
              3.2.1. Summary of
estimated impact on expenditure
              3.2.2. Estimated impact
on operational appropriations
              3.2.3. Estimated impact
on appropriations of an administrative nature
              3.2.4. Compatibility
with the current multiannual financial framework
              3.2.5. Third-party
participation in financing
              3.3.    Estimated impact on revenue
LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1.           FRAMEWORK OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE
1.1.        Title of the
proposal/initiative
Council regulation on the ECSEL Joint Undertaking
1.2.        Policy area(s) concerned
in the ABM/ABB structure[32]
Policy area: Horizon 2020 — The Framework Programme for Research and
Innovation (2014-2020)
Activity: Horizon 2020: research and innovation related to
communications networks, content and technology
1.3.        Nature of the
proposal/initiative
¨ The proposal/initiative relates to a new action
¨ The proposal/initiative relates to a new action
following a pilot project/preparatory action[33]
¨ The proposal/initiative relates to the extension of
an existing action
þ The proposal/initiative relates to an action
redirected towards a new action
1.4.        Objective(s)
1.4.1.     The Commission’s
multiannual strategic objective(s) targeted by the proposal/initiative
EU 2020 Growth strategy – to contribute to the objective of 3% of
the EU's GDP to be invested in research and innovation
Innovation Union – to focus EU funding instruments on Innovation
Union priorities
Digital Agenda for Europe – to contribute to Pillar V research and
innovation in ICT, actions 50 (leverage more private investment for ICT
research and innovation) and 51 (reinforce the coordination and pooling of
resources)
1.4.2.     Specific objective(s) and
ABM/ABB activity(ies) concerned
Specific objective No
1. Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies
ABM/ABB activity(ies) concerned
Leadership in information and communications technology
1.4.3.     Expected result(s) and
impact
Economic impact:
•        Competitiveness – increasing and focusing the scale of
investment by leveraging resources from private and public funds, cooperation
along the innovation and value chains and bridging from technology to innovation.
•        Research and innovation – synergy between industrial and
national priorities, excellence, reducing duplication of efforts and
fragmentation.
•        Stakeholders – associating a broad range of value chains:
industry – technology providers and users including SMEs, research and
knowledge-dissemination organisations, EU, Member States and regions.
Societal impact:
•        Employment – creating highly skilled and technical jobs,
enabling growth in many economic sectors for their innovation and productivity;
•        Addressing societal challenges in domains relevant to
European citizens (e.g. transport, health, energy) indispensable for those
societal drivers.
Environmental impact:
•        Reducing energy consumption
•        Managing use of material resources
1.4.4.     Indicators of results and
impact
The indicators of results and impact set out in the Horizon 2020 –
Framework Programme for Research and Innovation specific objective
"Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies" are monitored
and annually reported to the Commission.
In addition, the following specific indicators will be used to
measure the progress in achieving the objectives of the ECSEL Joint
Undertaking:
 Objectives || KPI || Metrics (measured over period 2014-2024) 
 Structure and perform excellent multi-disciplinary research || Innovative and State-of-the-Art projects || Ø    Quality of results as e.g. measured in number of peer reviewed publications Ø    Innovative research and innovation, at least 2 patents per 10 MEUR funding Ø    Number and impact of breakthrough technologies 
 Align strategies || SRIA with priorities || Ø    Commitment from all JU members Ø    Focus of SRIA commensurate with the available budget 
 Mobilise and pool resources || Budget execution || Ø    Financial commitments by all JU members Ø    Contribution towards the 3% target for research and innovation 
 Maintain and grow manufacturing in EU || Create jobs in electronics industries Increase manufacturing plants in Europe || Ø    Number of direct and induced jobs in Europe – progress towards creation of 250.000 induced jobs Ø    Number of state-of-the-art fabs in Europe as measured by technology node and wafer size 
 Leadership in equipment and material (E&M) || Strategic cooperation on E&M issues || Ø    Ranking and market share/volume of European E&M suppliers 
 Support high TRLs || Scale and impact of projects || Ø    Number of new/upgraded pilot lines in Europe – at least 3 per year Ø    Number of demonstrators of integrated solutions – at least 3 per year Ø    Access and use by actors not directly implementing the pilot lines/demonstrators 
 Availability of electronic components || Take-up of new technologies by European application sectors || Ø    European market share/volume for new solutions 
 Leadership in system engineering || Strategic cooperation on embedded and smart systems issues || Ø    Ranking and market share/volume of European electronic systems suppliers 
The following specific indicators will be used to measure the
performance of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking:
 Objectives || KPI || Metrics (measured over period 2014-2024) 
 Set strategic research and innovation agenda || SRIA || Ø    Adoption of SRIA by all key players Ø    Clarity and focus as perceived by the stakeholders 
 Efficient implementation of programme || JU operations || Ø    Time to grants (from call closing to grant signature) < 270 days Ø    Time to payment < 90 days Ø    Dissemination activities Ø    Project results 
 Synergies for exploitation of results and fostering SMEs growth || Industrial up-take of project results || Ø    Number of spin-offs Ø    SMEs growth in terms of turnover and employment 
