Article 43 Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice and applicable law
1. The Court of Justice of the European Union shall have jurisdiction: (a) pursuant to any arbitration clause contained in agreements or contracts concluded by a joint undertaking, or in its decisions; (b) in disputes relating to compensation for damage caused by the staff of the joint undertaking in the performance of their duties; (c) in any dispute between the joint undertaking and its staff within the limits and under the conditions laid down in the Staff Regulations and the CEOS. 2. Regarding any matter not covered by this Regulation or by other Union legal acts, the law of the state where the seat of the joint undertaking is located shall apply.
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL Reasons for and objectives of the proposal This explanatory memorandum accompanies the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe. This proposal complements the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem ( ‘ Chips Act ’ ) 1 by implementing most of the actions foreseen under the Chips for Europe Initiative , set up under the Chips Act proposal . The Chips Act proposal delivers on the political commitment by President von der Leyen, who announced in her 2021 State of the Union speech that t he aim is to jointly create a state-of-the-art European chip ecosystem, including production 2 . The Chips Act proposal’s underlying strategic vision for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem is explained in its accompanying Communication. 3 To fulfil this vision, t he European Chips Strategy is articulated around five strategic objectives : · Europe should strengthen its research and technology leadership ; · Europe should build and reinforce its own capacity to innovate in the design, manufacturing , and packaging of advanced chips, and turn them into commercial products ; · Europe should put in place an adequate framework to increase substantially its production capacity by 2030 ; · Europ e should address the acute skills shortage, attract new talent , and support the emergence of a skilled workforce ; · Europe should develop an in-depth understanding of global semiconductor supply chains. The Chips Act proposal aims at reaching the strategic objective of increasing the resilience of Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and increasing its global market share. It also aims at facilitating early adoption of new chips by European industry and increase its competitiveness. For this, it needs to attract investment in innovative production facilities, have a skilled workforce, but also be in the position to design and produce the most advanced chips that will define the markets of tomorrow, developing capabilities and having the possibility to test and prototype innovative designs through pilot lines in close collaboration with its industrial vertical sectors. These are necessary steps, but not sufficient unless Europe has the analytical capability of increasing the transparency of the value chain and is capable to benefit from increased capacity to serve the common interest of the single market in case of crisis. The objective is not to become self-sufficient, which is not an achievable target. The Union must strengthen its strengths and work with third countries in a supply chain where interdependencies will remain strong. In terms of delivering on these objectives, one of the goals of the proposed Chips Act is to set up the Chips for Europe Initiative (the ‘Initiative’), to support large-scale capacity building throughout investment into cross-border and openly accessible research, development and innovation infrastructure set up in the Union to enable the development of cutting-edge and next-generation semiconductor technologies that will reinforce the EU’s advanced design, systems integration, and chips production capabilities, including emphasis on start-ups and scale-ups. In particular, the Initiative will build a virtual design platform to reinforce Europe’s design capacity, which will be accessible on open, non-discriminatory, and transparent terms . The p latform will stimulate a wide cooperation of user communities with design houses, intellectual property ( IP ) and tool suppliers, designers , and research and technology organisations ( RTOs ) , and will int egrate existing and new design facilities with extended libraries and EDA 4 tools. The Initiative will support pilot lines that provide the means for third parties under open, transparent, and non-discriminatory terms to test, validate, and further develop their product designs. The development of new pilot lines will prepare for the next generation of production capabilities and their validation. Furthermore, the Initiative will set up advanced technology and engineering capacities for quantum chips, e.g. in the form of design libraries for quantum chips, pilot lines, and testing and experimentation facilities. The Initiative will support a network of competence centres across Europe that will provide expertise to stakeholders, including end-user small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups as well as vertical sectors, and improve their skills. Competence centres will facilitate open, transparent, and non-discriminatory access to and effective use of the design infrastructure and the pilot lines. They will become poles of attraction for innovation and for new, highly skilled talent, including via reskilling and upskilling of workers. The actions under the Initiative will be primarily implemented through the Chips Joint Undertaking , i.e. the amended and renamed current Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking 5 . This Joint Undertaking currently provides extensive support for industrially driven research, technology development, and innovation in the area of electronic components and systems, and related software and systems tech nologies. These activities will become part of the Initiative . This proposal aims to amend the legal provisions of the Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe for equipping the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking for its new tasks related to the Initiative. This proposal also renames the Key Digital Technologies as the “Chips Joint Undertaking”. 
Revised version (Article 43 Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice and applicable law):
2. Regarding any matter not covered by this Regulation or by other Union legal acts, the law of the state where the seat of the joint undertaking is located shall apply.
Article 44 Complaints to the Ombudsman
Decisions taken by a joint undertaking in the implementation of this Regulation may form the subject of a complaint to the Ombudsman in accordance with Article 228 of the TFEU.
Article 45 Winding up
1. Joint undertakings shall be wound up at the end of the period laid down in Article 3. 2. In addition to paragraph 1, the winding-up procedure of a joint undertaking shall be automatically triggered where the Union or all members other than the Union withdraw from the joint undertaking. 3. For the purpose of conducting the winding-up proceedings of a joint undertaking, the governing board shall appoint one or more liquidators, who shall comply with the decisions of the governing board. 4. During the winding-up procedure, the assets of the joint undertaking shall be used to cover its liabilities and the expenditure relating to its winding up. Any surplus shall be distributed among the members of the joint undertaking at the time of the winding up in proportion to their financial contribution to the 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 the appropriate management of any agreement concluded or decision adopted by the joint undertaking being wound up as well as any procurement contract the duration of which extends beyond the duration of the joint undertaking.
Article 46 Additional objectives of the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking
1. In addition to the objectives set out in Articles 4 and 5, the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking shall have the following general objectives: (a) accelerate the innovation process and development of bio-based innovative solutions; (b) accelerate market deployment of the existing mature and innovative bio-based solutions; (c) ensure a high level of environmental performance of bio-based industrial systems. 2. The Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking shall also have the following specific objectives: (a) increase the intensity of cross-disciplinary research and innovation activities to reap the benefits of the advancement in life sciences and in other scientific disciplines for the development and demonstration of sustainable bio-based solutions; (b) increase and integrate the research and innovation capacity of stakeholders across the Union to exploit the local bioeconomy potential, including in regions with underdeveloped capacity; (c) increase the research and innovation capacity for addressing environmental challenges and development of more sustainable bio-based innovations by ensuring that sustainability issues and environmental performance are integrated throughout the whole innovation chain and in future innovative solutions; (d) reinforce the integration of bio-based research and innovation in the Union bio-based industry and increase the involvement of R&I actors including feedstock providers in the bio-based value chains; (e) reduce the risk for research and innovation investment in bio-based companies and projects; (f) ensure that circularity and environmental considerations, including contributions to climate neutrality and zero pollution objectives, are taken into account in the development and implementation of research and innovation bio-based projects and facilitate societal acceptance.
Article 47 Additional tasks of the Circular Bio-Based Europe Joint Undertaking
In addition to the tasks set out in Article 5, the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking shall carry out the following tasks: (a) ensure that its objectives are reached through the programming of research and innovation activities of the public and private partners; (b) mobilise public and private funding for its research and innovation activities; (c) support high impact multidisciplinary research and innovation projects that enhance the industrial bio-based innovation to deliver on its objectives; (d) intensify its research and innovation activities along the whole innovation chain from low to high TRLs; (e) mobilise and integrate research and innovation actors including feedstock providers from rural, coastal, urban areas and regions with unexploited potential for bio-based value chain development to cooperate in project activities; (f) ensure that research and innovation activities under it focus on issues of public interest, specifically on the environmental and climate performance of the bio-based industry, both in terms of understanding the relevant problems and developing solutions to them; (g) promote communication and collaboration between research and innovation actors and industrial stakeholders under it to raise awareness about rapidly evolving knowledge and technology, facilitate cross-disciplinary and cross-sectorial collaboration and facilitate market uptake of innovative bio-based solutions; (h) mobilise national and regional authorities that are able to create more favourable conditions for market uptake of bio-based innovations; (i) support the reflection towards the development of standards in order to facilitate the market uptake of bio-based innovations; (j) set scientifically robust sustainability criteria and performance benchmarks, apply and monitor them in all its research and innovation activities, and promote them beyond the initiative to the bio-based industry; (k) communicate and promote innovative bio-based solutions towards policy makers, industry, NGOs, civil society and consumers at large.
Article 48 Members
The members of the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking shall be: (a) the Union, represented by the Commission; (b) the Bio-based Industries Consortium, a non-profit organisation registered under Belgian law, upon notification of its decision to accede to the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking by means of a letter of commitment, which shall not contain conditions regarding its accession other than those set out in this Regulation; (c) the associated members selected in accordance with Article 7, subject to a decision of the governing board.
Article 49 Union financial contribution
The Union financial contribution to the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking, including EEA appropriations, to cover administrative and operational costs shall be up to EUR 1 000 000 000, including up to EUR 23 500 000 for administrative costs.
Article 50 Contributions from members other than the Union
The members of the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking other than the Union shall make or arrange for their constituent or affiliated entities to make a total contribution of at least EUR 1 000 000 000, including up to EUR 23 500 000 for administrative costs, over the period set out in Article 3.
Article 51 Scope of additional activities
1. Notwithstanding the Governing Board’s power of decision concerning the additional activities plan pursuant to Article 17(2), point (n), and within the scope of Article 2, points (9) and (10), the Bio-based Industries Consortium or their constituent or affiliated entities shall each year make a proposal for the additional activities. The additional activities are those directly linked to projects and activities of the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking, including in particular: (a) investments in new facilities demonstrating a new value chain, including investments in durable equipment, tools and accompanying infrastructure, in particular related to regional deployment and its sustainability verification; (b) investments in a new innovative and sustainable production plant or flagship; (c) investments in new research and innovation and justified infrastructure, including facilities, tools, durable equipment or pilot plants (research centres); (d) standardisation activities; (e) communication, dissemination and awareness-raising activities. 2. The investments directly linked to projects are in particular: (a) non-eligible investments needed for the implementation of a Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking project during the duration of that project; (b) investment made in parallel with a Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking project, complementing the results of the project and bringing it to a higher TRL; (c) investments needed for the deployment of a Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking project’s results following the closure of the project until the winding up of the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking. In justified cases, the investment related to deployment of results of projects from the preceding initiative (BBI Joint Undertaking) may be taken into account.
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL Reasons for and objectives of the proposal This explanatory memorandum accompanies the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe. This proposal complements the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem ( ‘ Chips Act ’ ) 1 by implementing most of the actions foreseen under the Chips for Europe Initiative , set up under the Chips Act proposal . The Chips Act proposal delivers on the political commitment by President von der Leyen, who announced in her 2021 State of the Union speech that t he aim is to jointly create a state-of-the-art European chip ecosystem, including production 2 . The Chips Act proposal’s underlying strategic vision for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem is explained in its accompanying Communication. 3 To fulfil this vision, t he European Chips Strategy is articulated around five strategic objectives : · Europe should strengthen its research and technology leadership ; · Europe should build and reinforce its own capacity to innovate in the design, manufacturing , and packaging of advanced chips, and turn them into commercial products ; · Europe should put in place an adequate framework to increase substantially its production capacity by 2030 ; · Europ e should address the acute skills shortage, attract new talent , and support the emergence of a skilled workforce ; · Europe should develop an in-depth understanding of global semiconductor supply chains. The Chips Act proposal aims at reaching the strategic objective of increasing the resilience of Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and increasing its global market share. It also aims at facilitating early adoption of new chips by European industry and increase its competitiveness. For this, it needs to attract investment in innovative production facilities, have a skilled workforce, but also be in the position to design and produce the most advanced chips that will define the markets of tomorrow, developing capabilities and having the possibility to test and prototype innovative designs through pilot lines in close collaboration with its industrial vertical sectors. These are necessary steps, but not sufficient unless Europe has the analytical capability of increasing the transparency of the value chain and is capable to benefit from increased capacity to serve the common interest of the single market in case of crisis. The objective is not to become self-sufficient, which is not an achievable target. The Union must strengthen its strengths and work with third countries in a supply chain where interdependencies will remain strong. In terms of delivering on these objectives, one of the goals of the proposed Chips Act is to set up the Chips for Europe Initiative (the ‘Initiative’), to support large-scale capacity building throughout investment into cross-border and openly accessible research, development and innovation infrastructure set up in the Union to enable the development of cutting-edge and next-generation semiconductor technologies that will reinforce the EU’s advanced design, systems integration, and chips production capabilities, including emphasis on start-ups and scale-ups. In particular, the Initiative will build a virtual design platform to reinforce Europe’s design capacity, which will be accessible on open, non-discriminatory, and transparent terms . The p latform will stimulate a wide cooperation of user communities with design houses, intellectual property ( IP ) and tool suppliers, designers , and research and technology organisations ( RTOs ) , and will int egrate existing and new design facilities with extended libraries and EDA 4 tools. The Initiative will support pilot lines that provide the means for third parties under open, transparent, and non-discriminatory terms to test, validate, and further develop their product designs. The development of new pilot lines will prepare for the next generation of production capabilities and their validation. Furthermore, the Initiative will set up advanced technology and engineering capacities for quantum chips, e.g. in the form of design libraries for quantum chips, pilot lines, and testing and experimentation facilities. The Initiative will support a network of competence centres across Europe that will provide expertise to stakeholders, including end-user small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups as well as vertical sectors, and improve their skills. Competence centres will facilitate open, transparent, and non-discriminatory access to and effective use of the design infrastructure and the pilot lines. They will become poles of attraction for innovation and for new, highly skilled talent, including via reskilling and upskilling of workers. The actions under the Initiative will be primarily implemented through the Chips Joint Undertaking , i.e. the amended and renamed current Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking 5 . This Joint Undertaking currently provides extensive support for industrially driven research, technology development, and innovation in the area of electronic components and systems, and related software and systems tech nologies. These activities will become part of the Initiative . This proposal aims to amend the legal provisions of the Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe for equipping the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking for its new tasks related to the Initiative. This proposal also renames the Key Digital Technologies as the “Chips Joint Undertaking”.
Article 52 Bodies of the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking
The bodies of the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking shall be: (a) the Governing Board; (b) the Executive Director; (c) the states’ representatives group; (d) the Scientific Committee; (e) the Deployment Groups.
Article 53 Composition of the Governing Board
The Governing Board shall be composed as follows: (a) five representatives of the Commission, on behalf of the Union; and (b) five representatives of the members other than the Union, at least one of which should represent SMEs.
Article 54 Functioning of the Governing Board
1. The members other than the Union shall collectively hold 50 % of the voting rights. 2. By derogation from Article 16(4), the Governing Board shall elect its chairperson for a period of two years. 3. The Governing Board shall hold its ordinary meetings four times a year. 4. In addition to the meetings referred to in paragraph 2, the Governing Board shall also convene a strategic meeting at least once a year, with the primary objectives of identifying challenges and opportunities for sustainable bio-based industry and providing additional strategic orientation for the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking. 5. Additional chief executive officers or officers with decision-making power of leading European bio-based companies and the Commission shall be invited to the strategic meeting.
Article 55 The Scientific Committee
1. The Scientific Committee shall be the scientific advisory body of the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking referred to in Article 21(1). 2. The Scientific Committee shall have no more than 15 permanent members. 3. The chairperson of the Scientific Committee shall be elected for a period of two years. 4. The Scientific Committee shall set up a task force composed of experts with the appropriate profiles to contribute to ensuring sufficient focus on all sustainability aspects of the work programme. Whenever possible, advice of the Scientific Committee on the work programme shall include aspects related to circularity, environmental sustainability, biodiversity preservation and enhancement, as well as broader aspects of sustainability of the bio-based systems and related value chains.
