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the co-chairs.
2. Each Party may decide on the publication of the decisions of the Joint Committee in 
its respective official journal or online, after prior consultation with the other Party.
3. If the Union or Korea submits to the Joint Committee information that is confidential 
or protected from disclosure under its relevant laws and regulations, the other Party 
shall treat the information received as confidential.
4. Each Party shall handle requests for access to the Joint Committee documents in 
accordance with its relevant laws and regulations.
5. If the European Commission submits to the Joint Committee information that is 
confidential or protected from disclosure under its relevant information security 
legislation, Korea shall ensure for the information received a comparable level of 
confidentiality and protection. If Korea submits to the Joint Committee information that is 
confidential or protected from disclosure under its relevant laws and regulations, the 
European Commission shall treat the information received as confidential.
Rule 10
Minutes
1. Minutes shall be taken of all meetings of the Joint Committee.
2. Draft minutes of each meeting shall be drawn up by an official acting as the member 
of the Secretariat of the Party hosting the meeting, within 15 days from the end of the 
meeting, unless otherwise decided by the co-chairs. The draft minutes shall be 
transmitted for comments to the member of the Secretariat of the other Party. The latter 
may submit comments within 30 days from the date of receipt of the draft minutes.
3. The minutes shall summarise each item on the agenda, specifying where applicable:
   (a) the documents submitted to the Joint Committee;
   (b)any statement that either Party requested to be entered in the minutes; and
   (c) the decisions adopted, statements decided upon and operational conclusions adopted 
on specific items.
The minutes shall include an attendance list with names, titles and capacity of all 
participants in the meeting.
4. The minutes shall be approved and signed by the co-chairs within two months 
following the meeting or by any other date jointly decided by the co-chairs. The 
co-chairs may agree that signing and exchanging electronic copies satisfies the 
requirement for signature. The authentic version of the minutes shall be preserved in the 
files of each Party.
5. Within two working days following the Joint Committee meeting, the Secretariat shall 
also prepare a summary of the minutes for approval by the co-chairs as soon as 
practicable. Once the co-chairs of the Joint Committee have approved the text of the 
summary, the Parties may make public the summary of the minutes.
Rule 11
Decisions
1. Where so provided under Article 14 of this Agreement, the Joint Committee shall take 
decisions by consensus. The Secretariat shall record any decision under a serial number 
and with a reference to the date of its adoption.
2. The Joint Committee may take decisions by written procedure through an exchange of 
notes between the co-chairs if the Parties so agree. The text of a draft decision shall 
be presented in writing by one co-chair to the other co-chair in the official language of 
the Joint Committee, in accordance with Rule 14. The other Party shall have one month, 
or any longer period of time specified by the proposing Party, to express its agreement 
to the draft decision. If the other Party does not express its agreement, the proposed 
decision shall be discussed and may be adopted at the next meeting of the Joint 
Committee. The draft decision shall be deemed to be adopted once the other Party 
expresses its agreement and shall be recorded in the minutes of the next meeting of the 
Joint Committee.
3. Each decision shall be signed by the co-chairs of the Joint Committee. The co-chairs 
may agree that signing and exchanging electronic copies satisfies the requirement for
signature.
4. Decisions adopted by the Joint Committee shall specify the date on which they take 
effect.
Rule 12
Protection of personal data
The publication of documents referred to in Rules 9, 10 and 11 shall be made in 
compliance with both Parties’ applicable data protection rules, including the protection of 
personal data.
Rule 13
Working parties and advisory bodies
                                           
1. In accordance with Article 14(5) of this Agreement, the Joint Committee may decide 
to establish or dissolve a working party or an advisory body at an expert level. The 
Joint Committee shall determine the composition and duties of each working party or 
advisory body and may amend them as needed.
2. The working party or advisory body shall contribute to the work of the Joint 
Committee and assist it in the performance of its tasks, including – if so tasked by the 
Joint Committee – by preparing reports or draft decisions for the approval of the Joint 
Committee.
3. The working party or advisory body shall meet as necessary for the performance of 
its tasks and shall report to the Joint Committee.
4. The establishment and functioning of a working party or an advisory body shall not 
prevent the Parties from bringing any matter directly to the Joint Committee.
5. The Rules of Procedure of the Joint Committee shall apply mutatis mutandis to the 
working parties and advisory bodies established by the Joint Committee.
Rule 14
Languages
1. The official and working language of the Joint Committee shall be English.
2. The deliberations of the Joint Committee shall take place in English. The agenda of 
the meeting, the documents submitted to the Joint Committee and the minutes of the 
meeting shall be drafted in English.