 Ease participation in projects with strong European dimension || Simplified rules for participation || Ø    Industrial and SME participation rate – the latter ≥ 30% Ø    Reduction of administrative overhead 
 Access to design and manufacturing infrastructure || Availability and open access to State-of-the-Art infrastructure s || Ø    Access and use by SMEs, including system integrators 
 Cooperation and coordination of stakeholders || Partnerships || Ø    Composition of consortia – emergence of strategic alliances 
 Maintain human skills || Expertise available in Europe || Ø    Availability of curricula/courses and effective take-up of professional training in line with industrial needs 
1.5.        Grounds for the
proposal/initiative
1.5.1.     Requirement(s) to be met in
the short or long term
Europe is facing two main challenges in the field
of electronic components and systems:
•        The need to be in control of the key elements of the value
chain, i.e. ‘components and systems design’, ‘components manufacturing’, and ‘integration
of electronic components into final products’. The electronics value chain does
not stop at the electronics production level but extends to the whole user
industry from automotive to aerospace up to web-based services. Each of its
elements is essential to ensure sustainability of value creation from
electronics in Europe. In particular, if Europe loses its electronics
manufacturing capacity, not only the relevant supply chain and design activity may
shift outside Europe but the competitiveness of the whole economic fabric that depends
on electronics will be seriously undermined.
•        The other is related to improving the efficiency of Europe’s innovation chain as highlighted by the KET report which identified a ‘Valley of
death’ between basic knowledge generation and the subsequent commercialisation
of this knowledge in marketable products. Therefore, the steps to innovation
and industrial production need to be strengthened in order for businesses and
citizens to benefit from leading-edge technologies.
To ensure control of the value chain and improve its innovation
system, Europe needs to overcome the following difficulties:
•        fierce global competition and changing business models;
•        declining market shares;
•        high costs of research and innovation and fragmented
European landscape; and
•        fast-paced innovation.
1.5.2.     Added value of EU
involvement
Financial support to collaborative research and innovation involving
industry and academia across Europe is needed in order to:
•        Keep European public research teams at the forefront of
electronics and ensure fast and wide industrial exploitation of technology
leadership across Europe.
•        Share the costs of risk-taking with the electronic
components and systems industry in progressing the technology and its widespread
use given the huge spill-over effect on growth and jobs across the economy and
the impact on addressing the societal challenges ahead.
•        Join forces. Member States have their own priorities in promoting
their industry but the level of support needed for this industry is beyond
their individual resources. Fragmentation tends to lead to duplication in research and innovation efforts.
Furthermore only a few world-leading clusters with significant industrial
activity in electronic components and embedded systems exist in Europe. Hence EU players need to join forces. Better cooperation based on collaborative user
companies and technology providers accelerate the product innovation on both
sides by coordinating business focus, while research projects clusters provide
a regional support network for SMEs through cooperation between academia and
large OEMs industry.
•        Reinforce the existing European clusters in electronic
components and actively supporting the creation of new clusters so as to place Europe on a comparable footing with other players worldwide. There is a need for action at
the European level in order to pool resources and bring actors together, to
provide the right level of scope and means to strengthen the industry. This
support needs to provide a sustainable and adequate solution for Europe to face up to international competition. This action will help in sharing existing
and future platforms geared towards a better environment for industrial actors,
including SMEs and end-users, to reinforce their international competitiveness.
•        Structure and coordinate research and innovation in Europe,
to ensure that in the future there will be a manufacturing base in Europe and that European actors, including users, have access to the latest technology
developments and infrastructures. To reach this goal, it is critical to
effectively leverage public funding at European and national levels.
1.5.3.     Lessons learned from
similar experiences in the past
The current ENIAC and ARTEMIS JUs provided a major opportunity to
cooperate across Europe, create critical mass and leverage investments. Their
first interim evaluation strongly recommended continuing a similar initiative
under Horizon 2020, considering that no single organisation or Member State could possibly address all the challenges of this sector. Therefore, a
coordinated action at European level is deemed the most appropriate approach.
The JUs have demonstrated that they can successfully play the role
of an honest broker, of a catalyst stimulating ambitious projects and
increasing the engagement of the private sector champions, while providing a
framework in which the national and European public authorities can provide
support for the strategically relevant topics. This capability has been
convincingly demonstrated by the ENIAC JU’s success in jump-starting the
implementation of the KET recommendations in nanoelectronics and by the ARTEMIS
JU’s first trial of large Innovation Pilot Projects within their call for
proposals in 2012.