Article 56 The Deployment Groups
1. One or more Deployment Groups shall be established pursuant to Article 22. The role of the Deployment Groups is to advise the Governing Board on issues critical to market uptake of bio-based innovation and to promote deployment of sustainable circular bio-based solutions. 2. The composition of the Deployment Groups shall ensure appropriate thematic focus and representativeness of a broad range of the bio-based innovation stakeholders. Any stakeholder other than the members of the Bio-Based Industries Consortium, their constituents or their affiliated entities may express its interest in becoming a member of a Deployment Group. The Governing Board shall set out the envisaged size and composition of the Deployment Groups, the duration of the mandates and the possibility of renewal of its members, and select their members. 3. The Deployment Groups shall meet at least once per year. At the first meeting, the Deployment Groups shall adopt their rules of procedure. Those rules of procedure shall be approved by the Governing Board. Extraordinary meetings of the Deployment Groups shall be called upon a request from the Governing Board, the chairperson or a majority of the relevant Deployment Group. 4. The Deployment Groups shall elect a chairperson, and a vice-chair per thematic focus, for a period of two years. The chairperson coordinates activities and represents the Deployment Group. The chairperson may be invited as an observer to meetings of the Scientific Committee and the states’ representatives group. 5. The Deployment Groups shall provide recommendations on the issues related to the deployment of bio-based innovation upon request from the Governing Board. The Deployment Groups can also issue recommendations to the Governing Board at any time on their own initiative.
Article 57 Additional objectives of the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking
1. In addition to the objectives set out in Articles 4 and 5, the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking shall have the following general objectives: (a) to contribute to reducing the ecological footprint of aviation by accelerating the development of climate neutral aviation technologies for earliest possible deployment, therefore significantly contributing to the achievement of the general goals of the European Green Deal, in particular in relation to the Union-wide net greenhouse gas emissions reduction target of at least 55 % by 2030, compared to 1990 levels, and to a pathway towards reaching climate neutrality at the latest by 2050; (b) to ensure that aeronautics-related research and innovation activities, with particular focus on breakthrough technology initiatives, contribute to the global sustainable competitiveness of the Union aviation industry, and to ensure that climate-neutral aviation technologies meet the relevant aviation safety and security requirements, and that aviation remains a secure, reliable, cost-effective and efficient means of passenger and freight transportation; (c) to advance the European aviation research and innovation capacity. 2. The Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking shall also have the following specific objectives: (a) to integrate and demonstrate disruptive aircraft technological innovations able to decrease net emissions of greenhouse gases by no less than 30 % by 2030, compared to 2020 state-of-the-art technology, while paving the ground towards climate-neutral aviation by 2050; (b) to ensure that the technological and the potential industrial readiness of innovations can support the launch of disruptive new products and services by 2035, with the aim of replacing 75 % of the operating fleet by 2050 and developing an innovative, reliable, safe and cost-effective European aviation system that is able to meet the objective of climate neutrality at the latest by 2050; (c) to expand and foster integration of the climate-neutral aviation research and innovations value chains, including academia, research organisations, industry and SMEs, also by benefiting from exploiting synergies with other national and European related programmes and by supporting the uptake of industry-related skills across the value chain.
Article 58 Additional tasks of the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking
In addition to the tasks set out in Article 5, the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking shall carry out the following tasks: (a) publish on its website and on relevant Commission websites all the information necessary for the preparation and submission of proposals to open calls of the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking; (b) monitor and assess technological progress towards the achievement of the general and specific objectives set out in Article 57; (c) facilitate full access to data and information for the independent impact monitoring of aviation research and innovation, carried out under the supervision of the Commission; (d) assist the Commission upon its request with the establishment and development coordination of regulations and standards supporting market uptake of clean aviation solutions, in particular by conducting studies, simulations and providing technical advice, while taking into account the need to eliminate barriers to market entry.
Article 59 Members
1. The members of the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking shall be: (a) the Union, represented by the Commission; (b) the founding members listed in Annex I, upon notification of their decision to accede to the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking by means of a letter of commitment, which shall not contain conditions regarding their accession other than those set out in this Regulation; (c) the associated members to be selected in accordance with Article 7 subject to a decision of the Governing Board. 2. In addition to Article 7(1), the Governing Board may, during the first six months following the establishment of Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking, select associated members from a list drawn up after an open call for expression of interest launched by the Commission prior to its establishment. The conditions of Article 7(2) shall apply mutatis mutandis .
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL Reasons for and objectives of the proposal This explanatory memorandum accompanies the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe. This proposal complements the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem ( ‘ Chips Act ’ ) 1 by implementing most of the actions foreseen under the Chips for Europe Initiative , set up under the Chips Act proposal . The Chips Act proposal delivers on the political commitment by President von der Leyen, who announced in her 2021 State of the Union speech that t he aim is to jointly create a state-of-the-art European chip ecosystem, including production 2 . The Chips Act proposal’s underlying strategic vision for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem is explained in its accompanying Communication. 3 To fulfil this vision, t he European Chips Strategy is articulated around five strategic objectives : · Europe should strengthen its research and technology leadership ; · Europe should build and reinforce its own capacity to innovate in the design, manufacturing , and packaging of advanced chips, and turn them into commercial products ; · Europe should put in place an adequate framework to increase substantially its production capacity by 2030 ; · Europ e should address the acute skills shortage, attract new talent , and support the emergence of a skilled workforce ; · Europe should develop an in-depth understanding of global semiconductor supply chains. The Chips Act proposal aims at reaching the strategic objective of increasing the resilience of Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and increasing its global market share. It also aims at facilitating early adoption of new chips by European industry and increase its competitiveness. For this, it needs to attract investment in innovative production facilities, have a skilled workforce, but also be in the position to design and produce the most advanced chips that will define the markets of tomorrow, developing capabilities and having the possibility to test and prototype innovative designs through pilot lines in close collaboration with its industrial vertical sectors. These are necessary steps, but not sufficient unless Europe has the analytical capability of increasing the transparency of the value chain and is capable to benefit from increased capacity to serve the common interest of the single market in case of crisis. The objective is not to become self-sufficient, which is not an achievable target. The Union must strengthen its strengths and work with third countries in a supply chain where interdependencies will remain strong. In terms of delivering on these objectives, one of the goals of the proposed Chips Act is to set up the Chips for Europe Initiative (the ‘Initiative’), to support large-scale capacity building throughout investment into cross-border and openly accessible research, development and innovation infrastructure set up in the Union to enable the development of cutting-edge and next-generation semiconductor technologies that will reinforce the EU’s advanced design, systems integration, and chips production capabilities, including emphasis on start-ups and scale-ups. In particular, the Initiative will build a virtual design platform to reinforce Europe’s design capacity, which will be accessible on open, non-discriminatory, and transparent terms . The p latform will stimulate a wide cooperation of user communities with design houses, intellectual property ( IP ) and tool suppliers, designers , and research and technology organisations ( RTOs ) , and will int egrate existing and new design facilities with extended libraries and EDA 4 tools. The Initiative will support pilot lines that provide the means for third parties under open, transparent, and non-discriminatory terms to test, validate, and further develop their product designs. The development of new pilot lines will prepare for the next generation of production capabilities and their validation. Furthermore, the Initiative will set up advanced technology and engineering capacities for quantum chips, e.g. in the form of design libraries for quantum chips, pilot lines, and testing and experimentation facilities. The Initiative will support a network of competence centres across Europe that will provide expertise to stakeholders, including end-user small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups as well as vertical sectors, and improve their skills. Competence centres will facilitate open, transparent, and non-discriminatory access to and effective use of the design infrastructure and the pilot lines. They will become poles of attraction for innovation and for new, highly skilled talent, including via reskilling and upskilling of workers. The actions under the Initiative will be primarily implemented through the Chips Joint Undertaking , i.e. the amended and renamed current Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking 5 . This Joint Undertaking currently provides extensive support for industrially driven research, technology development, and innovation in the area of electronic components and systems, and related software and systems tech nologies. These activities will become part of the Initiative . This proposal aims to amend the legal provisions of the Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe for equipping the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking for its new tasks related to the Initiative. This proposal also renames the Key Digital Technologies as the “Chips Joint Undertaking”. 
Revised version (Article 59 Members):
2. In addition to Article 7(1), the Governing Board may, during the first six months following the establishment of Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking, select associated members from a list drawn up after an open call for expression of interest launched by the Commission prior to its establishment. The conditions of Article 7(2) shall apply mutatis mutandis .
Article 60 Union financial contribution
The Union financial contribution to the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking, including EEA appropriations, to cover administrative costs and operational costs shall be up to EUR 1 700 000 000, including up to EUR 39 223 000 for administrative costs.
Article 61 Contributions from members other than the Union
The members of the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking other than the Union shall make or arrange for their constituent or affiliated entities to make a total contribution of at least EUR 2 400 000 000, including up to EUR 39 223 000 for administrative costs, over the period set out in Article 3.
Article 62 Scope of additional activities
1. For the purpose of Article 11(1), point (b), additional activities may include: (a) activities covered under the indirect actions of the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking but not funded under such indirect actions; (b) activities directly linked to the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking work programme; (c) research and innovation activities building on activities funded by the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking or its preceding initiative; (d) the research and innovation activities of projects with a clear link to the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, and co-funded under national or regional programmes within the Union; (e) private research and innovation projects complementing projects on the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda as well as activities contributing to the uptake of industry-specific skills across the value chain; (f) activities leading to the deployment or uptake of project results from the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking or its preceding initiatives, or from both, that have not received any Union funding; (g) European standardisation and certification activities related to clean aviation solutions from the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking projects or its preceding initiatives. 2. Additional activities shall have clearly defined deliverables.
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL Reasons for and objectives of the proposal This explanatory memorandum accompanies the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe. This proposal complements the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem ( ‘ Chips Act ’ ) 1 by implementing most of the actions foreseen under the Chips for Europe Initiative , set up under the Chips Act proposal . The Chips Act proposal delivers on the political commitment by President von der Leyen, who announced in her 2021 State of the Union speech that t he aim is to jointly create a state-of-the-art European chip ecosystem, including production 2 . The Chips Act proposal’s underlying strategic vision for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem is explained in its accompanying Communication. 3 To fulfil this vision, t he European Chips Strategy is articulated around five strategic objectives : · Europe should strengthen its research and technology leadership ; · Europe should build and reinforce its own capacity to innovate in the design, manufacturing , and packaging of advanced chips, and turn them into commercial products ; · Europe should put in place an adequate framework to increase substantially its production capacity by 2030 ; · Europ e should address the acute skills shortage, attract new talent , and support the emergence of a skilled workforce ; · Europe should develop an in-depth understanding of global semiconductor supply chains. The Chips Act proposal aims at reaching the strategic objective of increasing the resilience of Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and increasing its global market share. It also aims at facilitating early adoption of new chips by European industry and increase its competitiveness. For this, it needs to attract investment in innovative production facilities, have a skilled workforce, but also be in the position to design and produce the most advanced chips that will define the markets of tomorrow, developing capabilities and having the possibility to test and prototype innovative designs through pilot lines in close collaboration with its industrial vertical sectors. These are necessary steps, but not sufficient unless Europe has the analytical capability of increasing the transparency of the value chain and is capable to benefit from increased capacity to serve the common interest of the single market in case of crisis. The objective is not to become self-sufficient, which is not an achievable target. The Union must strengthen its strengths and work with third countries in a supply chain where interdependencies will remain strong. In terms of delivering on these objectives, one of the goals of the proposed Chips Act is to set up the Chips for Europe Initiative (the ‘Initiative’), to support large-scale capacity building throughout investment into cross-border and openly accessible research, development and innovation infrastructure set up in the Union to enable the development of cutting-edge and next-generation semiconductor technologies that will reinforce the EU’s advanced design, systems integration, and chips production capabilities, including emphasis on start-ups and scale-ups. In particular, the Initiative will build a virtual design platform to reinforce Europe’s design capacity, which will be accessible on open, non-discriminatory, and transparent terms . The p latform will stimulate a wide cooperation of user communities with design houses, intellectual property ( IP ) and tool suppliers, designers , and research and technology organisations ( RTOs ) , and will int egrate existing and new design facilities with extended libraries and EDA 4 tools. The Initiative will support pilot lines that provide the means for third parties under open, transparent, and non-discriminatory terms to test, validate, and further develop their product designs. The development of new pilot lines will prepare for the next generation of production capabilities and their validation. Furthermore, the Initiative will set up advanced technology and engineering capacities for quantum chips, e.g. in the form of design libraries for quantum chips, pilot lines, and testing and experimentation facilities. The Initiative will support a network of competence centres across Europe that will provide expertise to stakeholders, including end-user small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups as well as vertical sectors, and improve their skills. Competence centres will facilitate open, transparent, and non-discriminatory access to and effective use of the design infrastructure and the pilot lines. They will become poles of attraction for innovation and for new, highly skilled talent, including via reskilling and upskilling of workers. The actions under the Initiative will be primarily implemented through the Chips Joint Undertaking , i.e. the amended and renamed current Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking 5 . This Joint Undertaking currently provides extensive support for industrially driven research, technology development, and innovation in the area of electronic components and systems, and related software and systems tech nologies. These activities will become part of the Initiative . This proposal aims to amend the legal provisions of the Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe for equipping the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking for its new tasks related to the Initiative. This proposal also renames the Key Digital Technologies as the “Chips Joint Undertaking”. 
Revised version (Article 62 Scope of additional activities):
2. Additional activities shall have clearly defined deliverables.
Article 63 Bodies of the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking
The bodies of the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking shall be: (a) the Governing Board; (b) the Executive Director; (c) the states’ representatives group; (d) the Technical Committee; (e) the European Clean Aviation Scientific Advisory Body.
Article 64 Composition of the Governing Board
The Governing Board shall be composed as follows: (a) two representatives of the Commission on behalf of the Union; (b) fifteen representatives of the members other than the Union chosen by and from the founding members and associated members ensuring a balanced representation of the aeronautical value chain such as aircraft integrators, engine manufacturers and equipment manufacturers. The governing board shall establish in its rules of procedure a rotation mechanism for the allocation of the seats of the members other than the Union taking into account gender balance. The selected representatives shall include at least one representative of the European SMEs, at least two representatives of the research organisations and at least one representative of the higher education institutions.
Article 65 Functioning of the Governing Board
1. The members other than the Union shall collectively hold 50 % of the voting rights. 2. By derogation from Article 16(4), the Governing Board shall be chaired by the Commission on behalf of the Union and co-chaired by a representative from the members other than the Union. 3. The chairpersons of the European Clean Aviation Scientific Advisory Body, of the Technical Committee and of the states’ representatives group and one representative from EASA shall attend the meetings of the Governing Board as observers. 4. The Governing Board shall ensure a direct link and coordination between the activities of the states’ representatives group or other advisory bodies. To that effect, the Governing Board may also delegate a member to follow activities of those bodies.
Article 66 Additional tasks of the Governing Board
1. In addition to the tasks listed in Article 17, the Governing Board of the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking shall carry out the following tasks: (a) oversee the relevance for clean aviation of the strategies for additional activities of the members other than the Union; (b) promote the market uptake of technologies and solutions for contributing to achieving the European Green Deal’s objectives and ensure the achievement of the Joint Undertaking’s specific objectives set out in Article 57; (c) pursue synergies between research and demonstration activities at regional, national or Union level that relate to the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda and the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking’s work programme; (d) supervise the programme’s monitoring and assessment of the progress compared to impact indicators and the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking’s specific objectives set out in Article 57(2); (e) ensure the continued steering and management of the transition of the Clean Sky 2 programme technical priorities and research and innovation activities until their completion, in line with the objectives of the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking and ensure, where relevant, the transfer of results to the Clean Aviation programme. 2. The Governing Board shall assess and decide in relation to the implementation of the programme and to the delivery on the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking objectives, including on: (a) the strategic multiannual planning of Clean Aviation calls and their alignment with the objectives of Horizon Europe and the related work programmes and the technical priorities and research actions; (b) revisions or optimisation of the technical scope of the programme to align the work programme and the objectives of the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking with the overall Horizon Europe and other European partnership’ related work programmes; (c) the recommendations by advisory bodies and specific actions set out in Article 58 to increase market penetration and impact of clean aviation solutions in line with the European Green Deal and related policy actions to improve it.