3. The Joint Committee shall adopt its decisions in English.
Rule 15
Expenses
1. Each Party shall meet the expenses it incurs for the participation in the meetings of 
the Joint Committee and the established working parties and advisory bodies.
2. Expenses in relation to the organisation of meetings shall be borne by the Party that 
hosts the meeting.
Rule 16
Amendments to the Rules of Procedure
By way of derogation from Article 17(8) of this Agreement, these Rules of Procedure 
may be amended by mutual agreement of the Parties, in accordance with Rule 11.
PROTOCOL 
on the Association of the Republic of Korea to Horizon Europe – the Framework 
Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027)
Article 1
Scope of the association
Korea shall participate as associated country in and contribute to Pillar II "Global 
Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness" of Horizon Europe - the Framework 
Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027) (hereinafter referred to as 
"Horizon Europe") referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2021/695 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council5), and implemented through the specific programme 
established by Council Decision (EU) 2021/7646), in their most up to date versions.
Article 2
Additional conditions of participation in Horizon Europe
1. Before deciding on whether Korean entities are eligible to participate in an action 
related to Union strategic assets, interests, autonomy or security under Article 22(5) of 
Regulation (EU) 2021/695, the European Commission may request specific information or 
assurances, such as: 
   (a) information as to whether reciprocal access has been or will be granted to Union 
entities to existing and planned programmes, projects, actions and activities or 
parts thereof, of Korea equivalent to the Horizon Europe action concerned; 
   (b)information as to whether Korea has in place a national investment screening 
mechanism and assurances that Korea will report on and consult the European 
Commission on any possible cases where in the application of such a mechanism 
they have become aware of planned foreign investment or the takeover by an 
entity established or controlled from outside Korea of a Korean entity which has 
received Horizon Europe funding in actions related to Union strategic assets, 
interests, autonomy or security, provided that the European Commission supplies 
Korea with a list of the relevant Korean entities following the signature of grant 
agreements with those entities; and
   (c) assurances that none of the results, technologies, services and products developed 
under the concerned actions by the Korean entities shall be subject to restrictions 
on their export to Member States during the action and for four years after the 
5)
Regulation (EU) 2021/695 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing 
Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, laying down its rules for 
participation and dissemination, and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1290/2013 and (EU) No 1291/2013 (OJ 
EU L 170, 12.5.2021, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/695/oj).
6)
Council Decision (EU) 2021/764 of 10 May 2021 establishing the Specific Programme implementing Horizon 
Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, and repealing Decision 2013/743/EU (OJ 
EU L 167I, 12.5.2021, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2021/764/oj).
end of the action; Korea shall share an up-to-date list of subjects of national 
export restrictions on annual basis, during the action and for four years after the 
end of the action. 
2. Korean entities may participate in the activities of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) 
under terms and conditions equivalent to those applicable to Union entities unless 
limitations are necessary to ensure consistency with the scope of participation stemming 
from the implementation of paragraph 1.
3. Korea shall be kept regularly informed of JRC activities relating to Korea’s 
participation in Horizon Europe, in particular of JRC multi-annual work programmes. A 
representative from Korea may be invited as an observer to meetings of the JRC Board 
of Governors in relation to a point that concerns Korea’s participation in Horizon 
Europe.
4. Where the Union implements Horizon Europe through the application of Articles 185 
and 187 of the TFEU, Korea and Korean entities may participate in the legal structures 
created under those provisions, in conformity with the Union legal acts that have been or 
will be adopted for the establishment of those legal structures.  
5. In view of Korea’s participation in Pillar II of Horizon Europe, representatives of 
Korea shall have the right to participate as observers in the committee referred to in 
Article 14 of Decision (EU) 2021/764, without voting rights and for points which concern 
Korea when the committee discusses issues pertaining to the implementation of Pillar II 
of Horizon Europe. Such participation shall be in accordance with Article 5 of this 
Agreement. Travel costs for the representatives of Korea to the meetings of the 
committee shall be reimbursed at the economy class rate. For all other matters, the 
reimbursement of travel cost and subsistence expenses shall be governed by the same 
rules as those applicable to the representatives of Member States. 
6. The Parties shall make every effort, within the framework of the existing provisions, 
to facilitate the free movement and residence of persons participating in the activities 
covered by this Protocol and to facilitate cross-border movement of goods and services 
intended for use in such activities.
Article 3
Reciprocity
1. Entities established in the Union may participate in programmes, projects, actions and 
activities, or parts thereof, of Korea equivalent to those under Pillar II of Horizon 
Europe, in accordance with the Korean laws and regulations. 
2. The non-exhaustive list of the equivalent programmes, projects, actions and activities, 
or in exceptional cases, the parts thereof, of Korea is provided in Annex II to this 
Protocol.