Regarding the tripartite construction of both JUs, one important
challenge consists in aligning content and procedure with the expectations and
processes of the participating Member States. They enable the calls for
proposals by pre-committing their financial contributions and determining
national eligibility conditions and funding rates.
The experience with the current model shows that it has been able to
meet the objectives, albeit with a steeper learning curve than expected, due to
the lengthy phase in which confidence and practical modus operandi had to be
built up.
Besides the successes mentioned above, there are some observations
to be made about the present set-up:
•        There is a lack of synchronisation between the variety of national
procedures (for both contracting and payments), creating delays in the
implementation of projects.
•        The obligation for the participants to conclude two grant
agreements (JU + national) constitutes an administrative burden.
•        The variety of national rules affect the way consortia are
built.
•        National commitments are often adjusted after knowing the
results of the calls for proposals, and this is happening in both up and down
directions.
•        The rigid dependency between EU and national commitments (ratio
MS/EU 1.8) hampered budget execution when national involvement was low or when
the national funding rates were deviating from the anticipated
1/3(JU)-2/3(national) ratio, as happened for the pilot lines.
•        The requirements of the Framework Financial Regulation
applicable to decentralised agencies are putting significant constraints on the
limited resources of the JU.
Those difficulties did not hold things up but required continuous
efforts by all parties to make the system work. Any future similar initiative
would greatly benefit from addressing them through a simplified operating
model, which would also be in line with the overall goal of Horizon 2020.
1.5.4.     Compatibility and possible
synergy with other appropriate instruments
The initiative is intended to develop synergies with complementary
funding mechanisms, including the European Commission’s smart specialisation
policy aimed at fostering and supporting existing and new science and
technology clusters in regions of the European Union.
The scope of the initiative is also complementing the activities envisaged
under Industrial Leadership within Horizon 2020 where more advanced, longer-term
research will be supported.
1.6.        Duration and financial
impact
þ Proposal/initiative of limited
duration
–     
þ  Proposal/initiative in effect from [01/01]2014 to 31/12/2024
–     
þ  Financial impact from 2014 to 2020 for commitment appropriations
and 2014 to 2024 for payment appropriations
¨ Proposal/initiative of unlimited
duration
–     
Implementation with a start-up period from YYYY
to YYYY,
–     
followed by full-scale operation.
1.7.        Management mode(s)
envisaged
From 2014 budget
¨ Direct management by the Commission through:
–     
¨  executive agencies
¨ Shared management with Member States:
þ Indirect management by entrusting budget implementation tasks to:
–     
¨  international organisations and their agencies (please specify);
–     
¨  the European Investment Bank;
–     
þ  bodies referred to in Article 209 FR;
–     
¨  public law bodies;
–     
¨  bodies governed by private law with a public service mission to
the extent that they provide adequate financial guarantees;
–     
¨  bodies governed by the private law of a Member State that are entrusted with the implementation of a public-private partnership and that
provide adequate financial guarantees;
–     
¨ persons entrusted with the implementation of specific actions in
the CFSP pursuant to Title V of the TEU and identified in the relevant basic
act.
Comments
Member
States are co-funding indirect actions.
2.           MANAGEMENT MEASURES
2.1.        Monitoring and reporting
rules
By 31 December 2017, the Commission will conduct an interim
evaluation of the Joint Undertaking and will communicate the conclusions
thereof, accompanied by its observations, to the European Parliament and to the
Council by 30 June 2018.
Within six months of the winding up of the Joint Undertaking, but no
later than two years after the decision to wind it up, the Commission will
conduct a final evaluation of the Joint Undertaking. The results of the final
evaluation will be presented to the European Parliament and to the Council.
By 15 February of each year, the Executive Director will present to
the Governing Board for approval a draft annual activity report on the progress
made by the Joint Undertaking in the previous calendar year, in particular in
relation to the work plan for that year. The report will include information on
the research performed, innovation and other actions and the corresponding
expenditure; the proposals submitted, with a breakdown by participant type,
including SMEs, and by country; the indirect actions selected for funding, with
a breakdown by participant type, including SMEs, and by country, and indicating
the contribution of the Joint Undertaking to the individual participants and
actions.
2.2.        Management and control
system
2.2.1.     Risk(s) identified
The main risk identified is incorrect payment of expenditure to participants.
Considering the size of the Joint Undertaking, a 1% error rate is a realistic
target.
The specific risk of conflicts of interest inherent to a
Public-Private Partnership is addressed by a clear separation of decision
powers between the Governing Board - setting the strategy and the work plans
(involving industry) - and the Public Authorities Board - determining the
conditions for the calls for proposals and deciding on the allocation of public
funding (without industrial involvement).