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL Reasons for and objectives of the proposal This explanatory memorandum accompanies the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe. This proposal complements the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem ( ‘ Chips Act ’ ) 1 by implementing most of the actions foreseen under the Chips for Europe Initiative , set up under the Chips Act proposal . The Chips Act proposal delivers on the political commitment by President von der Leyen, who announced in her 2021 State of the Union speech that t he aim is to jointly create a state-of-the-art European chip ecosystem, including production 2 . The Chips Act proposal’s underlying strategic vision for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem is explained in its accompanying Communication. 3 To fulfil this vision, t he European Chips Strategy is articulated around five strategic objectives : · Europe should strengthen its research and technology leadership ; · Europe should build and reinforce its own capacity to innovate in the design, manufacturing , and packaging of advanced chips, and turn them into commercial products ; · Europe should put in place an adequate framework to increase substantially its production capacity by 2030 ; · Europ e should address the acute skills shortage, attract new talent , and support the emergence of a skilled workforce ; · Europe should develop an in-depth understanding of global semiconductor supply chains. The Chips Act proposal aims at reaching the strategic objective of increasing the resilience of Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and increasing its global market share. It also aims at facilitating early adoption of new chips by European industry and increase its competitiveness. For this, it needs to attract investment in innovative production facilities, have a skilled workforce, but also be in the position to design and produce the most advanced chips that will define the markets of tomorrow, developing capabilities and having the possibility to test and prototype innovative designs through pilot lines in close collaboration with its industrial vertical sectors. These are necessary steps, but not sufficient unless Europe has the analytical capability of increasing the transparency of the value chain and is capable to benefit from increased capacity to serve the common interest of the single market in case of crisis. The objective is not to become self-sufficient, which is not an achievable target. The Union must strengthen its strengths and work with third countries in a supply chain where interdependencies will remain strong. In terms of delivering on these objectives, one of the goals of the proposed Chips Act is to set up the Chips for Europe Initiative (the ‘Initiative’), to support large-scale capacity building throughout investment into cross-border and openly accessible research, development and innovation infrastructure set up in the Union to enable the development of cutting-edge and next-generation semiconductor technologies that will reinforce the EU’s advanced design, systems integration, and chips production capabilities, including emphasis on start-ups and scale-ups. In particular, the Initiative will build a virtual design platform to reinforce Europe’s design capacity, which will be accessible on open, non-discriminatory, and transparent terms . The p latform will stimulate a wide cooperation of user communities with design houses, intellectual property ( IP ) and tool suppliers, designers , and research and technology organisations ( RTOs ) , and will int egrate existing and new design facilities with extended libraries and EDA 4 tools. The Initiative will support pilot lines that provide the means for third parties under open, transparent, and non-discriminatory terms to test, validate, and further develop their product designs. The development of new pilot lines will prepare for the next generation of production capabilities and their validation. Furthermore, the Initiative will set up advanced technology and engineering capacities for quantum chips, e.g. in the form of design libraries for quantum chips, pilot lines, and testing and experimentation facilities. The Initiative will support a network of competence centres across Europe that will provide expertise to stakeholders, including end-user small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups as well as vertical sectors, and improve their skills. Competence centres will facilitate open, transparent, and non-discriminatory access to and effective use of the design infrastructure and the pilot lines. They will become poles of attraction for innovation and for new, highly skilled talent, including via reskilling and upskilling of workers. The actions under the Initiative will be primarily implemented through the Chips Joint Undertaking , i.e. the amended and renamed current Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking 5 . This Joint Undertaking currently provides extensive support for industrially driven research, technology development, and innovation in the area of electronic components and systems, and related software and systems tech nologies. These activities will become part of the Initiative . This proposal aims to amend the legal provisions of the Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe for equipping the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking for its new tasks related to the Initiative. This proposal also renames the Key Digital Technologies as the “Chips Joint Undertaking”.
Article 67 Additional tasks of the Executive Director
In addition to the tasks set out in Article 19, the Executive Director of the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking shall carry out the following tasks: (a) take appropriate action to manage interactions between projects supported by the joint undertaking, avoiding undue overlaps between them and boosting synergies across the whole programme; (b) ensure that deadlines are met for the transmission of necessary information to the various bodies of the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking; (c) facilitate coordination by the Commission in accordance with the advice of the advisory bodies between the activities of the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking and the relevant research and innovation activities within Horizon Europe with a view to avoiding overlaps and promoting synergies; (d) ensure that the Joint Undertaking facilitates full access to data and information for the independent impact monitoring of aviation research and innovation carried out under the direct supervision of the Commission and takes any appropriate action needed to ensure the independence of that process from the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking itself, such as by means of public procurement, independent evaluations, reviews or ad-hoc analysis. The programme’s monitoring and assessment report shall be presented to the Governing Board once a year; (e) assist the Governing Board adaptations of the technical content and budget allocations of the work programme during the implementation of the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda in order to maximise the achievements of the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking.
Article 68 The states’ representatives group
1. The states’ representatives group shall hold coordination meetings with the states’ representatives group of other relevant joint undertakings, such as the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking, at least twice a year, with the aim of creating an interface between the national and regional authorities and the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking and providing advice to the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking on this basis. 2. In addition to Article 20, the states’ representatives group shall also have the following additional tasks: (a) propose measures to improve the complementarity between the Clean Aviation Research and Innovation actions and national research programmes contributing to the objectives of the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, as well as with international and other national initiatives and projects; (b) promote specific measures at national or regional level that aim to increase the involvement of SMEs in Clean Aviation Research and Innovation, including through dissemination events, dedicated technical workshops and communication, and any other actions that aim to promote cooperation and deployment of aeronautical technologies; (c) promote research and innovation investment from Cohesion Policy funds such as the European Regional Development Funds, the European Social funds, the Just Transition Funds and Next Generation EU Funds into the context of the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking.
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL Reasons for and objectives of the proposal This explanatory memorandum accompanies the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe. This proposal complements the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem ( ‘ Chips Act ’ ) 1 by implementing most of the actions foreseen under the Chips for Europe Initiative , set up under the Chips Act proposal . The Chips Act proposal delivers on the political commitment by President von der Leyen, who announced in her 2021 State of the Union speech that t he aim is to jointly create a state-of-the-art European chip ecosystem, including production 2 . The Chips Act proposal’s underlying strategic vision for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem is explained in its accompanying Communication. 3 To fulfil this vision, t he European Chips Strategy is articulated around five strategic objectives : · Europe should strengthen its research and technology leadership ; · Europe should build and reinforce its own capacity to innovate in the design, manufacturing , and packaging of advanced chips, and turn them into commercial products ; · Europe should put in place an adequate framework to increase substantially its production capacity by 2030 ; · Europ e should address the acute skills shortage, attract new talent , and support the emergence of a skilled workforce ; · Europe should develop an in-depth understanding of global semiconductor supply chains. The Chips Act proposal aims at reaching the strategic objective of increasing the resilience of Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and increasing its global market share. It also aims at facilitating early adoption of new chips by European industry and increase its competitiveness. For this, it needs to attract investment in innovative production facilities, have a skilled workforce, but also be in the position to design and produce the most advanced chips that will define the markets of tomorrow, developing capabilities and having the possibility to test and prototype innovative designs through pilot lines in close collaboration with its industrial vertical sectors. These are necessary steps, but not sufficient unless Europe has the analytical capability of increasing the transparency of the value chain and is capable to benefit from increased capacity to serve the common interest of the single market in case of crisis. The objective is not to become self-sufficient, which is not an achievable target. The Union must strengthen its strengths and work with third countries in a supply chain where interdependencies will remain strong. In terms of delivering on these objectives, one of the goals of the proposed Chips Act is to set up the Chips for Europe Initiative (the ‘Initiative’), to support large-scale capacity building throughout investment into cross-border and openly accessible research, development and innovation infrastructure set up in the Union to enable the development of cutting-edge and next-generation semiconductor technologies that will reinforce the EU’s advanced design, systems integration, and chips production capabilities, including emphasis on start-ups and scale-ups. In particular, the Initiative will build a virtual design platform to reinforce Europe’s design capacity, which will be accessible on open, non-discriminatory, and transparent terms . The p latform will stimulate a wide cooperation of user communities with design houses, intellectual property ( IP ) and tool suppliers, designers , and research and technology organisations ( RTOs ) , and will int egrate existing and new design facilities with extended libraries and EDA 4 tools. The Initiative will support pilot lines that provide the means for third parties under open, transparent, and non-discriminatory terms to test, validate, and further develop their product designs. The development of new pilot lines will prepare for the next generation of production capabilities and their validation. Furthermore, the Initiative will set up advanced technology and engineering capacities for quantum chips, e.g. in the form of design libraries for quantum chips, pilot lines, and testing and experimentation facilities. The Initiative will support a network of competence centres across Europe that will provide expertise to stakeholders, including end-user small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups as well as vertical sectors, and improve their skills. Competence centres will facilitate open, transparent, and non-discriminatory access to and effective use of the design infrastructure and the pilot lines. They will become poles of attraction for innovation and for new, highly skilled talent, including via reskilling and upskilling of workers. The actions under the Initiative will be primarily implemented through the Chips Joint Undertaking , i.e. the amended and renamed current Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking 5 . This Joint Undertaking currently provides extensive support for industrially driven research, technology development, and innovation in the area of electronic components and systems, and related software and systems tech nologies. These activities will become part of the Initiative . This proposal aims to amend the legal provisions of the Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe for equipping the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking for its new tasks related to the Initiative. This proposal also renames the Key Digital Technologies as the “Chips Joint Undertaking”. 
Revised version (Article 68 The states’ representatives group):
1. The states’ representatives group shall hold coordination meetings with the states’ representatives group of other relevant joint undertakings, such as the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking, at least twice a year, with the aim of creating an interface between the national and regional authorities and the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking and providing advice to the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking on this basis.
Article 69 The Technical Committee
1. The Technical Committee shall be composed as follows: (a) up to four Commission representatives and Union bodies, as decided by the representatives of the Union in the Governing Board; (b) one representative from each member other than the Union; (c) one representative of the EASA. 2. The Technical Committee shall be co-chaired by a representative of the founding members, rotating on a two-yearly basis, and the Commission. It shall report to the Governing Board and its secretariat shall be provided by the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking. 3. The Executive Director shall be a permanent observer in the Technical Committee. Representatives of the states’ representatives group and the European Clean Aviation Scientific Advisory Body may attend as observers upon invitation of the chair, or on their own request, in which case their attendance shall be subject to the agreement of the chair and the Joint Undertaking’s representatives. 4. The Technical Committee shall propose its rules of procedure and shall submit them for adoption by the Governing Board. 5. The Technical Committee shall develop and maintain the technological roadmap and strategy of the programme. It shall propose and prepare for adoption by the Governing Board, as appropriate, the scope and programming of the research actions, the technical strategy and the overall research roadmap of the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking. A Governing Board member may be delegated to follow the activities therein. 6. The Technical Committee shall carry out the following tasks: (a) prepare proposals for the amendment of the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda as needed for deliberation and final decision by the Governing Board; (b) prepare proposals for the technical priorities and research actions to be included in the work programme and the research topics for open calls for proposals; (c) provide information on research actions planned or in progress at national, regional or other non-Union levels and make recommendations on the actions necessary to maximise possible synergies of the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking’s programme; (d) propose for deliberation and final decision by the Governing Board revisions or optimisation of the technical scope of the programme in order to align the work programme and the objectives of the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking with the overall Horizon Europe and other European partnerships’ related work programmes, as identified in the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda; (e) make recommendations on maximising the impact in line with the European Green Deal objectives and the potential market uptake of the programme’s results from indirect actions funded by the Joint Undertaking.
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL Reasons for and objectives of the proposal This explanatory memorandum accompanies the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe. This proposal complements the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem ( ‘ Chips Act ’ ) 1 by implementing most of the actions foreseen under the Chips for Europe Initiative , set up under the Chips Act proposal . The Chips Act proposal delivers on the political commitment by President von der Leyen, who announced in her 2021 State of the Union speech that t he aim is to jointly create a state-of-the-art European chip ecosystem, including production 2 . The Chips Act proposal’s underlying strategic vision for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem is explained in its accompanying Communication. 3 To fulfil this vision, t he European Chips Strategy is articulated around five strategic objectives : · Europe should strengthen its research and technology leadership ; · Europe should build and reinforce its own capacity to innovate in the design, manufacturing , and packaging of advanced chips, and turn them into commercial products ; · Europe should put in place an adequate framework to increase substantially its production capacity by 2030 ; · Europ e should address the acute skills shortage, attract new talent , and support the emergence of a skilled workforce ; · Europe should develop an in-depth understanding of global semiconductor supply chains. The Chips Act proposal aims at reaching the strategic objective of increasing the resilience of Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and increasing its global market share. It also aims at facilitating early adoption of new chips by European industry and increase its competitiveness. For this, it needs to attract investment in innovative production facilities, have a skilled workforce, but also be in the position to design and produce the most advanced chips that will define the markets of tomorrow, developing capabilities and having the possibility to test and prototype innovative designs through pilot lines in close collaboration with its industrial vertical sectors. These are necessary steps, but not sufficient unless Europe has the analytical capability of increasing the transparency of the value chain and is capable to benefit from increased capacity to serve the common interest of the single market in case of crisis. The objective is not to become self-sufficient, which is not an achievable target. The Union must strengthen its strengths and work with third countries in a supply chain where interdependencies will remain strong. In terms of delivering on these objectives, one of the goals of the proposed Chips Act is to set up the Chips for Europe Initiative (the ‘Initiative’), to support large-scale capacity building throughout investment into cross-border and openly accessible research, development and innovation infrastructure set up in the Union to enable the development of cutting-edge and next-generation semiconductor technologies that will reinforce the EU’s advanced design, systems integration, and chips production capabilities, including emphasis on start-ups and scale-ups. In particular, the Initiative will build a virtual design platform to reinforce Europe’s design capacity, which will be accessible on open, non-discriminatory, and transparent terms . The p latform will stimulate a wide cooperation of user communities with design houses, intellectual property ( IP ) and tool suppliers, designers , and research and technology organisations ( RTOs ) , and will int egrate existing and new design facilities with extended libraries and EDA 4 tools. The Initiative will support pilot lines that provide the means for third parties under open, transparent, and non-discriminatory terms to test, validate, and further develop their product designs. The development of new pilot lines will prepare for the next generation of production capabilities and their validation. Furthermore, the Initiative will set up advanced technology and engineering capacities for quantum chips, e.g. in the form of design libraries for quantum chips, pilot lines, and testing and experimentation facilities. The Initiative will support a network of competence centres across Europe that will provide expertise to stakeholders, including end-user small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups as well as vertical sectors, and improve their skills. Competence centres will facilitate open, transparent, and non-discriminatory access to and effective use of the design infrastructure and the pilot lines. They will become poles of attraction for innovation and for new, highly skilled talent, including via reskilling and upskilling of workers. The actions under the Initiative will be primarily implemented through the Chips Joint Undertaking , i.e. the amended and renamed current Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking 5 . This Joint Undertaking currently provides extensive support for industrially driven research, technology development, and innovation in the area of electronic components and systems, and related software and systems tech nologies. These activities will become part of the Initiative . This proposal aims to amend the legal provisions of the Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe for equipping the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking for its new tasks related to the Initiative. This proposal also renames the Key Digital Technologies as the “Chips Joint Undertaking”. 
Revised version (Article 69 The Technical Committee):
2. The Technical Committee shall be co-chaired by a representative of the founding members, rotating on a two-yearly basis, and the Commission. It shall report to the Governing Board and its secretariat shall be provided by the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking. 3. The Executive Director shall be a permanent observer in the Technical Committee. Representatives of the states’ representatives group and the European Clean Aviation Scientific Advisory Body may attend as observers upon invitation of the chair, or on their own request, in which case their attendance shall be subject to the agreement of the chair and the Joint Undertaking’s representatives. 4. The Technical Committee shall propose its rules of procedure and shall submit them for adoption by the Governing Board. 5. The Technical Committee shall develop and maintain the technological roadmap and strategy of the programme. It shall propose and prepare for adoption by the Governing Board, as appropriate, the scope and programming of the research actions, the technical strategy and the overall research roadmap of the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking. A Governing Board member may be delegated to follow the activities therein.
Article 70 The European Clean Aviation Scientific Advisory Body
1. The European Clean Aviation Scientific Advisory Body shall be the scientific advisory body of the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking set up in accordance with Article 21(1), point (a), and with Article 21(4). 2. The European Clean Aviation Scientific Advisory Body shall have no more than 15 permanent members and those members shall not be members of any other body under this Joint Undertaking. 3. The chairperson of the European Clean Aviation Scientific Advisory Body shall be elected for the duration of two years. 4. A representative of the EASA shall be a permanent member of the European Clean Aviation Scientific Advisory Body. 5. In carrying out its tasks the European Clean Aviation Scientific Advisory Body shall cooperate with relevant European aviation stakeholders’ fora, such as the Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe (ACARE). 6. The European Clean Aviation Scientific Advisory Body shall, pursuant to Article 21(7), point (f), hold coordination meetings with the advisory bodies of other relevant joint undertakings such as the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking, with the aim of promoting synergies and cooperation among relevant Union research and innovation initiatives in aviation and providing advice to that effect to the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking on this basis. 7. The European Clean Aviation Scientific Advisory Body shall also advise and support the Commission and the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking on initiatives that promote aviation research in the European education systems, and provide recommendations on aeronautical skills and competences development and updated aeronautical engineering curricula.