3. Funding of entities established in the Union by Korea shall be subject to the Korean 
laws and regulations governing the operation of research and innovation programmes, 
projects, actions and activities, or parts thereof. Where funding is not provided, entities 
established in the Union may participate with their own means.
Article 4
Intellectual Property Rights
Each Party shall ensure that, under its applicable laws and regulations, the entities of 
either Party, participating in the research and innovation programmes operated by the 
other Party, shall have the equivalent rights and obligations with regard to intellectual 
property as possessed by the entities of the other Party.
Article 5
Open Science
The Parties shall mutually promote and encourage open science practices in their 
programmes, projects, actions and activities, or in exceptional cases, parts thereof, in 
accordance with the rules of Horizon Europe and the Korean laws and regulations. 
Article 6
Detailed rules on financial contribution, adjustment mechanism and automatic correction
mechanism
1. An automatic correction mechanism shall apply in relation to the operational 
contribution of Korea to Horizon Europe. The adjustment mechanism provided for under 
Article 7 of this Agreement shall not apply in relation to the operational contribution of 
Korea to Horizon Europe.
2. The automatic correction mechanism shall be based on the performance of Korea and 
the Korean entities in the parts of Pillar II of Horizon Europe which are implemented 
through competitive grants.
3. Detailed rules for application of the automatic correction mechanism are laid down in 
Annex I to this Protocol.
Article 7
Suspension by mutual consent
1. If the amount calculated by the European Commission upon a request from Korea in 
year N+1, in accordance with the method set out in Article 8 of this Agreement, is 
higher than 50% of the corresponding operational contribution in year N, Korea may 
request that the application of this Protocol be suspended for the financial year following 
the year in which the request is made.
2. If a request for suspension is made by Korea pursuant to paragraph 1, the Union shall 
send a written response within 30 days following receipt of the request. If the Union 
confirms its acceptance of Korea’s request, the suspension of this Protocol shall take 
effect on the first day of January of the year following the receipt of the request for 
suspension. 
3. Without prejudice to Article 22 of Regulation (EU) 2021/695 and the exceptions 
referred to in Article 23(2) of that Regulation, in case this Protocol is suspended 
pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article, Korean entities shall not be eligible to participate 
in award procedures financed from commitment appropriations of the financial year for 
which this Protocol is suspended.
4. For the year during which this Protocol is suspended pursuant to paragraph 2 and for 
which Korea would have paid a participation fee if not suspended, Korea shall not pay 
the operational contribution. However, Korea shall pay an annual participation fee for the 
suspended year corresponding to the participation fee of the year before the suspension 
took effect increased by one percentage point (1.0 ppt). 
5. Korea may request at any time that the suspension pursuant to paragraph 2 cease. 
The Union shall send a written response within 30 days following receipt of that request. 
Upon the Union accepting Korea’s request, the suspension shall cease to have effect on 
the first day of the following year or, retroactively, as of the first day of the ongoing 
year, if jointly decided by the Parties. If the suspension ceases retroactively, the full 
financial contribution for the corresponding year shall be due by Korea. Any annual 
participation fee already paid by Korea for the respective year shall be offset against the 
participation fee calculated in accordance with the method set out in Article 6 of this 
Agreement.
6. Korean entities shall be eligible in award procedures financed from commitment 
appropriations of the relevant financial year as from the date on which the suspension 
ceases to have effect pursuant to paragraph 5, provided that the deadlines for submission 
of applications have not expired.
7. The suspension in paragraph 2 does not affect the legal commitments entered into 
with Korean entities under this Protocol before the suspension took effect. The terms of 
this Protocol shall continue to apply to such legal commitments.
Article 8
Final provisions
1. This Protocol shall remain in force for as long as is necessary for all the projects, 
actions and activities, or in exceptional cases, the parts thereof, financed from Pillar II of 
Horizon Europe, all the actions necessary to protect the financial interests of the Union 
and all the financial obligations stemming from the implementation of this Protocol 
between the Parties to be completed.
2. This Protocol shall form an integral part of this Agreement.
3 The following Annexes shall form an integral part of this Protocol.
   (a) Annex I: Rules governing the financial contribution of Korea to Horizon Europe 
(2021-2027);
   (b)Annex II: List of the equivalent programmes, projects, actions and activities, or 
parts thereof, of Korea.
ANNEX I
Rules governing the financial contribution of Korea to Horizon Europe (2021-2027)
I. Calculation of Korea’s financial contribution
1. The financial contribution of Korea to Pillar II of Horizon Europe shall be established 
on a yearly basis in accordance with Article 6 of this Agreement.
2. The operational contribution to be paid by Korea for the financial years 2025-2027 
shall be as follows:
–
2025 – EUR 6,000,000;
–
2026 – EUR 7,500,000;
–
2027 – EUR 9,000,000. 