2.2.2.     Control method(s) envisaged
The Commission's internal auditor shall exercise the same powers
over the Joint Undertaking as those exercised in respect of the Commission.
Moreover, the Governing Board may arrange, as appropriate, for the
establishment of an internal audit capability of the Joint Undertaking. The cost
of an internal audit function (expected to be less than half a million euros for
the Joint Undertaking over its lifetime) will be beneficial in proportion to
the total payments handled by the Joint Undertaking (an error rate of 1% on EUR
1.2 billion represents EUR 12 million).
In compliance with Article 60 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No
966/2012, the Joint Undertaking will respect the principles of sound financial
management, transparency and non-discrimination and will guarantee a level of
protection of the financial interests of its members equivalent to that
required under that Regulation.
Ex-post audits of expenditure on indirect actions will be carried
out in compliance with the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme as part of the
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme indirect actions.
In order to protect the financial interests of the Union, the
Commission will in compliance with the Financial Regulation supervise the
activities of the Joint Undertaking, in particular by carrying out audits and
evaluations on the programme implementation, apply procedures for the
examination and acceptance of the accounts and exclude from Union financing expenditure
disbursements which have been made in breach of the applicable rules. It may
also suspend and interrupt payments.
2.3.        Measures to prevent fraud
and irregularities
The Commission or its representatives and the Court of Auditors have
the power of audit, on the basis of documents and on-the-spot, over all grant
beneficiaries, contractors and subcontractors who receive EU funds.
The European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF) may carry out on-the-spot
checks and inspections on economic operators concerned directly or indirectly
by such funding in accordance with the procedures laid down in Regulation
(Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 with a view to establishing whether there has been
fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial
interests of the European Union in connection with a grant agreement or grant
decision or a contract concerning EU funding.
Without prejudice to the above, grant agreements and grant decisions
and contracts resulting from the implementation of this Regulation shall
expressly empower the Commission, the Court of Auditors and OLAF to conduct
such audits, on-the-spot checks and inspections.
3.           ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE
PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE 
3.1.        Heading(s) of the
multiannual financial framework and expenditure budget line(s) affected
·      New budget lines requested
In order of multiannual financial framework
headings and budget lines.
 Heading of multiannual financial framework || Budget line || Type of expenditure || Contribution 
 Number 09 04 02 01 – mother line || Diff./non-diff. || from EFTA countries || from candidate countries || from third countries || within the meaning of Article 18(1)(a) of the Financial Regulation 
 1a Competitiveness for growth and jobs || 09 04 07 21 Industrial leadership - JTI ECSEL || Diff. || YES || YES || NO || YES 
3.2.        Estimated impact on
expenditure 
3.2.1.     Summary of estimated impact
on expenditure
EUR million (to three decimal places)
 Heading of multiannual financial Framework: || 1a || Competitiveness for growth and jobs 
 ECSEL Joint Undertaking[34][35] ||   ||   || Year 2014 || Year 2015 || Year 2016 || Year 2017 || Year 2018 || Year 2019 || Year 2020[36] || Year 2021 || Year 2022 || Year 2023 || Year 2024 || TOTAL 
 Title 1 || Commitments || (1) || 0,310 || 0,310 || 0,550 || 0,715 || 1,210 || 1,210 || 4,350 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 8,655 
 Payments || (2) || 0,310 || 0,310 || 0,550 || 0,715 || 1,210 || 1,210 || 1,170 || 1,170 || 0,970 || 0,670 || 0,370 || 8,655 
 Title 2 || Commitments || (1a) || 0,500 || 0,500 || 0,500 || 0,700 || 0,800 || 0,800 || 2,800 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 6,600 
 Payments || (2a) || 0,500 || 0,500 || 0,500 || 0,700 || 0,800 || 0,800 || 0,800 || 0,600 || 0,600 || 0,500 || 0,300 || 6,600 
 Title 3 || Commitments || (3a) || 135,000 || 145,000 || 160,000 || 175,000 || 185,000 || 195,000 || 205,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 1200,000 
   || Payments || (3b) || 33,750 || 70,000 || 116,750 || 140,750 || 166,000 || 178,000 || 189,000 || 145,750 || 99,500 || 40,000 || 20,500 || 1200,000 
 TOTAL appropriations for ECSEL Joint Undertaking || Commitments || =1+1a +3a || 135,810 || 145,810 || 161,050 || 176,415 || 187,010 || 197,010 || 212,150 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 1215,255 