Article 71 Certification of new technologies
1. The EASA may be invited by applicants, beneficiaries or the Executive Director to advise on individual projects and demonstration activities on issues related to compliance with aviation safety, interoperability and environmental standards, to ensure that these lead to timely development of relevant standards, testing capacity and regulatory requirements for product development and deployment of new technologies. 2. Certification activities and services provided shall be subject to the provisions regarding fees and charges set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/1139.
Article 72 Derogation from the rules for participation
Where it is duly justified in the description of relevant topics in the work programme, a single legal entity established in a Member State or associated country or consortia not meeting the condition laid down in Article 22(2) of the Horizon Europe Regulation shall be eligible to participate in indirect actions funded by the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking.
Article 73 Additional objectives of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking
1. In addition to the objectives set out in Articles 4 and 5, the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking shall have the following general objectives: (a) to contribute to the objectives set out in the communication from the Commission of 17 September 2020 on Stepping up Europe’s 2030 climate ambition: Investing in a climate-neutral future for the benefit of our people, the European Green Deal and the European Climate Law by raising the Union’s ambition on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to at least 55 % below 1990 levels by 2030, and climate neutrality at the latest by 2050; (b) to contribute to the implementation of the 2020 Commission’s Hydrogen Strategy for a climate neutral Europe; (c) to strengthen the competitiveness of the Union clean hydrogen value chain, with a view to supporting, in particular for SMEs, the acceleration of the market entry of innovative competitive clean solutions; (d) to stimulate research and innovation on clean hydrogen production, distribution, storage and end use applications. 2. The Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking shall also have the following specific objectives: (a) improve through research and innovation, including activities related to lower TRLs, the cost-effectiveness, efficiency, reliability, quantity and quality of clean hydrogen solutions, including production, distribution, storage and end uses developed in the Union; (b) strengthen the knowledge and capacity of scientific and industrial actors along the Union’s hydrogen value chain while supporting the uptake of industry-related skills; (c) carry out demonstrations of clean hydrogen solutions with a view to local, regional and Union-wide deployment, aiming to involve stakeholders in all Member States and addressing renewable production, distribution, storage and use for transport and energy-intensive industries as well as other applications; (d) increase public and private awareness, acceptance and uptake of clean hydrogen solutions, in particular through cooperation with other European partnerships under Horizon Europe.
Article 74 Additional tasks of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking
In addition to the tasks set out in Article 5, the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking shall carry out the following tasks: (a) assess and monitor technological progress and technological, economic and societal barriers to market entry, including in emerging hydrogen markets; (b) notwithstanding the Commission’s policy prerogatives, under the Commission’s policy guidance and supervision, contribute to the development of regulations and standards with the view to eliminating barriers to market entry and to supporting interchangeability, inter-operability and trade across the internal market and globally; (c) support the Commission, including through technical expertise, in its international initiatives on the hydrogen strategy, such as the International Partnership on the Hydrogen Economy (IPHE), Mission Innovation and the Clean Energy Ministerial Hydrogen Initiative.
Article 75 Members
The members of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking shall be: (a) the Union, represented by the Commission; (b) the Hydrogen Europe AISBL, a non-profit organisation registered under Belgian Law (the ‘Industry Grouping’), upon notification of its decision to accede to the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking by means of a letter of commitment, which shall not contain conditions regarding its accession other than those set out in this Regulation; (c) the Hydrogen Europe Research AISBL, a non-profit organisation registered under Belgian Law (the ‘Research Grouping’), upon notification of its decision to accede to the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking by means of a letter of commitment, which shall not contain conditions regarding its accession other than those set out in this Regulation.
Article 76 Union financial contribution
The Union financial contribution to the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, including EEA appropriations, to cover administrative and operational costs shall be up to EUR 1 000 000 000, including up to EUR 30 193 000 for administrative costs.
Article 77 Contributions from members other than the Union
The members of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking other than the Union shall make or arrange for their constituent or affiliated entities to make a total contribution of at least EUR 1 000 000 000, including up to EUR 30 193 000 for administrative costs, over the period set out in Article 3.
Article 78 Scope of additional activities
1. For the purpose of Article 11(1), point (b), additional activities may include activities directly linked to the activities of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking and contributing to its objectives, including the following: (a) pre-commercial trials and field tests; (b) proof of concept; (c) improvement of existing production lines for up-scaling; (d) large scale case studies; (e) awareness-raising activities on hydrogen technologies and safety measures; (f) uptake of results from projects into products, further exploitation and activities within the research chain either at higher TRLs or in parallel strands of activity; (g) the research and innovation activities of projects with a clear link to the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, and co-funded under national or regional programmes within the Union. 2. Additional activities of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking shall aim to ensure synergies with the Clean Hydrogen Alliance, Mission Innovation Challenge ‘Renewable and Clean Hydrogen’, the European Union Innovation Fund, the H2 Regions Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) platform and the ERA pilot on green hydrogen.
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL Reasons for and objectives of the proposal This explanatory memorandum accompanies the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe. This proposal complements the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem ( ‘ Chips Act ’ ) 1 by implementing most of the actions foreseen under the Chips for Europe Initiative , set up under the Chips Act proposal . The Chips Act proposal delivers on the political commitment by President von der Leyen, who announced in her 2021 State of the Union speech that t he aim is to jointly create a state-of-the-art European chip ecosystem, including production 2 . The Chips Act proposal’s underlying strategic vision for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem is explained in its accompanying Communication. 3 To fulfil this vision, t he European Chips Strategy is articulated around five strategic objectives : · Europe should strengthen its research and technology leadership ; · Europe should build and reinforce its own capacity to innovate in the design, manufacturing , and packaging of advanced chips, and turn them into commercial products ; · Europe should put in place an adequate framework to increase substantially its production capacity by 2030 ; · Europ e should address the acute skills shortage, attract new talent , and support the emergence of a skilled workforce ; · Europe should develop an in-depth understanding of global semiconductor supply chains. The Chips Act proposal aims at reaching the strategic objective of increasing the resilience of Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and increasing its global market share. It also aims at facilitating early adoption of new chips by European industry and increase its competitiveness. For this, it needs to attract investment in innovative production facilities, have a skilled workforce, but also be in the position to design and produce the most advanced chips that will define the markets of tomorrow, developing capabilities and having the possibility to test and prototype innovative designs through pilot lines in close collaboration with its industrial vertical sectors. These are necessary steps, but not sufficient unless Europe has the analytical capability of increasing the transparency of the value chain and is capable to benefit from increased capacity to serve the common interest of the single market in case of crisis. The objective is not to become self-sufficient, which is not an achievable target. The Union must strengthen its strengths and work with third countries in a supply chain where interdependencies will remain strong. In terms of delivering on these objectives, one of the goals of the proposed Chips Act is to set up the Chips for Europe Initiative (the ‘Initiative’), to support large-scale capacity building throughout investment into cross-border and openly accessible research, development and innovation infrastructure set up in the Union to enable the development of cutting-edge and next-generation semiconductor technologies that will reinforce the EU’s advanced design, systems integration, and chips production capabilities, including emphasis on start-ups and scale-ups. In particular, the Initiative will build a virtual design platform to reinforce Europe’s design capacity, which will be accessible on open, non-discriminatory, and transparent terms . The p latform will stimulate a wide cooperation of user communities with design houses, intellectual property ( IP ) and tool suppliers, designers , and research and technology organisations ( RTOs ) , and will int egrate existing and new design facilities with extended libraries and EDA 4 tools. The Initiative will support pilot lines that provide the means for third parties under open, transparent, and non-discriminatory terms to test, validate, and further develop their product designs. The development of new pilot lines will prepare for the next generation of production capabilities and their validation. Furthermore, the Initiative will set up advanced technology and engineering capacities for quantum chips, e.g. in the form of design libraries for quantum chips, pilot lines, and testing and experimentation facilities. The Initiative will support a network of competence centres across Europe that will provide expertise to stakeholders, including end-user small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups as well as vertical sectors, and improve their skills. Competence centres will facilitate open, transparent, and non-discriminatory access to and effective use of the design infrastructure and the pilot lines. They will become poles of attraction for innovation and for new, highly skilled talent, including via reskilling and upskilling of workers. The actions under the Initiative will be primarily implemented through the Chips Joint Undertaking , i.e. the amended and renamed current Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking 5 . This Joint Undertaking currently provides extensive support for industrially driven research, technology development, and innovation in the area of electronic components and systems, and related software and systems tech nologies. These activities will become part of the Initiative . This proposal aims to amend the legal provisions of the Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe for equipping the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking for its new tasks related to the Initiative. This proposal also renames the Key Digital Technologies as the “Chips Joint Undertaking”. 
Revised version (Article 78 Scope of additional activities):
2. Additional activities of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking shall aim to ensure synergies with the Clean Hydrogen Alliance, Mission Innovation Challenge ‘Renewable and Clean Hydrogen’, the European Union Innovation Fund, the H2 Regions Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) platform and the ERA pilot on green hydrogen.
Article 79 Bodies of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking
The bodies of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking shall be the following: (a) the Governing Board; (b) the Executive Director; (c) the states’ representatives group; and (d) the stakeholders group.
Article 80 Composition of the Governing Board
The Governing Board shall be composed of the following: (a) representatives of the Commission on behalf of the Union; (b) six representatives of the Industry Grouping, having regard to geographical, gender, company size and sector representation; (c) one representative of the Research Grouping.
Article 81 Functioning of the Governing Board
1. In addition to the voting rules set out in Article 16(3), the Industry Grouping shall hold 43 % of the voting rights and the Research Grouping 7 % of the voting rights in the Governing Board. 2. The chairperson of the Governing Board shall be a representative of the private members and shall be appointed by the Governing Board.
Article 82 Additional tasks of the Governing Board
In addition to the tasks set out in Article 17, the Governing Board of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking shall carry out the following tasks: (a) foster synergies with relevant activities and programmes at Union, national or regional level, in particular with those supporting the deployment of research and innovation solutions, infrastructure, education and regional development on the use of clean hydrogen; (b) provide pursuant to Article 5(2), point (b), and Article 17(n) strategic orientation as regards the collaboration with other European partnerships, including the partnerships towards zero emission road transport, zero emission waterborne, Europe’s rail, clean aviation, processes for the planet and clean steel in accordance with their respective Strategic Research and Innovation Agendas or other equivalent document; (c) encourage market uptake of technologies and solutions for achieving the European Green Deal’s objectives; (d) ensure that independent opinions and advice of the wider scientific community on the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, work programmes and developments in adjacent sectors are gathered through an independent scientific advisory workshop as part of the European Clean Hydrogen partnership forum.
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL Reasons for and objectives of the proposal This explanatory memorandum accompanies the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe. This proposal complements the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem ( ‘ Chips Act ’ ) 1 by implementing most of the actions foreseen under the Chips for Europe Initiative , set up under the Chips Act proposal . The Chips Act proposal delivers on the political commitment by President von der Leyen, who announced in her 2021 State of the Union speech that t he aim is to jointly create a state-of-the-art European chip ecosystem, including production 2 . The Chips Act proposal’s underlying strategic vision for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem is explained in its accompanying Communication. 3 To fulfil this vision, t he European Chips Strategy is articulated around five strategic objectives : · Europe should strengthen its research and technology leadership ; · Europe should build and reinforce its own capacity to innovate in the design, manufacturing , and packaging of advanced chips, and turn them into commercial products ; · Europe should put in place an adequate framework to increase substantially its production capacity by 2030 ; · Europ e should address the acute skills shortage, attract new talent , and support the emergence of a skilled workforce ; · Europe should develop an in-depth understanding of global semiconductor supply chains. The Chips Act proposal aims at reaching the strategic objective of increasing the resilience of Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and increasing its global market share. It also aims at facilitating early adoption of new chips by European industry and increase its competitiveness. For this, it needs to attract investment in innovative production facilities, have a skilled workforce, but also be in the position to design and produce the most advanced chips that will define the markets of tomorrow, developing capabilities and having the possibility to test and prototype innovative designs through pilot lines in close collaboration with its industrial vertical sectors. These are necessary steps, but not sufficient unless Europe has the analytical capability of increasing the transparency of the value chain and is capable to benefit from increased capacity to serve the common interest of the single market in case of crisis. The objective is not to become self-sufficient, which is not an achievable target. The Union must strengthen its strengths and work with third countries in a supply chain where interdependencies will remain strong. In terms of delivering on these objectives, one of the goals of the proposed Chips Act is to set up the Chips for Europe Initiative (the ‘Initiative’), to support large-scale capacity building throughout investment into cross-border and openly accessible research, development and innovation infrastructure set up in the Union to enable the development of cutting-edge and next-generation semiconductor technologies that will reinforce the EU’s advanced design, systems integration, and chips production capabilities, including emphasis on start-ups and scale-ups. In particular, the Initiative will build a virtual design platform to reinforce Europe’s design capacity, which will be accessible on open, non-discriminatory, and transparent terms . The p latform will stimulate a wide cooperation of user communities with design houses, intellectual property ( IP ) and tool suppliers, designers , and research and technology organisations ( RTOs ) , and will int egrate existing and new design facilities with extended libraries and EDA 4 tools. The Initiative will support pilot lines that provide the means for third parties under open, transparent, and non-discriminatory terms to test, validate, and further develop their product designs. The development of new pilot lines will prepare for the next generation of production capabilities and their validation. Furthermore, the Initiative will set up advanced technology and engineering capacities for quantum chips, e.g. in the form of design libraries for quantum chips, pilot lines, and testing and experimentation facilities. The Initiative will support a network of competence centres across Europe that will provide expertise to stakeholders, including end-user small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups as well as vertical sectors, and improve their skills. Competence centres will facilitate open, transparent, and non-discriminatory access to and effective use of the design infrastructure and the pilot lines. They will become poles of attraction for innovation and for new, highly skilled talent, including via reskilling and upskilling of workers. The actions under the Initiative will be primarily implemented through the Chips Joint Undertaking , i.e. the amended and renamed current Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking 5 . This Joint Undertaking currently provides extensive support for industrially driven research, technology development, and innovation in the area of electronic components and systems, and related software and systems tech nologies. These activities will become part of the Initiative . This proposal aims to amend the legal provisions of the Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe for equipping the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking for its new tasks related to the Initiative. This proposal also renames the Key Digital Technologies as the “Chips Joint Undertaking”. 
Revised version (Article 82 Additional tasks of the Governing Board):
In addition to the tasks set out in Article 17, the Governing Board of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking shall carry out the following tasks: (a) foster synergies with relevant activities and programmes at Union, national or regional level, in particular with those supporting the deployment of research and innovation solutions, infrastructure, education and regional development on the use of clean hydrogen; (c) encourage market uptake of technologies and solutions for achieving the European Green Deal’s objectives; (d) ensure that independent opinions and advice of the wider scientific community on the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, work programmes and developments in adjacent sectors are gathered through an independent scientific advisory workshop as part of the European Clean Hydrogen partnership forum.
Article 83 Additional tasks of the Executive Director
In addition to the tasks set out in Article 19, the Executive Director of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking shall carry out the following tasks: (a) propose and implement activities that boost synergies with relevant activities and programmes at Union, national or regional level; (b) support and contribute to other Union initiatives related to hydrogen, subject to approval by the Governing Board; (c) convene, subject to approval by the Governing Board, an annual European Clean Hydrogen partnership forum, including the independent scientific advisory workshop referred to in Article 82(d); the partnership forum, where possible, shall be held jointly and in parallel with the European Hydrogen Forum of the Clean Hydrogen Alliance.