3. The participation fee of Korea shall be established and phased in according to Article 
6(4) and (9) of this Agreement.
II. Automatic correction of Korea’s operational contribution
1. For the calculation of the automatic correction as referred to in Article 8 of this 
Agreement and in Article 6 of this Protocol, the following modalities shall apply:
   a) “competitive grants” means grants awarded through calls for proposals launched 
under Pillar II of Horizon Europe where the final beneficiaries can be identified at 
the time of the calculation of the automatic correction; financial support to third 
parties as defined in Article 204 of the Financial Regulation is excluded;
b) where a legal commitment is signed with a consortium, the amounts used to 
establish the initial amounts of the legal commitment shall be the cumulative 
amounts allocated to beneficiaries that are Korean entities in accordance with the 
indicative budget breakdown of the grant agreement;
   c) all amounts of legal commitments corresponding to competitive grants shall be 
established using the European Commission electronic system eCorda and be 
extracted on the second Wednesday of February of year N+2;
   d) “non-intervention costs” means costs of Horizon Europe other than competitive 
grants, including support expenditures, programme-specific administration and 
other actions7);
   e) amounts allocated to international organisations as entities being the final 
beneficiary8) shall be considered as non-intervention costs.
2. The mechanism shall be applied as follows: 
   a) automatic corrections for year N in relation to the execution of commitment 
appropriations for year N, increased in accordance with Article 6(5) of this 
Agreement, shall be applied based on data on year N and year N+1 from eCorda 
referred to in paragraph 1, point c) of this section in year N+2; the amount 
considered will be the amount of competitive grants under Pillar II of Horizon 
Europe for which data is available, at the time of the calculation of the correction;
   b) starting in N+2 and up until 2029, the amount of the automatic correction shall be 
calculated for year N by taking the difference between: 
      i.
the total amount of the competitive grants apportioned to Korea or Korean 
entities under Pillar II of Horizon Europe as commitments made on budget 
appropriations of year N; and
      ii.
the amount of Korea’s operational contribution for year N multiplied by the 
ratio between:
         A.
the amount of competitive grants made on commitment appropriations of 
year N under Pillar II of Horizon Europe, increased in accordance with 
Article 6(5) of this Agreement; and
         B.
the total of all the authorised budgetary commitment appropriations of year 
N under Pillar II of Horizon Europe, including non-intervention costs.
7)
Other actions include, in particular, procurement, prizes, financial instruments, direct actions of the JRC, 
subscriptions (the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the European Research 
Coordination Agency (Eureka), the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation (IPEEC), the 
International Energy Agency (IEA), etc.), and experts (evaluators, monitoring of projects).
8)
International organisations would only be considered as non-intervention costs if they are final beneficiaries. 
This will not apply where an international organisation is a coordinator of a project (distributing funds to 
other coordinators).
III.
Payment of Korea's financial contribution and payment of the automatic correction 
applicable to Korea's operational contribution
1. The European Commission shall communicate to Korea, as soon as possible and at the 
latest when issuing the call for funds of the financial year, the
following information:  
   a) the amount of the operational contribution referred to in paragraph 2 of section I 
of this Annex;
   b) the amount of the participation fee referred to in Article 6(9) of this Agreement; 
   c) from year N+2, for the part of Horizon Europe where such information is 
necessary to calculate the automatic correction, the level of commitments entered 
into in favour of Korean entities under Pillar II of Horizon Europe broken down 
according to the corresponding year of budgetary appropriations and the related 
total level of commitments. 
2. The European Commission shall issue, at the latest in June of each financial year, a 
call for funds to Korea corresponding to its contribution under this Protocol. The call for 
funds shall provide for the payment of the contribution of Korea not later than 45 days 
after the call for funds is issued. If this Agreement is signed after 1 June 2025, for the 
first year of the implementation of this Protocol, the European Commission shall issue a 
single call for funds within 60 days of the signature of this Agreement. 
3. Each year, starting in 2028, the calls for funds shall also reflect the amount of the 
automatic correction applicable to the operational contribution paid for year N-3. For 
each of the financial years 2028, 2029 and 2030, the amount resulting from the 
automatic correction applied to the operational contributions paid in 2025, 2026 and 2027 
by Korea shall be due to or from Korea.
4. Korea shall pay its financial contribution under this Protocol in accordance with this 
section. In the absence of payment by Korea by the due date, the European Commission 
shall send a formal letter of reminder. Any delay in the payment of the financial 
contribution shall give rise to the payment of default interest by Korea on the 
outstanding amount from the due date. The interest rate for amounts receivable not paid 
on the due date shall be the rate applied by the European Central Bank to its principal