 Payments || =2+2a +3b || 34,560 || 70,810 || 117,800 || 142,165 || 168,010 || 180,010 || 190,970 || 147,520 || 101,070 || 41,170 || 21,170 || 1215,255 
EUR million (to three decimal places)
 DG CONNECT ||   || Year 2014 || Year 2015 || Year 2016 || Year 2017 || Year 2018 || Year 2019 || Year 2020 || Year 2021 || Year 2022 || Year 2023 || Year 2024 || TOTAL 
  Human resources (2 FTE FONCT, 1 FTE AC) [37] || 0,332 || 0,332 || 0,332 || 0,332 || 0,332 || 0,332 || 0,332 ||   ||   ||   ||   || 2,324 
  Other administrative expenditure || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||   ||   ||   ||   || 0 
 TOTAL DG CONNECT || Appropriations || 0,332 || 0,332 || 0,332 || 0,332 || 0,332 || 0,332 || 0,332 ||   ||   ||   ||   || 2,324 
 Heading of multiannual financial framework: || 5 || ‘Administrative expenditure’ 
EUR million (to three decimal places)
 DG CONNECT ||   || Year 2014 || Year 2015 || Year 2016 || Year 2017 || Year 2018 || Year 2019 || Year 2020 || Year 2021 || Year 2022 || Year 2023 || Year 2024 || TOTAL 
  Human resources (2 FTE FONCT, 1 FTE AC) || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
  Other administrative expenditure || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
 TOTAL DG CONNECT || Appropriations || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
 TOTAL appropriations under HEADING 5 of the multiannual financial framework || (Total commitments = Total payments) || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
EUR million (to three decimal places)
   ||   ||   || Year 2014 || Year 2015 || Year 2016 || Year 2017 || Year 2018 || Year 2019 || Year 2020 || Year 2021 || Year 2022 || Year 2023 || Year 2024 || TOTAL 
 TOTAL appropriations under HEADINGS 1 to 5 of the multiannual financial framework || Commitments || 136,142 || 146,142 || 161,382 || 176,747 || 187,342 || 197,342 || 212,482 ||   ||   ||   ||   || 1217,579 
 Payments || 34,892 || 71,142 || 118,132 || 142,497 || 168,342 || 180,342 || 191,302 || 147,520 || 101,070 || 41,170 || 21,170 || 1217,579 
3.2.2.     Estimated impact on ECSEL
Joint Undertaking’s appropriations 
–     
¨  The proposal/initiative does not require the use of operational
appropriations 
–     
þ  The proposal/initiative requires the use of operational
appropriations, as described below:
Commitment appropriations in EUR million
 Indicate objectives and outputs   ò ||   ||   || Year 2014 || Year 2015 || Year 2016 || Year 2017 || Year 2018 || Year 2019 || Year 2020 || Years 2021-2024 || TOTAL 
   || OUTPUTS 
 Type   || Average cost[38] || Number || Cost || Number || Cost || Number || Cost || Number || Cost || Number || Cost || Number || Cost || Number || Cost || Number || Cost || Total number || Total cost 
 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 1 Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 - Output[39] || research and innovation actions of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking || 15 || 9 || 135 || 10 || 145 || 11 || 160 || 11 || 175 || 12 || 185 || 13 || 195 || 14 || 205 || 0 || 0 || 80 || 1200 
 TOTAL COST || 9 || 135 || 10 || 145 || 11 || 160 || 11 || 175 || 12 || 185 || 13 || 195 || 14 || 205 || 0 || 0 || 80 || 1200 
3.2.3.     Estimated impact on ECSEL
Joint Undertaking's human resources
3.2.3.1.  Summary 
–     
¨  The proposal/initiative does not require the use of appropriations
of an administrative nature 
–     
þ  The proposal/initiative requires the use of appropriations of an
administrative nature, as described below:
Staffing numbers
(in headcounts / FTE)[40]
   || Year 2014 || Year 2015 || Year 2016 || Year 2017 || Year 2018 || Year 2019 || Year 2020 || Year 2021 || Year 2022 || Year 2023 || Year 2024 || TOTAL 
 Officials (AD Grades) || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
 Officials (AST Grades) || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
 Contract agents || 13 || 13 || 12 || 11 || 11 || 11 || 11 || 11 || 9 || 6 || 3 || 111 
 Temporary agents (AD grades) || 14 || 14 || 13 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 10 || 7 || 4 || 122 
 Seconded National Experts || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 
 TOTAL || 28 || 28 || 26 || 24 || 24 || 24 || 23 || 23 || 19 || 13 || 7 || 239 
EUR million (to
three decimal places)
 Officials (AD Grades) || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 
 Officials (AST Grades) || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 
 Contract agents || 0,910 || 0,910 || 0,840 || 0,770 || 0,770 || 0,770 || 0,770 || 0,770 || 0,630 || 0,420 || 0,210 || 7,770 
 Temporary agents (AD grades) || 1,834 || 1,834 || 1,703 || 1,572 || 1,572 || 1,572 || 1,572 || 1,572 || 1,310 || 0,917 || 0,524 || 15,982 
 Seconded National Experts || 0,078 || 0,078 || 0,078 || 0,078 || 0,078 || 0,078 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,468 
 TOTAL || 2,822 || 2,822 || 2,621 || 2,420 || 2,420 || 2,420 || 2,342 || 2,342 || 1,940 || 1,337 || 0,734 || 24,220 
Staff contracts are taken over from the
existing ARTEMIS and ENIAC Joint Undertakings. Their contracts are in force
from the first day of the new Joint Undertaking.