Article 84 The stakeholders group
1. The stakeholders group shall consist of representatives of sectors which generate, distribute, store, need or use clean hydrogen across the Union, including the representatives of other relevant European partnerships, as well as representatives of the European Hydrogen Valleys Interregional Partnership and of the scientific community. 2. In addition to the tasks set out in Article 22, the stakeholders group shall have the following tasks: (a) provide input on the strategic and the technological priorities to be addressed by the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking as laid down in the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda or any other equivalent document and associated detailed technological roadmaps, taking due account of the progress and needs in adjacent sectors; (b) provide suggestions to enable concrete synergies to take place between the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking and the adjacent sectors or any sector with which synergies are deemed of added value; (c) provide input to the European Clean Hydrogen partnership forum and to the European Hydrogen Forum of the Clean Hydrogen Alliance.
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL Reasons for and objectives of the proposal This explanatory memorandum accompanies the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe. This proposal complements the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem ( ‘ Chips Act ’ ) 1 by implementing most of the actions foreseen under the Chips for Europe Initiative , set up under the Chips Act proposal . The Chips Act proposal delivers on the political commitment by President von der Leyen, who announced in her 2021 State of the Union speech that t he aim is to jointly create a state-of-the-art European chip ecosystem, including production 2 . The Chips Act proposal’s underlying strategic vision for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem is explained in its accompanying Communication. 3 To fulfil this vision, t he European Chips Strategy is articulated around five strategic objectives : · Europe should strengthen its research and technology leadership ; · Europe should build and reinforce its own capacity to innovate in the design, manufacturing , and packaging of advanced chips, and turn them into commercial products ; · Europe should put in place an adequate framework to increase substantially its production capacity by 2030 ; · Europ e should address the acute skills shortage, attract new talent , and support the emergence of a skilled workforce ; · Europe should develop an in-depth understanding of global semiconductor supply chains. The Chips Act proposal aims at reaching the strategic objective of increasing the resilience of Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and increasing its global market share. It also aims at facilitating early adoption of new chips by European industry and increase its competitiveness. For this, it needs to attract investment in innovative production facilities, have a skilled workforce, but also be in the position to design and produce the most advanced chips that will define the markets of tomorrow, developing capabilities and having the possibility to test and prototype innovative designs through pilot lines in close collaboration with its industrial vertical sectors. These are necessary steps, but not sufficient unless Europe has the analytical capability of increasing the transparency of the value chain and is capable to benefit from increased capacity to serve the common interest of the single market in case of crisis. The objective is not to become self-sufficient, which is not an achievable target. The Union must strengthen its strengths and work with third countries in a supply chain where interdependencies will remain strong. In terms of delivering on these objectives, one of the goals of the proposed Chips Act is to set up the Chips for Europe Initiative (the ‘Initiative’), to support large-scale capacity building throughout investment into cross-border and openly accessible research, development and innovation infrastructure set up in the Union to enable the development of cutting-edge and next-generation semiconductor technologies that will reinforce the EU’s advanced design, systems integration, and chips production capabilities, including emphasis on start-ups and scale-ups. In particular, the Initiative will build a virtual design platform to reinforce Europe’s design capacity, which will be accessible on open, non-discriminatory, and transparent terms . The p latform will stimulate a wide cooperation of user communities with design houses, intellectual property ( IP ) and tool suppliers, designers , and research and technology organisations ( RTOs ) , and will int egrate existing and new design facilities with extended libraries and EDA 4 tools. The Initiative will support pilot lines that provide the means for third parties under open, transparent, and non-discriminatory terms to test, validate, and further develop their product designs. The development of new pilot lines will prepare for the next generation of production capabilities and their validation. Furthermore, the Initiative will set up advanced technology and engineering capacities for quantum chips, e.g. in the form of design libraries for quantum chips, pilot lines, and testing and experimentation facilities. The Initiative will support a network of competence centres across Europe that will provide expertise to stakeholders, including end-user small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups as well as vertical sectors, and improve their skills. Competence centres will facilitate open, transparent, and non-discriminatory access to and effective use of the design infrastructure and the pilot lines. They will become poles of attraction for innovation and for new, highly skilled talent, including via reskilling and upskilling of workers. The actions under the Initiative will be primarily implemented through the Chips Joint Undertaking , i.e. the amended and renamed current Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking 5 . This Joint Undertaking currently provides extensive support for industrially driven research, technology development, and innovation in the area of electronic components and systems, and related software and systems tech nologies. These activities will become part of the Initiative . This proposal aims to amend the legal provisions of the Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe for equipping the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking for its new tasks related to the Initiative. This proposal also renames the Key Digital Technologies as the “Chips Joint Undertaking”. 
Revised version (Article 84 The stakeholders group):
1. The stakeholders group shall consist of representatives of sectors which generate, distribute, store, need or use clean hydrogen across the Union, including the representatives of other relevant European partnerships, as well as representatives of the European Hydrogen Valleys Interregional Partnership and of the scientific community.
Article 85 Additional objectives of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking
1. In addition to the objectives set out in Articles 4 and 5, the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking shall have the following general objectives: (a) contribute towards the achievement of the Single European Railway Area; (b) ensure a fast transition to more attractive, user-friendly, competitive, affordable, easy to maintain, efficient and sustainable European rail system, integrated into the wider mobility system; (c) support the development of a strong and globally competitive European rail industry. 2. In addition to the objectives set out in paragraph 1, the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking shall have the following specific objectives: (a) facilitate research and innovation activities to deliver an integrated European railway network by design, eliminating barriers to interoperability and providing solutions for full integration, covering traffic management, vehicles, infrastructure also including integration with national gauges, such as 1 520, 1 000 or 1 668 mm railway, and services, and providing the best answer to the needs of passengers and businesses, accelerating uptake of innovative solutions to support the Single European Railway Area, while increasing capacity and reliability and decreasing costs of railway transport; (b) deliver a sustainable and resilient rail system by developing a zero-emission, silent rail system and climate resilient infrastructure, applying circular economy to the rail sector, piloting the use of innovative processes, technologies, designs and materials in the full life-cycle of rail systems and developing other innovative solutions to guided surface transport; (c) develop through its System Pillar a unified operational concept and a functional, safe and secure system architecture, with due consideration of cyber-security aspects, focused on the European railway network to which Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 39 ) applies, for integrated European rail traffic management, command, control and signalling systems, including automated train operation which shall ensure that research and innovation is targeted on commonly agreed and shared customer requirements and operational needs and is open to evolution; (d) facilitate research and innovation activities related to rail freight and intermodal transport services to deliver a competitive green rail freight fully integrated into the logistic value chain, with automation and digitalisation of freight rail at the core; (e) develop demonstration projects in interested Member States; (f) contribute to the development of a strong and globally competitive European rail industry; (g) enable, promote and exploit synergies with other Union policies, programmes, initiatives, instruments or funds in order to maximise its impact and added value. 3. In carrying out its activities, the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking shall seek a geographically balanced involvement of members and partners in its activities. It shall also establish the necessary international connections in relation to rail research and innovation, in line with the Commission priorities.
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL Reasons for and objectives of the proposal This explanatory memorandum accompanies the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe. This proposal complements the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem ( ‘ Chips Act ’ ) 1 by implementing most of the actions foreseen under the Chips for Europe Initiative , set up under the Chips Act proposal . The Chips Act proposal delivers on the political commitment by President von der Leyen, who announced in her 2021 State of the Union speech that t he aim is to jointly create a state-of-the-art European chip ecosystem, including production 2 . The Chips Act proposal’s underlying strategic vision for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem is explained in its accompanying Communication. 3 To fulfil this vision, t he European Chips Strategy is articulated around five strategic objectives : · Europe should strengthen its research and technology leadership ; · Europe should build and reinforce its own capacity to innovate in the design, manufacturing , and packaging of advanced chips, and turn them into commercial products ; · Europe should put in place an adequate framework to increase substantially its production capacity by 2030 ; · Europ e should address the acute skills shortage, attract new talent , and support the emergence of a skilled workforce ; · Europe should develop an in-depth understanding of global semiconductor supply chains. The Chips Act proposal aims at reaching the strategic objective of increasing the resilience of Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and increasing its global market share. It also aims at facilitating early adoption of new chips by European industry and increase its competitiveness. For this, it needs to attract investment in innovative production facilities, have a skilled workforce, but also be in the position to design and produce the most advanced chips that will define the markets of tomorrow, developing capabilities and having the possibility to test and prototype innovative designs through pilot lines in close collaboration with its industrial vertical sectors. These are necessary steps, but not sufficient unless Europe has the analytical capability of increasing the transparency of the value chain and is capable to benefit from increased capacity to serve the common interest of the single market in case of crisis. The objective is not to become self-sufficient, which is not an achievable target. The Union must strengthen its strengths and work with third countries in a supply chain where interdependencies will remain strong. In terms of delivering on these objectives, one of the goals of the proposed Chips Act is to set up the Chips for Europe Initiative (the ‘Initiative’), to support large-scale capacity building throughout investment into cross-border and openly accessible research, development and innovation infrastructure set up in the Union to enable the development of cutting-edge and next-generation semiconductor technologies that will reinforce the EU’s advanced design, systems integration, and chips production capabilities, including emphasis on start-ups and scale-ups. In particular, the Initiative will build a virtual design platform to reinforce Europe’s design capacity, which will be accessible on open, non-discriminatory, and transparent terms . The p latform will stimulate a wide cooperation of user communities with design houses, intellectual property ( IP ) and tool suppliers, designers , and research and technology organisations ( RTOs ) , and will int egrate existing and new design facilities with extended libraries and EDA 4 tools. The Initiative will support pilot lines that provide the means for third parties under open, transparent, and non-discriminatory terms to test, validate, and further develop their product designs. The development of new pilot lines will prepare for the next generation of production capabilities and their validation. Furthermore, the Initiative will set up advanced technology and engineering capacities for quantum chips, e.g. in the form of design libraries for quantum chips, pilot lines, and testing and experimentation facilities. The Initiative will support a network of competence centres across Europe that will provide expertise to stakeholders, including end-user small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups as well as vertical sectors, and improve their skills. Competence centres will facilitate open, transparent, and non-discriminatory access to and effective use of the design infrastructure and the pilot lines. They will become poles of attraction for innovation and for new, highly skilled talent, including via reskilling and upskilling of workers. The actions under the Initiative will be primarily implemented through the Chips Joint Undertaking , i.e. the amended and renamed current Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking 5 . This Joint Undertaking currently provides extensive support for industrially driven research, technology development, and innovation in the area of electronic components and systems, and related software and systems tech nologies. These activities will become part of the Initiative . This proposal aims to amend the legal provisions of the Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe for equipping the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking for its new tasks related to the Initiative. This proposal also renames the Key Digital Technologies as the “Chips Joint Undertaking”. 
Revised version (Article 85 Additional objectives of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking):
3. In carrying out its activities, the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking shall seek a geographically balanced involvement of members and partners in its activities. It shall also establish the necessary international connections in relation to rail research and innovation, in line with the Commission priorities.
Article 86 Additional tasks of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking
1. In addition to the tasks set out in Article 5, the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking together with the Commission shall prepare and, after consultation of the states’ representatives group, submit for adoption by the Governing Board the Master Plan, developed in consultation with all relevant stakeholders in the railway system and rail supply industry. 2. The Commission may start the preparation of the Master Plan prior to the establishment of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking, in consultation with Member States’ representatives and all relevant stakeholders. 3. The Master Plan shall constitute a common, forward-looking roadmap based on a system view. It shall identify the areas of intervention within the scope of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking. The objectives set out in the Master Plan shall be performance driven and structured around the objectives set out in Article 85. 4. The Master Plan shall be adopted by the Governing Board and endorsed by the Commission in accordance with Article 16 with the exception of the section of the Master Plan relating to the System Pillar that shall be adopted in accordance with Article 93(4). Before endorsement, the Commission shall present the Master Plan to the Council and to the European Parliament. Subsequently, any modification shall be communicated to the Council and the European Parliament. 5. The Master Plan shall constitute the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking’s Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda within the meaning of Article 2, point (12). It shall provide guidance for the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking’s more specific tasks, namely: (a) develop in its System Pillar a system view that reflects the needs of the rail manufacturing industry, the rail operating community, Member States and other rail private and public stakeholders, including bodies representing customers, such as passengers and freight and staff, as well as relevant actors outside the traditional rail sector. The ‘system view’ shall encompass: (i) the development of the operational concept and system architecture, including the definition of the services, functional blocks, and interfaces which form the basis of rail system operations; (ii) the development of associated specifications including interfaces, functional requirement specifications and system requirement specifications to feed into Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI) established pursuant to Directive (EU) 2016/797 or standardisation processes to lead to higher levels of digitalisation and automation; (iii) ensuring the system is maintained, error-corrected and able to adapt over time and ensure migration considerations from current architectures; (iv) ensuring that the necessary interfaces with other modes, as well as with metro and trams or light rail systems, are assessed and demonstrated, in particular for freight and passenger flows; (b) facilitate the research and innovation activities necessary to achieve the objectives of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking, including low TRLs rail-focused research and innovation activities. In that respect, the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking shall: (i) define and organise the research, innovation, demonstration, validation and study activities to be carried out under its authority, while avoiding fragmentation of such activities; (ii) exploit standardisation and modularity opportunities, and facilitate the interfaces with other modes and systems; (iii) develop demonstration projects; (iv) develop close cooperation and ensure coordination with related European, national and international research and innovation activities in the rail sector and beyond as necessary, in particular under Horizon Europe, thereby enabling the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking to play a major role in rail-related research and innovation while also benefiting from scientific and technological advances reached in other sectors; (v) ensure, through the cooperation referred to in point (iv), the translation of research into effective development effort and development of pioneering innovations and ultimately into market focused innovation through demonstration and deployment; (c) perform any tasks necessary to achieve the objectives set out in Articles 4 and 85.
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL Reasons for and objectives of the proposal This explanatory memorandum accompanies the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe. This proposal complements the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem ( ‘ Chips Act ’ ) 1 by implementing most of the actions foreseen under the Chips for Europe Initiative , set up under the Chips Act proposal . The Chips Act proposal delivers on the political commitment by President von der Leyen, who announced in her 2021 State of the Union speech that t he aim is to jointly create a state-of-the-art European chip ecosystem, including production 2 . The Chips Act proposal’s underlying strategic vision for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem is explained in its accompanying Communication. 3 To fulfil this vision, t he European Chips Strategy is articulated around five strategic objectives : · Europe should strengthen its research and technology leadership ; · Europe should build and reinforce its own capacity to innovate in the design, manufacturing , and packaging of advanced chips, and turn them into commercial products ; · Europe should put in place an adequate framework to increase substantially its production capacity by 2030 ; · Europ e should address the acute skills shortage, attract new talent , and support the emergence of a skilled workforce ; · Europe should develop an in-depth understanding of global semiconductor supply chains. The Chips Act proposal aims at reaching the strategic objective of increasing the resilience of Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and increasing its global market share. It also aims at facilitating early adoption of new chips by European industry and increase its competitiveness. For this, it needs to attract investment in innovative production facilities, have a skilled workforce, but also be in the position to design and produce the most advanced chips that will define the markets of tomorrow, developing capabilities and having the possibility to test and prototype innovative designs through pilot lines in close collaboration with its industrial vertical sectors. These are necessary steps, but not sufficient unless Europe has the analytical capability of increasing the transparency of the value chain and is capable to benefit from increased capacity to serve the common interest of the single market in case of crisis. The objective is not to become self-sufficient, which is not an achievable target. The Union must strengthen its strengths and work with third countries in a supply chain where interdependencies will remain strong. In terms of delivering on these objectives, one of the goals of the proposed Chips Act is to set up the Chips for Europe Initiative (the ‘Initiative’), to support large-scale capacity building throughout investment into cross-border and openly accessible research, development and innovation infrastructure set up in the Union to enable the development of cutting-edge and next-generation semiconductor technologies that will reinforce the EU’s advanced design, systems integration, and chips production capabilities, including emphasis on start-ups and scale-ups. In particular, the Initiative will build a virtual design platform to reinforce Europe’s design capacity, which will be accessible on open, non-discriminatory, and transparent terms . The p latform will stimulate a wide cooperation of user communities with design houses, intellectual property ( IP ) and tool suppliers, designers , and research and technology organisations ( RTOs ) , and will int egrate existing and new design facilities with extended libraries and EDA 4 tools. The Initiative will support pilot lines that provide the means for third parties under open, transparent, and non-discriminatory terms to test, validate, and further develop their product designs. The development of new pilot lines will prepare for the next generation of production capabilities and their validation. Furthermore, the Initiative will set up advanced technology and engineering capacities for quantum chips, e.g. in the form of design libraries for quantum chips, pilot lines, and testing and experimentation facilities. The Initiative will support a network of competence centres across Europe that will provide expertise to stakeholders, including end-user small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups as well as vertical sectors, and improve their skills. Competence centres will facilitate open, transparent, and non-discriminatory access to and effective use of the design infrastructure and the pilot lines. They will become poles of attraction for innovation and for new, highly skilled talent, including via reskilling and upskilling of workers. The actions under the Initiative will be primarily implemented through the Chips Joint Undertaking , i.e. the amended and renamed current Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking 5 . This Joint Undertaking currently provides extensive support for industrially driven research, technology development, and innovation in the area of electronic components and systems, and related software and systems tech nologies. These activities will become part of the Initiative . This proposal aims to amend the legal provisions of the Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe for equipping the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking for its new tasks related to the Initiative. This proposal also renames the Key Digital Technologies as the “Chips Joint Undertaking”. 
Revised version (Article 86 Additional tasks of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking):
1. In addition to the tasks set out in Article 5, the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking together with the Commission shall prepare and, after consultation of the states’ representatives group, submit for adoption by the Governing Board the Master Plan, developed in consultation with all relevant stakeholders in the railway system and rail supply industry. 2. The Commission may start the preparation of the Master Plan prior to the establishment of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking, in consultation with Member States’ representatives and all relevant stakeholders. 3. The Master Plan shall constitute a common, forward-looking roadmap based on a system view. It shall identify the areas of intervention within the scope of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking. The objectives set out in the Master Plan shall be performance driven and structured around the objectives set out in Article 85. 4. The Master Plan shall be adopted by the Governing Board and endorsed by the Commission in accordance with Article 16 with the exception of the section of the Master Plan relating to the System Pillar that shall be adopted in accordance with Article 93(4). Before endorsement, the Commission shall present the Master Plan to the Council and to the European Parliament. Subsequently, any modification shall be communicated to the Council and the European Parliament.
Article 87 Members
1. The members of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking shall be: (a) the Union, represented by the Commission; (b) the founding members listed in Annex II, upon notification of their decision to accede to the Joint Undertaking by means of a letter of commitment, which shall not contain conditions regarding their accession other than those set out in this Regulation; (c) the associated members to be selected in accordance with Article 7. The list of the associated members shall be endorsed by the Commission. 2. In addition to Article 7(1), the Governing Board may, during the first six months following the establishment of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking, select associated members from a list drawn up after an open call for expression of interest launched by the Commission prior to its establishment. The conditions of Article 7(2) shall apply mutatis mutandis .
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL Reasons for and objectives of the proposal This explanatory memorandum accompanies the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe. This proposal complements the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem ( ‘ Chips Act ’ ) 1 by implementing most of the actions foreseen under the Chips for Europe Initiative , set up under the Chips Act proposal . The Chips Act proposal delivers on the political commitment by President von der Leyen, who announced in her 2021 State of the Union speech that t he aim is to jointly create a state-of-the-art European chip ecosystem, including production 2 . The Chips Act proposal’s underlying strategic vision for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem is explained in its accompanying Communication. 3 To fulfil this vision, t he European Chips Strategy is articulated around five strategic objectives : · Europe should strengthen its research and technology leadership ; · Europe should build and reinforce its own capacity to innovate in the design, manufacturing , and packaging of advanced chips, and turn them into commercial products ; · Europe should put in place an adequate framework to increase substantially its production capacity by 2030 ; · Europ e should address the acute skills shortage, attract new talent , and support the emergence of a skilled workforce ; · Europe should develop an in-depth understanding of global semiconductor supply chains. The Chips Act proposal aims at reaching the strategic objective of increasing the resilience of Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and increasing its global market share. It also aims at facilitating early adoption of new chips by European industry and increase its competitiveness. For this, it needs to attract investment in innovative production facilities, have a skilled workforce, but also be in the position to design and produce the most advanced chips that will define the markets of tomorrow, developing capabilities and having the possibility to test and prototype innovative designs through pilot lines in close collaboration with its industrial vertical sectors. These are necessary steps, but not sufficient unless Europe has the analytical capability of increasing the transparency of the value chain and is capable to benefit from increased capacity to serve the common interest of the single market in case of crisis. The objective is not to become self-sufficient, which is not an achievable target. The Union must strengthen its strengths and work with third countries in a supply chain where interdependencies will remain strong. In terms of delivering on these objectives, one of the goals of the proposed Chips Act is to set up the Chips for Europe Initiative (the ‘Initiative’), to support large-scale capacity building throughout investment into cross-border and openly accessible research, development and innovation infrastructure set up in the Union to enable the development of cutting-edge and next-generation semiconductor technologies that will reinforce the EU’s advanced design, systems integration, and chips production capabilities, including emphasis on start-ups and scale-ups. In particular, the Initiative will build a virtual design platform to reinforce Europe’s design capacity, which will be accessible on open, non-discriminatory, and transparent terms . The p latform will stimulate a wide cooperation of user communities with design houses, intellectual property ( IP ) and tool suppliers, designers , and research and technology organisations ( RTOs ) , and will int egrate existing and new design facilities with extended libraries and EDA 4 tools. The Initiative will support pilot lines that provide the means for third parties under open, transparent, and non-discriminatory terms to test, validate, and further develop their product designs. The development of new pilot lines will prepare for the next generation of production capabilities and their validation. Furthermore, the Initiative will set up advanced technology and engineering capacities for quantum chips, e.g. in the form of design libraries for quantum chips, pilot lines, and testing and experimentation facilities. The Initiative will support a network of competence centres across Europe that will provide expertise to stakeholders, including end-user small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups as well as vertical sectors, and improve their skills. Competence centres will facilitate open, transparent, and non-discriminatory access to and effective use of the design infrastructure and the pilot lines. They will become poles of attraction for innovation and for new, highly skilled talent, including via reskilling and upskilling of workers. The actions under the Initiative will be primarily implemented through the Chips Joint Undertaking , i.e. the amended and renamed current Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking 5 . This Joint Undertaking currently provides extensive support for industrially driven research, technology development, and innovation in the area of electronic components and systems, and related software and systems tech nologies. These activities will become part of the Initiative . This proposal aims to amend the legal provisions of the Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe for equipping the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking for its new tasks related to the Initiative. This proposal also renames the Key Digital Technologies as the “Chips Joint Undertaking”. 
Revised version (Article 87 Members):
2. In addition to Article 7(1), the Governing Board may, during the first six months following the establishment of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking, select associated members from a list drawn up after an open call for expression of interest launched by the Commission prior to its establishment. The conditions of Article 7(2) shall apply mutatis mutandis .
Article 88 Union financial contribution
The Union financial contribution to the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking, including EEA appropriations, to cover administrative costs and operational costs shall be up to EUR 600 000 000, including at least EUR 50 000 000 for the System Pillar and up to EUR 24 000 000 for administrative costs.
Article 89 Contributions from members other than the Union
The members of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking other than the Union shall make or arrange for their constituent or affiliated entities to make a total contribution of at least EUR 600 000 000, including up to EUR 24 000 000 for administrative costs, over the period set out in Article 3.
Article 90 Scope of additional activities
1. For the purposes of Article 11(1), point (b), additional activities may include: (a) activities covered under the indirect actions of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking but not funded under such indirect actions; (b) activities directly linked to the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking work programme; (c) research and innovation activities building on activities funded by the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking or Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking; (d) complementary research and innovation activities funded by the members other than the Union, having a clear Union added value and contributing to achieving the objectives of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking; (e) activities funded by the members other than the Union in projects funded by national programmes or by regional programmes which complement activities funded by the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking; (f) uptake of results of activities funded under the Shift2Rail and Europe’s Rail Joint Undertakings, further exploitation, demonstration activities, standardisation and development of recommendations for seamless transition strategies, migration paths and updates of TSI, and European authorisation and certification activities not linked to wider deployment. 2. With regard to activities funded by the members other than the Union in projects funded by other European partnerships or by other Union programmes or by other research and innovation efforts and investments that have a significant Union added value and contribute to achieving the objectives of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking and its complement activities funded by it, the value of such activities shall be reported, indicating the type, level and source of Union funding to avoid double counting.
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL Reasons for and objectives of the proposal This explanatory memorandum accompanies the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe. This proposal complements the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem ( ‘ Chips Act ’ ) 1 by implementing most of the actions foreseen under the Chips for Europe Initiative , set up under the Chips Act proposal . The Chips Act proposal delivers on the political commitment by President von der Leyen, who announced in her 2021 State of the Union speech that t he aim is to jointly create a state-of-the-art European chip ecosystem, including production 2 . The Chips Act proposal’s underlying strategic vision for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem is explained in its accompanying Communication. 3 To fulfil this vision, t he European Chips Strategy is articulated around five strategic objectives : · Europe should strengthen its research and technology leadership ; · Europe should build and reinforce its own capacity to innovate in the design, manufacturing , and packaging of advanced chips, and turn them into commercial products ; · Europe should put in place an adequate framework to increase substantially its production capacity by 2030 ; · Europ e should address the acute skills shortage, attract new talent , and support the emergence of a skilled workforce ; · Europe should develop an in-depth understanding of global semiconductor supply chains. The Chips Act proposal aims at reaching the strategic objective of increasing the resilience of Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and increasing its global market share. It also aims at facilitating early adoption of new chips by European industry and increase its competitiveness. For this, it needs to attract investment in innovative production facilities, have a skilled workforce, but also be in the position to design and produce the most advanced chips that will define the markets of tomorrow, developing capabilities and having the possibility to test and prototype innovative designs through pilot lines in close collaboration with its industrial vertical sectors. These are necessary steps, but not sufficient unless Europe has the analytical capability of increasing the transparency of the value chain and is capable to benefit from increased capacity to serve the common interest of the single market in case of crisis. The objective is not to become self-sufficient, which is not an achievable target. The Union must strengthen its strengths and work with third countries in a supply chain where interdependencies will remain strong. In terms of delivering on these objectives, one of the goals of the proposed Chips Act is to set up the Chips for Europe Initiative (the ‘Initiative’), to support large-scale capacity building throughout investment into cross-border and openly accessible research, development and innovation infrastructure set up in the Union to enable the development of cutting-edge and next-generation semiconductor technologies that will reinforce the EU’s advanced design, systems integration, and chips production capabilities, including emphasis on start-ups and scale-ups. In particular, the Initiative will build a virtual design platform to reinforce Europe’s design capacity, which will be accessible on open, non-discriminatory, and transparent terms . The p latform will stimulate a wide cooperation of user communities with design houses, intellectual property ( IP ) and tool suppliers, designers , and research and technology organisations ( RTOs ) , and will int egrate existing and new design facilities with extended libraries and EDA 4 tools. The Initiative will support pilot lines that provide the means for third parties under open, transparent, and non-discriminatory terms to test, validate, and further develop their product designs. The development of new pilot lines will prepare for the next generation of production capabilities and their validation. Furthermore, the Initiative will set up advanced technology and engineering capacities for quantum chips, e.g. in the form of design libraries for quantum chips, pilot lines, and testing and experimentation facilities. The Initiative will support a network of competence centres across Europe that will provide expertise to stakeholders, including end-user small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups as well as vertical sectors, and improve their skills. Competence centres will facilitate open, transparent, and non-discriminatory access to and effective use of the design infrastructure and the pilot lines. They will become poles of attraction for innovation and for new, highly skilled talent, including via reskilling and upskilling of workers. The actions under the Initiative will be primarily implemented through the Chips Joint Undertaking , i.e. the amended and renamed current Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking 5 . This Joint Undertaking currently provides extensive support for industrially driven research, technology development, and innovation in the area of electronic components and systems, and related software and systems tech nologies. These activities will become part of the Initiative . This proposal aims to amend the legal provisions of the Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe for equipping the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking for its new tasks related to the Initiative. This proposal also renames the Key Digital Technologies as the “Chips Joint Undertaking”. 
Revised version (Article 90 Scope of additional activities):
2. With regard to activities funded by the members other than the Union in projects funded by other European partnerships or by other Union programmes or by other research and innovation efforts and investments that have a significant Union added value and contribute to achieving the objectives of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking and its complement activities funded by it, the value of such activities shall be reported, indicating the type, level and source of Union funding to avoid double counting.
Article 91 Bodies of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking
1. The bodies of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking shall be: (a) the Governing Board; (b) the Executive Director; (c) the states’ representatives group; (d) the System Pillar steering group; (e) the Deployment Group. 2. The Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking may set up a scientific steering group or seek scientific advice from independent academic experts or from shared scientific advisory bodies.
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL Reasons for and objectives of the proposal This explanatory memorandum accompanies the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe. This proposal complements the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem ( ‘ Chips Act ’ ) 1 by implementing most of the actions foreseen under the Chips for Europe Initiative , set up under the Chips Act proposal . The Chips Act proposal delivers on the political commitment by President von der Leyen, who announced in her 2021 State of the Union speech that t he aim is to jointly create a state-of-the-art European chip ecosystem, including production 2 . The Chips Act proposal’s underlying strategic vision for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem is explained in its accompanying Communication. 3 To fulfil this vision, t he European Chips Strategy is articulated around five strategic objectives : · Europe should strengthen its research and technology leadership ; · Europe should build and reinforce its own capacity to innovate in the design, manufacturing , and packaging of advanced chips, and turn them into commercial products ; · Europe should put in place an adequate framework to increase substantially its production capacity by 2030 ; · Europ e should address the acute skills shortage, attract new talent , and support the emergence of a skilled workforce ; · Europe should develop an in-depth understanding of global semiconductor supply chains. The Chips Act proposal aims at reaching the strategic objective of increasing the resilience of Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and increasing its global market share. It also aims at facilitating early adoption of new chips by European industry and increase its competitiveness. For this, it needs to attract investment in innovative production facilities, have a skilled workforce, but also be in the position to design and produce the most advanced chips that will define the markets of tomorrow, developing capabilities and having the possibility to test and prototype innovative designs through pilot lines in close collaboration with its industrial vertical sectors. These are necessary steps, but not sufficient unless Europe has the analytical capability of increasing the transparency of the value chain and is capable to benefit from increased capacity to serve the common interest of the single market in case of crisis. The objective is not to become self-sufficient, which is not an achievable target. The Union must strengthen its strengths and work with third countries in a supply chain where interdependencies will remain strong. In terms of delivering on these objectives, one of the goals of the proposed Chips Act is to set up the Chips for Europe Initiative (the ‘Initiative’), to support large-scale capacity building throughout investment into cross-border and openly accessible research, development and innovation infrastructure set up in the Union to enable the development of cutting-edge and next-generation semiconductor technologies that will reinforce the EU’s advanced design, systems integration, and chips production capabilities, including emphasis on start-ups and scale-ups. In particular, the Initiative will build a virtual design platform to reinforce Europe’s design capacity, which will be accessible on open, non-discriminatory, and transparent terms . The p latform will stimulate a wide cooperation of user communities with design houses, intellectual property ( IP ) and tool suppliers, designers , and research and technology organisations ( RTOs ) , and will int egrate existing and new design facilities with extended libraries and EDA 4 tools. The Initiative will support pilot lines that provide the means for third parties under open, transparent, and non-discriminatory terms to test, validate, and further develop their product designs. The development of new pilot lines will prepare for the next generation of production capabilities and their validation. Furthermore, the Initiative will set up advanced technology and engineering capacities for quantum chips, e.g. in the form of design libraries for quantum chips, pilot lines, and testing and experimentation facilities. The Initiative will support a network of competence centres across Europe that will provide expertise to stakeholders, including end-user small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups as well as vertical sectors, and improve their skills. Competence centres will facilitate open, transparent, and non-discriminatory access to and effective use of the design infrastructure and the pilot lines. They will become poles of attraction for innovation and for new, highly skilled talent, including via reskilling and upskilling of workers. The actions under the Initiative will be primarily implemented through the Chips Joint Undertaking , i.e. the amended and renamed current Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking 5 . This Joint Undertaking currently provides extensive support for industrially driven research, technology development, and innovation in the area of electronic components and systems, and related software and systems tech nologies. These activities will become part of the Initiative . This proposal aims to amend the legal provisions of the Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe for equipping the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking for its new tasks related to the Initiative. This proposal also renames the Key Digital Technologies as the “Chips Joint Undertaking”. 