3.2.3.2.  Estimated requirements of
human resources for the parent DG
–     
¨  The proposal/initiative does not require the use of human
resources. 
–     
þ  The proposal/initiative requires the use of human resources, as
described below:
   || Year 2014 || Year 2015 || Year 2016 || Year 2017 || Year 2018 || Year 2019 || Year 2020 || Years 2021-2024* || Total 
   ||  Establishment plan posts (officials and temporary staff) || 
 XX 01 01 01 (Headquarters and Commission’s Representation Offices) || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
 XX 01 01 02 (Delegations) || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
 09 01 05 01 (Indirect research) || 2 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 2 || p.m. || 14 
 10 01 05 01 (Direct research) || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
   ||  External staff (in Full Time Equivalent: FTE)[41]   || 
 XX 01 02 01 (CA, SNE, INT from the ‘global envelope’) || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
 XX 01 02 02 (CA, LA, SNE, INT and JED in the delegations) || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
 XX 01 04 yy[42]   || - at Headquarters[43] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
 - in delegations   || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
 09 01 05 02 (CA, SNE, INT - Indirect research) || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || p.m. || 7 
 10 01 05 02 (CA, SNE, INT- Direct research) || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
 Other budget lines (specify) || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
 TOTAL || 3 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 3 || p.m. || 21 
* Staff numbers after
2020 will be decided at a later stage.
Estimate to be expressed in full amounts
(or at most to one decimal place)
XX is the
policy area or budget title concerned.
The human resources
required will be met by staff from the DG who are already assigned to
management of the action and/or have been redeployed within the DG, together if
necessary with any additional allocation which may be granted to the managing
DG under the annual allocation procedure and in the light of budgetary constraints.
Description of
tasks to be carried out:
 Officials and temporary staff || Membership in Governance bodies and monitoring/reporting of activities 
 External staff || Support to Officials 
3.2.3.3.  Estimated requirements of
human resources for the ECSEL Joint Undertaking[44]
–     
¨  The proposal/initiative does not require the use of human
resources. 
–     
þ  The proposal/initiative requires the use of human resources, as
described below: 
–     
a. Estimated requirements of human resources to
be financed from appropriations under 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework
   || Year 2014 || Year 2015 || Year 2016 || Year 2017 || Year 2018 || Year 2019 || Year 2020 || Year 2021 || Year 2022 || Year 2023 || Year 2024 || Total 
   ||  Establishment plan posts (officials and temporary staff) || 
 09 04 07 21(PPP body) ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 Officials (AD grades) || 6 || 6 || 7 || 9 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 10 || 7 || 4 || 97 
 Officials (AST grades) || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
   ||  External staff (in Full Time Equivalent: FTE)[45] || 
 09 04 07 21 (PPP body) ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 CA || 8 || 8 || 8 || 8 || 11 || 11 || 11 || 11 || 9 || 6 || 3 || 94 
 SNE || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 
 INT || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
 TOTAL || 15 || 15 || 16 || 18 || 24 || 24 || 23 || 23 || 19 || 13 || 7 || 197 
   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
Estimate to be expressed in full amounts (or at most
to one decimal place)
Description of
tasks to be carried out:
 Officials and temporary staff || Programme and administrative management 
 External staff || Support to temporary staff 
–     
b. p.m. - Human resources financed from
appropriations under 2007-2013 Multiannual Financial Framework (for
information)
   || Year 2014 || Year 2015 || Year 2016 || Year 2017 || Total 
  Establishment plan posts (officials and temporary staff) ||   
 09 04 01 03 (ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking)[46] ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 Officials (AD grades) || 8 || 8 || 6 || 3 || 25 
 Officials (AST grades) || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
  External staff (in Full Time Equivalent: FTE) ||   
 09 04 01 03 (ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking)8 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 CA || 5 || 5 || 4 || 3 || 17 
 SNE || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
 INT || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