Revised version (Article 91 Bodies of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking):
2. The Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking may set up a scientific steering group or seek scientific advice from independent academic experts or from shared scientific advisory bodies.
Article 92 Composition of the Governing Board
The Governing Board shall be composed as follows: (a) two representatives from the Commission on behalf of the Union; (b) one representative from each of the members other than the Union.
Article 93 Functioning of the Governing Board
1. By derogation from Article 16(4), the Governing Board shall be chaired by the Commission on behalf of the Union. 2. The members other than the Union shall collectively hold 50 % of the voting rights. 3. Representatives of the European Union Agency for Railways and of the European Rail Research Advisory Council (ERRAC) shall be invited to attend meetings of the Governing Board as observers and take part in its deliberation, but shall have no voting rights. 4. By derogation from Article 16(1) with regard to activities to be performed under the System Pillar, a decision shall be deemed adopted by a majority of at least 55 % of the votes including the votes of representatives who are absent. 5. In addition to Article 16(5), the Governing Board shall meet once a year in a general assembly and all participants to the research and innovation activities of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking shall be invited to attend. The assembly shall stimulate reflection on the overall direction of the activities of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking while conducting an open and transparent discussion on the progress of the Master Plan implementation.
Article 94 Additional tasks of the Governing Board
In addition to the tasks set out in Article 17, the Governing Board of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking shall carry out the following tasks: (a) adopt the Master Plan and any proposal for its modification; (b) adopt the work programmes, including the budget and implementation plan, of the System Pillar and their amendments based on recommendations made by the System Pillar steering group and on the proposals of the Executive Director.
Article 95 The states’ representatives group
In addition to Article 20, the Member States shall ensure that their respective representatives present a coordinated position that reflects their Member State’s views expressed in: (a) the committee established by Article 51 of Directive (EU) 2016/797; (b) the Programme Committee under Horizon Europe configuration ‘Climate, Energy and Mobility’; (c) the Single European Rail Area Committee, established by Article 62 of Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 40 ) .
Article 96 The System Pillar steering group
1. The System Pillar steering group shall be an advisory body of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking in charge of providing advice on System Pillar issues. 2. The System Pillar steering group shall be composed of representatives of the Commission, representatives of the rail and mobility sector and of relevant organisations, the Executive Director of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking, the chairperson of the states’ representatives group and representatives of the European Union Agency for Railways and of the ERRAC. The Commission shall take the final decision on the composition of the Group. When justified, the Commission may invite additional relevant experts and stakeholders to attend the meetings of the System Pillar steering group as observers. The System Pillar steering group shall regularly report to the states’ representatives group on its activities. 3. The System Pillar Steering group shall be chaired by the Commission. 4. The recommendations of the System Pillar steering group shall be adopted by consensus. Where no consensus is reached, the Executive Director of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking shall prepare a report for the Governing Board, in consultation with the European Union Agency for Railways and the Commission, outlining the key common points and diverging views. In this case, the states’ representatives group shall also prepare an opinion for the Governing Board. 5. The System Pillar steering group shall adopt its own rules of procedure. 6. The System Pillar steering group shall be responsible for providing advice to the Executive Director and Governing Board on any of the following: (a) the approach to operational harmonisation and the development of system architecture, including on the relevant part of the Master Plan; (b) delivering on the specific objective set out in Article 85(2), point (c); (c) carrying out the task set out in Article 86(5), point (a); (d) the detailed annual implementation plan for the System Pillar in line with the work programmes adopted by the Governing Board in accordance with Article 94, point (b); (e) monitoring the progress of the System Pillar.
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL Reasons for and objectives of the proposal This explanatory memorandum accompanies the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe. This proposal complements the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem ( ‘ Chips Act ’ ) 1 by implementing most of the actions foreseen under the Chips for Europe Initiative , set up under the Chips Act proposal . The Chips Act proposal delivers on the political commitment by President von der Leyen, who announced in her 2021 State of the Union speech that t he aim is to jointly create a state-of-the-art European chip ecosystem, including production 2 . The Chips Act proposal’s underlying strategic vision for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem is explained in its accompanying Communication. 3 To fulfil this vision, t he European Chips Strategy is articulated around five strategic objectives : · Europe should strengthen its research and technology leadership ; · Europe should build and reinforce its own capacity to innovate in the design, manufacturing , and packaging of advanced chips, and turn them into commercial products ; · Europe should put in place an adequate framework to increase substantially its production capacity by 2030 ; · Europ e should address the acute skills shortage, attract new talent , and support the emergence of a skilled workforce ; · Europe should develop an in-depth understanding of global semiconductor supply chains. The Chips Act proposal aims at reaching the strategic objective of increasing the resilience of Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and increasing its global market share. It also aims at facilitating early adoption of new chips by European industry and increase its competitiveness. For this, it needs to attract investment in innovative production facilities, have a skilled workforce, but also be in the position to design and produce the most advanced chips that will define the markets of tomorrow, developing capabilities and having the possibility to test and prototype innovative designs through pilot lines in close collaboration with its industrial vertical sectors. These are necessary steps, but not sufficient unless Europe has the analytical capability of increasing the transparency of the value chain and is capable to benefit from increased capacity to serve the common interest of the single market in case of crisis. The objective is not to become self-sufficient, which is not an achievable target. The Union must strengthen its strengths and work with third countries in a supply chain where interdependencies will remain strong. In terms of delivering on these objectives, one of the goals of the proposed Chips Act is to set up the Chips for Europe Initiative (the ‘Initiative’), to support large-scale capacity building throughout investment into cross-border and openly accessible research, development and innovation infrastructure set up in the Union to enable the development of cutting-edge and next-generation semiconductor technologies that will reinforce the EU’s advanced design, systems integration, and chips production capabilities, including emphasis on start-ups and scale-ups. In particular, the Initiative will build a virtual design platform to reinforce Europe’s design capacity, which will be accessible on open, non-discriminatory, and transparent terms . The p latform will stimulate a wide cooperation of user communities with design houses, intellectual property ( IP ) and tool suppliers, designers , and research and technology organisations ( RTOs ) , and will int egrate existing and new design facilities with extended libraries and EDA 4 tools. The Initiative will support pilot lines that provide the means for third parties under open, transparent, and non-discriminatory terms to test, validate, and further develop their product designs. The development of new pilot lines will prepare for the next generation of production capabilities and their validation. Furthermore, the Initiative will set up advanced technology and engineering capacities for quantum chips, e.g. in the form of design libraries for quantum chips, pilot lines, and testing and experimentation facilities. The Initiative will support a network of competence centres across Europe that will provide expertise to stakeholders, including end-user small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups as well as vertical sectors, and improve their skills. Competence centres will facilitate open, transparent, and non-discriminatory access to and effective use of the design infrastructure and the pilot lines. They will become poles of attraction for innovation and for new, highly skilled talent, including via reskilling and upskilling of workers. The actions under the Initiative will be primarily implemented through the Chips Joint Undertaking , i.e. the amended and renamed current Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking 5 . This Joint Undertaking currently provides extensive support for industrially driven research, technology development, and innovation in the area of electronic components and systems, and related software and systems tech nologies. These activities will become part of the Initiative . This proposal aims to amend the legal provisions of the Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe for equipping the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking for its new tasks related to the Initiative. This proposal also renames the Key Digital Technologies as the “Chips Joint Undertaking”. 
Revised version (Article 96 The System Pillar steering group):
1. The System Pillar steering group shall be an advisory body of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking in charge of providing advice on System Pillar issues. 2. The System Pillar steering group shall be composed of representatives of the Commission, representatives of the rail and mobility sector and of relevant organisations, the Executive Director of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking, the chairperson of the states’ representatives group and representatives of the European Union Agency for Railways and of the ERRAC. The Commission shall take the final decision on the composition of the Group. When justified, the Commission may invite additional relevant experts and stakeholders to attend the meetings of the System Pillar steering group as observers. The System Pillar steering group shall regularly report to the states’ representatives group on its activities. 3. The System Pillar Steering group shall be chaired by the Commission. 4. The recommendations of the System Pillar steering group shall be adopted by consensus. Where no consensus is reached, the Executive Director of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking shall prepare a report for the Governing Board, in consultation with the European Union Agency for Railways and the Commission, outlining the key common points and diverging views. In this case, the states’ representatives group shall also prepare an opinion for the Governing Board. 5. The System Pillar steering group shall adopt its own rules of procedure.
Article 97 The Deployment Group
1. The Deployment Group shall be established pursuant to Article 22. The role of the Deployment Group shall be to advise the Governing Board on the market uptake of rail innovation developed in the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking and to support deployment of the innovative solutions. 2. The Deployment Group shall be open to all stakeholders. The composition of the Deployment Group shall ensure appropriate thematic focus and representativeness. The Commission shall take the final decision on the composition of the Group. The list of members shall be published on the website of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking. 3. The Deployment Group shall provide recommendations on issues related to the deployment of rail innovative solutions upon request of the Governing Board. The Deployment Group may also issue recommendations on its own initiative.
Article 98 Collaboration with the European Union Agency for Railways
The Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking shall ensure a close collaboration with the European Union Agency for Railways, in particular with regard to the implementation of the Master Plan. Pursuant to Article 40 of Regulation (EU) 2016/796 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 41 ) , that collaboration shall consist of the following advisory tasks: (a) input on research needs relating to the realisation of the Single European Railway Area for consideration by the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking in the Master Plan and its amendments as well as in the work programmes; (b) feedback and advice on interoperability and safety to be considered in the research innovation activities and, more specifically, in the context of project activities and results for the objectives identified in Article 86(5), point (a); (c) support to the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking in identifying needs for any additional specific validation or studies to be performed by it, including via the involvement of national safety authorities; (d) provide advice as regards the System Pillar; (e) ensure that the development of specifications including interfaces, functional requirement specifications, and system requirement specifications takes into consideration the experience and feedback on TSI or standards.
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL Reasons for and objectives of the proposal This explanatory memorandum accompanies the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe. This proposal complements the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem ( ‘ Chips Act ’ ) 1 by implementing most of the actions foreseen under the Chips for Europe Initiative , set up under the Chips Act proposal . The Chips Act proposal delivers on the political commitment by President von der Leyen, who announced in her 2021 State of the Union speech that t he aim is to jointly create a state-of-the-art European chip ecosystem, including production 2 . The Chips Act proposal’s underlying strategic vision for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem is explained in its accompanying Communication. 3 To fulfil this vision, t he European Chips Strategy is articulated around five strategic objectives : · Europe should strengthen its research and technology leadership ; · Europe should build and reinforce its own capacity to innovate in the design, manufacturing , and packaging of advanced chips, and turn them into commercial products ; · Europe should put in place an adequate framework to increase substantially its production capacity by 2030 ; · Europ e should address the acute skills shortage, attract new talent , and support the emergence of a skilled workforce ; · Europe should develop an in-depth understanding of global semiconductor supply chains. The Chips Act proposal aims at reaching the strategic objective of increasing the resilience of Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and increasing its global market share. It also aims at facilitating early adoption of new chips by European industry and increase its competitiveness. For this, it needs to attract investment in innovative production facilities, have a skilled workforce, but also be in the position to design and produce the most advanced chips that will define the markets of tomorrow, developing capabilities and having the possibility to test and prototype innovative designs through pilot lines in close collaboration with its industrial vertical sectors. These are necessary steps, but not sufficient unless Europe has the analytical capability of increasing the transparency of the value chain and is capable to benefit from increased capacity to serve the common interest of the single market in case of crisis. The objective is not to become self-sufficient, which is not an achievable target. The Union must strengthen its strengths and work with third countries in a supply chain where interdependencies will remain strong. In terms of delivering on these objectives, one of the goals of the proposed Chips Act is to set up the Chips for Europe Initiative (the ‘Initiative’), to support large-scale capacity building throughout investment into cross-border and openly accessible research, development and innovation infrastructure set up in the Union to enable the development of cutting-edge and next-generation semiconductor technologies that will reinforce the EU’s advanced design, systems integration, and chips production capabilities, including emphasis on start-ups and scale-ups. In particular, the Initiative will build a virtual design platform to reinforce Europe’s design capacity, which will be accessible on open, non-discriminatory, and transparent terms . The p latform will stimulate a wide cooperation of user communities with design houses, intellectual property ( IP ) and tool suppliers, designers , and research and technology organisations ( RTOs ) , and will int egrate existing and new design facilities with extended libraries and EDA 4 tools. The Initiative will support pilot lines that provide the means for third parties under open, transparent, and non-discriminatory terms to test, validate, and further develop their product designs. The development of new pilot lines will prepare for the next generation of production capabilities and their validation. Furthermore, the Initiative will set up advanced technology and engineering capacities for quantum chips, e.g. in the form of design libraries for quantum chips, pilot lines, and testing and experimentation facilities. The Initiative will support a network of competence centres across Europe that will provide expertise to stakeholders, including end-user small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups as well as vertical sectors, and improve their skills. Competence centres will facilitate open, transparent, and non-discriminatory access to and effective use of the design infrastructure and the pilot lines. They will become poles of attraction for innovation and for new, highly skilled talent, including via reskilling and upskilling of workers. The actions under the Initiative will be primarily implemented through the Chips Joint Undertaking , i.e. the amended and renamed current Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking 5 . This Joint Undertaking currently provides extensive support for industrially driven research, technology development, and innovation in the area of electronic components and systems, and related software and systems tech nologies. These activities will become part of the Initiative . This proposal aims to amend the legal provisions of the Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe for equipping the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking for its new tasks related to the Initiative. This proposal also renames the Key Digital Technologies as the “Chips Joint Undertaking”. 
Revised version (Article 98 Collaboration with the European Union Agency for Railways):
The Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking shall ensure a close collaboration with the European Union Agency for Railways, in particular with regard to the implementation of the Master Plan. Pursuant to Article 40 of Regulation (EU) 2016/796 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 13 ), that collaboration shall consist of the following advisory tasks: (a) input on research needs relating to the realisation of the Single European Railway Area for consideration by the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking in the Master Plan and its amendments as well as in the work programmes; (c) support to the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking in identifying needs for any additional specific validation or studies to be performed by it, including via the involvement of national safety authorities; (d) provide advice as regards the System Pillar; (e) ensure that the development of specifications including interfaces, functional requirement specifications, and system requirement specifications takes into consideration the experience and feedback on TSI or standards.
Article 99 Additional objectives of the Global Health EDCPT3 Joint Undertaking
1. In addition to the objectives set out in Articles 4 and 5, the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking shall have the following general objectives: (a) to contribute to the reduction of the socioeconomic burden of infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa by promoting the development and uptake of new or improved health technologies; (b) to contribute to the increase of health security in sub-Saharan Africa and globally by strengthening the research- and innovation-based capacities for preparedness and response to control infectious diseases. 2. The Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking shall also have the following specific objectives: (a) to advance the development and use of new or improved health technologies for tackling infectious diseases by supporting the conduct of the clinical trials, in sub-Saharan Africa; (b) to strengthen research and innovation capacity and the national health research systems in sub-Saharan Africa for tackling infectious diseases; (c) to facilitate better alignment of Member States, associated countries and sub-Saharan countries around a common Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda in the field of global health to increase the cost-effectiveness of European public investment; (d) to strengthen capacity in sub-Saharan Africa for epidemic preparedness through effective and rapid research response to develop essential diagnostics, vaccines and therapeutics for early detection and control of emerging diseases of epidemic potential; (e) to promote productive and sustainable networking and partnerships in the area of global health research building North–South and South–South relationships with multiple private and public-sector organisations.