 TOTAL || 13 || 13 || 10 || 6 || 42 
Estimate to be expressed in full amounts
(or at most to one decimal place)
c. Consolidated overview of human resources
under points a) and b)
   || Year 2014 || Year 2015 || Year 2016 || Year 2017 || Year 2018 || Year 2019 || Year 2020 || Year 2021 || Year 2022 || Year 2023 || Year 2024 || Total 
   ||  Establishment plan posts (officials and temporary staff) || 
 09 04 07 21(PPP body) || 14 || 14 || 13 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 10 || 7 || 4 || 122 
 Officials (AD grades) || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
 Officials (AST grades) || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
   ||  External staff (in Full Time Equivalent: FTE)[47] || 
 09 04 07 21 (PPP body) || 13 || 13 || 12 || 11 || 11 || 11 || 11 || 11 || 9 || 6 || 3 || 111 
 CA || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
 SNE || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 
 INT || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 
 TOTAL || 28 || 28 || 26 || 24 || 24 || 24 || 23 || 23 || 19 || 13 || 7 || 239 
   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
d. Contribution to
the running costs for the phasing out of the PPP body under the Multiannual
Financial Framework 2007-2013
EUR million (to three decimal places)
   || Year 2014 || Year 2015 || Year 2016 || Year 2017 ||   Total[48] 
 Contribution in cash from the EU[49] || 0,600 || 0,600 || 0,550 || 0,300 || 2,050 
 Contribution in cash from third parties – AENEAS Association || 0,500 || 0,500 || 0,300 || 0,130 || 1,430 
 Contribution in cash from third parties – ARTEMISIA Association || 0,300 || 0,300 || 0,210 || 0,165 || 0,975 
 TOTAL || 1,400 || 1,400 || 1,060 || 0,595 || 4,455 
The contributions from the AENEAS and
ARTEMISIA Associations are composed of the amounts that they owe for their
contribution to the running costs of the ENIAC and ARTEMIS Joint Undertakings
in order to respect the agreements made with the Commission according to the
following settlement about the split of the running costs:
EUR million (to three decimal places)
 2008-2013 || ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking || ENIAC Joint Undertaking 
 Total running costs || EC || ARTEMISIA || Total running costs || EC || AENEAS 
 Actual contributions at end 2013 || 8,664 || 3,864 || 4,800 || 9,255 || 4,514 || 4,741 
 Recalculated contributions to implement the split into 2/3 (industry) – 1/3 (EC) || 2,889 || 5,775 || 3,084 || 6,171 
 Difference (adjusted – actual) ||   || -0,975 || 0,975 ||   || -1,430 || 1,430 
The amounts owed to the Commission will be
offset over the period 2014-2017 by decreasing the contributions of the
Commission as shown in section 3.2.1.
3.2.4.     Compatibility with the
current multiannual financial framework 
–     
þ  Proposal/initiative is compatible the current multiannual financial
framework.
–     
¨  Proposal/initiative will entail reprogramming of the relevant
heading in the multiannual financial framework.
-
–     
¨  Proposal/initiative requires application of the flexibility
instrument or revision of the multiannual financial framework.
-
3.2.5.     Third-party contributions 
–     
The proposal/initiative provides for the
co-financing estimated below:
Appropriations in EUR million (to three decimal
places)
   || Year 2014 || Year 2015 || Year 2016 || Year 2017 || Year 2018 || Year 2019 || Year 2020 || Year 2021 || Year 2022 || Year 2023 || Year 2024 || Total 
 Private Members – contribution in cash to the administrative costs[50] || 2,210 || 2,210 || 2,110 || 2,010 || 2,010 || 2,010 || 1,970 || 1,770 || 1,570 || 1,170 || 0,670 || 19,710 
 ECSEL Member States – contribution in cash to the operational costs[51] || 135,000 || 145,000 || 160,000 || 175,000 || 185,000 || 195,000 || 205,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 0,000 || 1200,000 
 TOTAL appropriations co-financed || 137,210 || 147,210 || 162,110 || 177,010 || 187,010 || 197,010 || 206,970 || 1,770 || 1,570 || 1,170 || 0,670 || 1219,710 

The total contribution from private members are laid down by Article 4(2) of
the Council Regulation of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
3.3.        Estimated impact on
revenue 
–     
þ  Proposal/initiative has no financial impact on revenue.
–     
¨  Proposal/initiative has the following financial impact:
–                   
¨         on own resources 
–                   
¨         on miscellaneous revenue 
[1]               COM(2011) 809 final of
30.11.2011.
[2]               Regulation (EC) No 72/2008 of 4.2.2008, OJ L30/21.
[3]               Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 of 4.2.2008, OJ L30/52.
[4]               Decision No 1982/2006/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 18.12.2006.
[5]               [Reference to MFF].
[6]               COM(2011) 572 final of
21.9.2011.