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL Reasons for and objectives of the proposal This explanatory memorandum accompanies the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe. This proposal complements the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem ( ‘ Chips Act ’ ) 1 by implementing most of the actions foreseen under the Chips for Europe Initiative , set up under the Chips Act proposal . The Chips Act proposal delivers on the political commitment by President von der Leyen, who announced in her 2021 State of the Union speech that t he aim is to jointly create a state-of-the-art European chip ecosystem, including production 2 . The Chips Act proposal’s underlying strategic vision for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem is explained in its accompanying Communication. 3 To fulfil this vision, t he European Chips Strategy is articulated around five strategic objectives : · Europe should strengthen its research and technology leadership ; · Europe should build and reinforce its own capacity to innovate in the design, manufacturing , and packaging of advanced chips, and turn them into commercial products ; · Europe should put in place an adequate framework to increase substantially its production capacity by 2030 ; · Europ e should address the acute skills shortage, attract new talent , and support the emergence of a skilled workforce ; · Europe should develop an in-depth understanding of global semiconductor supply chains. The Chips Act proposal aims at reaching the strategic objective of increasing the resilience of Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and increasing its global market share. It also aims at facilitating early adoption of new chips by European industry and increase its competitiveness. For this, it needs to attract investment in innovative production facilities, have a skilled workforce, but also be in the position to design and produce the most advanced chips that will define the markets of tomorrow, developing capabilities and having the possibility to test and prototype innovative designs through pilot lines in close collaboration with its industrial vertical sectors. These are necessary steps, but not sufficient unless Europe has the analytical capability of increasing the transparency of the value chain and is capable to benefit from increased capacity to serve the common interest of the single market in case of crisis. The objective is not to become self-sufficient, which is not an achievable target. The Union must strengthen its strengths and work with third countries in a supply chain where interdependencies will remain strong. In terms of delivering on these objectives, one of the goals of the proposed Chips Act is to set up the Chips for Europe Initiative (the ‘Initiative’), to support large-scale capacity building throughout investment into cross-border and openly accessible research, development and innovation infrastructure set up in the Union to enable the development of cutting-edge and next-generation semiconductor technologies that will reinforce the EU’s advanced design, systems integration, and chips production capabilities, including emphasis on start-ups and scale-ups. In particular, the Initiative will build a virtual design platform to reinforce Europe’s design capacity, which will be accessible on open, non-discriminatory, and transparent terms . The p latform will stimulate a wide cooperation of user communities with design houses, intellectual property ( IP ) and tool suppliers, designers , and research and technology organisations ( RTOs ) , and will int egrate existing and new design facilities with extended libraries and EDA 4 tools. The Initiative will support pilot lines that provide the means for third parties under open, transparent, and non-discriminatory terms to test, validate, and further develop their product designs. The development of new pilot lines will prepare for the next generation of production capabilities and their validation. Furthermore, the Initiative will set up advanced technology and engineering capacities for quantum chips, e.g. in the form of design libraries for quantum chips, pilot lines, and testing and experimentation facilities. The Initiative will support a network of competence centres across Europe that will provide expertise to stakeholders, including end-user small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups as well as vertical sectors, and improve their skills. Competence centres will facilitate open, transparent, and non-discriminatory access to and effective use of the design infrastructure and the pilot lines. They will become poles of attraction for innovation and for new, highly skilled talent, including via reskilling and upskilling of workers. The actions under the Initiative will be primarily implemented through the Chips Joint Undertaking , i.e. the amended and renamed current Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking 5 . This Joint Undertaking currently provides extensive support for industrially driven research, technology development, and innovation in the area of electronic components and systems, and related software and systems tech nologies. These activities will become part of the Initiative . This proposal aims to amend the legal provisions of the Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe for equipping the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking for its new tasks related to the Initiative. This proposal also renames the Key Digital Technologies as the “Chips Joint Undertaking”. 
Revised version (Article 99 Additional objectives of the Global Health EDCPT3 Joint Undertaking):
1. In addition to the objectives set out in Articles 4 and 5, the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking shall have the following general objectives: (a) to contribute to the reduction of the socioeconomic burden of infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa by promoting the development and uptake of new or improved health technologies; (b) to contribute to the increase of health security in sub-Saharan Africa and globally by strengthening the research- and innovation-based capacities for preparedness and response to control infectious diseases.
Article 100 Additional tasks of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking
In addition to the tasks set out in Article 5, the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking shall carry out the following tasks: (a) fostering productive relationships between European and African individuals, groups and institutions; (b) raising awareness of common interests and shared goals between institutions and research groups to facilitate and strengthen project and institutional collaborations; (c) contributing to facilitating alignment of global health strategies of European and African funders, institutions and authorities; (d) attracting additional investment involving partners from the private, public, and charitable sectors; (e) promoting synergies, collaboration and joint actions with the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument established by Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 42 ) , in particular for capacity building and sharing facilities and infrastructures.
Article 101 Members
The members of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking shall be: (a) the Union, represented by the Commission; (b) the EDCTP Association, a non-profit organisation registered under Dutch law, upon notification of its decision to accede to the Global Health EDCTP3 joint undertaking by means of a letter of commitment, which shall not contain conditions regarding its accession other than those set out in this Regulation.
Article 102 Union financial contribution
The Union financial contribution to the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking, including EEA appropriations, to cover administrative costs and operational costs shall be up to EUR 800 000 000, including up to EUR 59 756 000 for administrative costs, and shall consist of the following: (a) up to EUR 400 000 000 provided that the contribution of members other than the Union, or its constituent or affiliated entities, is at least equal to this amount; (b) up to EUR 400 000 000 provided that the contributions from contributing partners, or from their constituent or affiliated entities, are at least equal to this amount. In the event that the condition under point (b) is not met, the amount under point (a) shall be increased by up to EUR 400 000 000, provided that the total amount by which it is increased shall be at least matched by the contribution of members other than the Union, or their constituent or affiliated entities, as set out in Article 103(1).
Article 103 Contributions from members other than the Union
1. The members of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking other than the Union shall make or arrange for their constituent or affiliated entities to make a total contribution of at least EUR 439 878 000 over the period set out in Article 3. 2. The contributions referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall consist of contributions to the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking as laid down in Article 11(1). By derogation from Article 11(1), those contributions may consist of financial contributions.
Article 104 Scope of additional activities
1. Additional activities of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking shall be developed and implemented in an aligned, integrated and coherent manner by the EDCTP Association and its constituent or affiliated entities and shall follow the Global Health EDCTP3 Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda. 2. For the purpose of Article 11(1), point (b), additional activities may include activities directly linked to the activities of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking and contributing to its objectives, including the following: (a) activities of constituent or affiliated entities of the EDCTP Association aligned with similar activities from other constituent or affiliated entities of the EDCTP Association and independently managed in accordance with national funding rules; (b) activities implemented by sub-Saharan African governmental research organisations; (c) activities which promote networking and partnerships building relationships with multiple private and public-sector organisations; (d) support for the development of research infrastructures such as clinical trial networks or cohorts related to the scope of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking, and support for strengthening health systems’ preparedness for carrying out research activities within the scope of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking.
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL Reasons for and objectives of the proposal This explanatory memorandum accompanies the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe. This proposal complements the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem ( ‘ Chips Act ’ ) 1 by implementing most of the actions foreseen under the Chips for Europe Initiative , set up under the Chips Act proposal . The Chips Act proposal delivers on the political commitment by President von der Leyen, who announced in her 2021 State of the Union speech that t he aim is to jointly create a state-of-the-art European chip ecosystem, including production 2 . The Chips Act proposal’s underlying strategic vision for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem is explained in its accompanying Communication. 3 To fulfil this vision, t he European Chips Strategy is articulated around five strategic objectives : · Europe should strengthen its research and technology leadership ; · Europe should build and reinforce its own capacity to innovate in the design, manufacturing , and packaging of advanced chips, and turn them into commercial products ; · Europe should put in place an adequate framework to increase substantially its production capacity by 2030 ; · Europ e should address the acute skills shortage, attract new talent , and support the emergence of a skilled workforce ; · Europe should develop an in-depth understanding of global semiconductor supply chains. The Chips Act proposal aims at reaching the strategic objective of increasing the resilience of Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and increasing its global market share. It also aims at facilitating early adoption of new chips by European industry and increase its competitiveness. For this, it needs to attract investment in innovative production facilities, have a skilled workforce, but also be in the position to design and produce the most advanced chips that will define the markets of tomorrow, developing capabilities and having the possibility to test and prototype innovative designs through pilot lines in close collaboration with its industrial vertical sectors. These are necessary steps, but not sufficient unless Europe has the analytical capability of increasing the transparency of the value chain and is capable to benefit from increased capacity to serve the common interest of the single market in case of crisis. The objective is not to become self-sufficient, which is not an achievable target. The Union must strengthen its strengths and work with third countries in a supply chain where interdependencies will remain strong. In terms of delivering on these objectives, one of the goals of the proposed Chips Act is to set up the Chips for Europe Initiative (the ‘Initiative’), to support large-scale capacity building throughout investment into cross-border and openly accessible research, development and innovation infrastructure set up in the Union to enable the development of cutting-edge and next-generation semiconductor technologies that will reinforce the EU’s advanced design, systems integration, and chips production capabilities, including emphasis on start-ups and scale-ups. In particular, the Initiative will build a virtual design platform to reinforce Europe’s design capacity, which will be accessible on open, non-discriminatory, and transparent terms . The p latform will stimulate a wide cooperation of user communities with design houses, intellectual property ( IP ) and tool suppliers, designers , and research and technology organisations ( RTOs ) , and will int egrate existing and new design facilities with extended libraries and EDA 4 tools. The Initiative will support pilot lines that provide the means for third parties under open, transparent, and non-discriminatory terms to test, validate, and further develop their product designs. The development of new pilot lines will prepare for the next generation of production capabilities and their validation. Furthermore, the Initiative will set up advanced technology and engineering capacities for quantum chips, e.g. in the form of design libraries for quantum chips, pilot lines, and testing and experimentation facilities. The Initiative will support a network of competence centres across Europe that will provide expertise to stakeholders, including end-user small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups as well as vertical sectors, and improve their skills. Competence centres will facilitate open, transparent, and non-discriminatory access to and effective use of the design infrastructure and the pilot lines. They will become poles of attraction for innovation and for new, highly skilled talent, including via reskilling and upskilling of workers. The actions under the Initiative will be primarily implemented through the Chips Joint Undertaking , i.e. the amended and renamed current Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking 5 . This Joint Undertaking currently provides extensive support for industrially driven research, technology development, and innovation in the area of electronic components and systems, and related software and systems tech nologies. These activities will become part of the Initiative . This proposal aims to amend the legal provisions of the Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe for equipping the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking for its new tasks related to the Initiative. This proposal also renames the Key Digital Technologies as the “Chips Joint Undertaking”. 
Revised version (Article 104 Scope of additional activities):
1. Additional activities of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking shall be developed and implemented in an aligned, integrated and coherent manner by the EDCTP Association and its constituent or affiliated entities and shall follow the Global Health EDCTP3 Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda.
Article 105 Bodies of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking
The bodies of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking shall be: (a) the Governing Board; (b) the Executive Director; (c) the Scientific Committee; (d) the stakeholders group.
Article 106 Composition of the Governing Board
The Governing Board shall be composed of the following: (a) six representatives of the Commission on behalf of the Union; (b) six representatives of the EDCTP Association.
Article 107 Functioning of the Governing Board
The EDCTP Association shall hold 50 % of the voting rights.
Article 108 The Scientific Committee
1. Pursuant to Article 21(1), point (a), the Scientific Committee shall be the scientific advisory body of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking. 2. In addition to Article 21(2), the Scientific Committee shall ensure the inclusion of scientific expertise from African countries. 3. In addition to the tasks listed in Article 21, the Scientific Committee shall perform the following tasks: (a) assist in the design of the strategic and scientific planning of the activities of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking; (b) advise on strategies to foster synergies and partnerships with all stakeholders; (c) contribute to the preparation of strategic and scientific documents relevant to the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking, as required; (d) provide strategic and scientific advice to the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking and ensure the successful completion of on-going projects; (e) identify strategic needs and priorities for accelerating the development of new or improved clinical interventions, including the required training, networking and capacity building to be undertaken to achieve those objectives; (f) review the landscape of poverty-related and neglected diseases to identify the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking’s role in partnership with other stakeholders to accelerate the development or improvement of interventions against those diseases; (g) assess the state of global product development pathways and the critical path opportunities for future product development; (h) provide advice on the review of any calls for proposals and other programmes; (i) provide support and input on the monitoring and evaluation framework of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking, as well as in the monitoring of scientific outcomes and strategic impacts of the grants funded by the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking; (j) advise, assist and participate in Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking working groups, stakeholder meetings, EDCTP Forum and other relevant events. 4. The chairperson shall prepare an annual report on the previous year’s activities and achievements of the Scientific Committee and submit it for approval by the Governing Board.
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL Reasons for and objectives of the proposal This explanatory memorandum accompanies the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe. This proposal complements the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem ( ‘ Chips Act ’ ) 1 by implementing most of the actions foreseen under the Chips for Europe Initiative , set up under the Chips Act proposal . The Chips Act proposal delivers on the political commitment by President von der Leyen, who announced in her 2021 State of the Union speech that t he aim is to jointly create a state-of-the-art European chip ecosystem, including production 2 . The Chips Act proposal’s underlying strategic vision for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem is explained in its accompanying Communication. 3 To fulfil this vision, t he European Chips Strategy is articulated around five strategic objectives : · Europe should strengthen its research and technology leadership ; · Europe should build and reinforce its own capacity to innovate in the design, manufacturing , and packaging of advanced chips, and turn them into commercial products ; · Europe should put in place an adequate framework to increase substantially its production capacity by 2030 ; · Europ e should address the acute skills shortage, attract new talent , and support the emergence of a skilled workforce ; · Europe should develop an in-depth understanding of global semiconductor supply chains. The Chips Act proposal aims at reaching the strategic objective of increasing the resilience of Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and increasing its global market share. It also aims at facilitating early adoption of new chips by European industry and increase its competitiveness. For this, it needs to attract investment in innovative production facilities, have a skilled workforce, but also be in the position to design and produce the most advanced chips that will define the markets of tomorrow, developing capabilities and having the possibility to test and prototype innovative designs through pilot lines in close collaboration with its industrial vertical sectors. These are necessary steps, but not sufficient unless Europe has the analytical capability of increasing the transparency of the value chain and is capable to benefit from increased capacity to serve the common interest of the single market in case of crisis. The objective is not to become self-sufficient, which is not an achievable target. The Union must strengthen its strengths and work with third countries in a supply chain where interdependencies will remain strong. In terms of delivering on these objectives, one of the goals of the proposed Chips Act is to set up the Chips for Europe Initiative (the ‘Initiative’), to support large-scale capacity building throughout investment into cross-border and openly accessible research, development and innovation infrastructure set up in the Union to enable the development of cutting-edge and next-generation semiconductor technologies that will reinforce the EU’s advanced design, systems integration, and chips production capabilities, including emphasis on start-ups and scale-ups. In particular, the Initiative will build a virtual design platform to reinforce Europe’s design capacity, which will be accessible on open, non-discriminatory, and transparent terms . The p latform will stimulate a wide cooperation of user communities with design houses, intellectual property ( IP ) and tool suppliers, designers , and research and technology organisations ( RTOs ) , and will int egrate existing and new design facilities with extended libraries and EDA 4 tools. The Initiative will support pilot lines that provide the means for third parties under open, transparent, and non-discriminatory terms to test, validate, and further develop their product designs. The development of new pilot lines will prepare for the next generation of production capabilities and their validation. Furthermore, the Initiative will set up advanced technology and engineering capacities for quantum chips, e.g. in the form of design libraries for quantum chips, pilot lines, and testing and experimentation facilities. The Initiative will support a network of competence centres across Europe that will provide expertise to stakeholders, including end-user small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups as well as vertical sectors, and improve their skills. Competence centres will facilitate open, transparent, and non-discriminatory access to and effective use of the design infrastructure and the pilot lines. They will become poles of attraction for innovation and for new, highly skilled talent, including via reskilling and upskilling of workers. The actions under the Initiative will be primarily implemented through the Chips Joint Undertaking , i.e. the amended and renamed current Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking 5 . This Joint Undertaking currently provides extensive support for industrially driven research, technology development, and innovation in the area of electronic components and systems, and related software and systems tech nologies. These activities will become part of the Initiative . This proposal aims to amend the legal provisions of the Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe for equipping the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking for its new tasks related to the Initiative. This proposal also renames the Key Digital Technologies as the “Chips Joint Undertaking”. 
Revised version (Article 108 The Scientific Committee):
1. Pursuant to Article 21(1), point (a), the Scientific Committee shall be the scientific advisory body of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking. 2. In addition to Article 21(2), the Scientific Committee shall ensure the inclusion of scientific expertise from African countries. 4. The chairperson shall prepare an annual report on the previous year’s activities and achievements of the Scientific Committee and submit it for approval by the Governing Board.