[7]               COM(2010) 546 final of 6.10.2010.
[8]               COM(2012) 341 final of 26.6.2012.
[9]               COM(2013) 298 final of
23.5.2013.
[10]             COM(2013) … [Communication on Public-private
partnerships in Horizon 2020].
[11]             In current prices.
[12]             The amount is indicative and will depend on the final
amount for DG CONNECT under the above-mentioned challenge.
[13]               OJ C [EP opinion], , p. .
[14]               OJ C [ESC opinion], , p. .
[15]               OJ L 412, 30.12.2006, p. 1.
[16]               OJ L 400, 30.12.2006, p. 86.
[17]               COM(2010) 2020 final.
[18]               OJ [H2020 FP].
[19]               OJ [H2020 SP].
[20]               COM(2012) 341, 26.6.2012.
[21]               COM(2013) 298, 23.5.2013.
[22]             OJ L 30, 4.2.2008, p. 21.
[23]             OJ L 30, 4.2.2008, p. 52.
[24]             OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.
[25]             OJ [H2020 Rules for participation and dissemination].
[26]             OJ L 362, 31.12.2012, p. 1.
[27]             OJ L 56, 04.03.1968, p. 1.
[28]             OJ L 136, 31.5.1999, p. 1.
[29]             OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 2-5.
[30]             OJ L 136, 31.5.1999, p. 15.
[31]             OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43.
[32]               ABM: Activity-Based Management — ABB: Activity-Based
Budgeting.
[33]               As referred to in Article 54(2)(a) or (b) of the
Financial Regulation.
[34]               Amounts in Titles 1 and 2 represent the EU
contribution (50%) to the administrative costs of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
The other 50% are contributed by the private Members as shown in section 3.2.5.
For the period 2014-2017, the contributions for the phasing out of the PPP body
under the Multiannual Financial Framework 2007-2013 as shown in section
3.2.3.3(d) are to be added to the figures for the same period in Title 1 of the
table. The administrative costs are determined on the basis of the experience
with the ENIAC and ARTEMIS Joint Undertakings and taking into account the
savings resulting from redundant functions. The period 2021-2024 is a running
down phase with no new actions being launched.
[35]               Payment appropriations for Titles 1 and 2 are based
on a yearly consumption of all corresponding commitment appropriations, while
for Title 3 they are determined following a typical 3-year project payment
implementation schedule of 50% for pre-financing (spent for half in the year of
the call and for the other half in the year following the call), 30% for
interim payment in the second year after the call, 10% for interim payment in
the third year after the call and 10% for final payment in the fourth year
after the call.
[36]               Titles 1 and 2 for year 2020 contain the commitments
for the year (1,170 + 0,800) and the frontloading of the commitments for the
remaining years of the JU in the period 2021-2024, i.e. 1,170 + 0,600 for 2021,
0,970 + 0,600 for 2022, 0,670 + 0,500 for 2023 and 0,370 + 0,300 for 2024.
[37]               The staff number for the period after 2020 will be
decided at a later stage. The FTE costs are determined on the basis of the
average yearly cost of AD (EUR 131 000) and AST (EUR 70 000) staff.
[38]               The average cost is the amount of EU contribution to
the financing of the outputs.
[39]               The outputs of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking are
research and innovation projects co-funded by the EU and the participating Member States. The number of outputs per year is a rounded figure to estimate the number of
projects that would be supported with the cost indicated.
[40]               In the case of PPP bodies under Article 209 FR, this
table is included for information purposes.
[41]               CA= Contract Agent; LA = Local Agent; SNE = Seconded
National Expert; INT= agency staff (‘Intérimaire’). 
[42]               Sub‑ceiling for external staff covered by operational
appropriations (former ‘BA’ lines).
[43]               Mainly for the Structural Funds, the European
Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and the European Fisheries Fund
(EFF).
[44]               In the case of PPP bodies under Article 209 FR, this
section is included for information purposes.
[45]               CA= Contract Agent; LA = Local Agent; SNE = Seconded
National Expert; INT= agency staff (‘Intérimaire’). 
[46]               These human resources are co-financed by the contributions
from ARTEMISIA and AENEAS Associations (see point d below).
[47]               CA= Contract Agent; LA = Local Agent; SNE = Seconded
National Expert; INT= agency staff (‘Intérimaire’). 
[48]               The total for the EU cash
contribution equals the amount front-loaded in the 2013 budget for the
completion of the 2007-2013 activities of the body.
[49]             The corresponding budget line is 09 04 01 03.
[50]               The contributions by AENEAS and ARTEMISIA for the
period 2014-2017 as detailed in section 3.2.3.3(d) are not included in the
present amounts.
[51]               The collective national contributions are estimated
to be in the same order as the total EU contribution.