27 Amendments of Angelika NIEBLER related to 2018/0224(COD)
Amendment 345 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The programme should support all stages of research and innovation, including basic research within all three pillars and especially collaborative research projects. The Union acknowledges that excellent impact-driven research is an essential asset and important condition to address EU policy objectives and priorities.
Amendment 347 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) A number of research and innovation actions will apply a Fast Track to Research and Innovation logic where time-to-grant shall not exceeding 6 months. This shall allow a faster, bottom- up access to funds for small collaborative consortia covering actions from fundamental, basic and applied research to market application.
Amendment 394 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The Programme should seek synergies with other Union programmes, from their design and strategic planning, to project selection, management, communication, dissemination and exploitation of results, to monitoring, auditing and governance. With a view to avoiding overlaps and duplication and increasing the leverage of Union funding, transfers from other Union programmes, including European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), to Horizon Europe activities can take place. In such cases they funds will follow Horizon Europe rules.
Amendment 410 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The pillar 'Open Innovationve Europe' should establish a series of measures for integrated support to the needs of entrepreneurs and research driven entrepreneurship aiming at realising and accelerating breakthrough innovation for rapid market growth based on ground- breaking basic and applied research. It should attract innovative companies with potential for scaling up at international and at Union level and offer fast, flexible grants and co- investments, including with private investors. These objectives should be pursued through the creation of a European Innovation Council (EIC). This Pillar should also support the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and European innovation ecosystems at large, notably through co-funding partnerships with national and regional innovation support actors. (The change of 'Open Innovation' to 'Innovative Europe' applies throughout the text.)
Amendment 437 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) In order to reduce the time from idea to market, using a bottom-up approach, and to increase the participation of academia, research organisations, SMEs and first-time applicants in Horizon Europe, a fast track approach to research and innovation building on the success of the Fast Track to innovation Instrument in Horizon 2020 will be implemented. It should stimulate research and innovation activities, from fundamental to close to market activities with a time to grant not exceeding 6 months.
Amendment 467 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) In light of the specificities of the defence industry sector, the detailed provisions for Union funding to defence research projects should be fixed in the Regulation … establishing the European Defence Fund16 which defines the rules of participation for defence research. Although synergies between Horizon Europe and the European Defence Fund should be encouraged, actions under Horizon Europe will remain entirely for civilian purposes. Research and innovation activities carried out under the European Defence Fund should have an exclusive focus on defence applications. __________________ 16
Amendment 497 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) It is appropriate to establishnecessary the terms and conditions for providing Union funding to participants in actions under the Programme. Grants should be implemented taking into account all forms of contribution set out in the Financial Regulation, including lump sums, flat rates or unit costs, with the view to further simplification. Before any new costs reimbursement system could be deemed a real simplification for the beneficiaries, it needs to be preceded by an extensive evaluation which is concluded with a positive result.
Amendment 682 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
(b) cluster 'Inclusive and Secure Society';Societies'; (This amendment applies throughout the text.)
Amendment 686 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Amendment 723 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) Science with and for Society
Amendment 743 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Programme shall implement a fast track to research and innovation approach to a number of calls to support faster funding allocation for all types of beneficiaries throughout the value chain, as defined in Annex 1 of the Specific Programme.
Amendment 803 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The missions shall be implecontent of missions and their implementation shall be adopted by the Commissions with the agreement of the European Parliamented in accordance with the procedure defined in Article 5 of the Specific Programme. Their objectives, funding, targets and timelines shall be further specified in the Strategic P&I Plan. Evaluation shall be carried out in accordance with Article 26.
Amendment 818 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) be bold and inspirational, and hence have wide scientific, societal orand economic relevance;
Amendment 829 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) be selected in a transparent manner and be centered on ambitious but realistic research and innovation activities;
Amendment 843 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point f
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point f
(f) be open to multiple, bottom-up solutions. and cover the whole innovation chain;
Amendment 849 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(fa) focus on the scientific and technological advancements to prepare market-uptake and enabling implementation by other EU-instruments.
Amendment 860 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point f b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point f b (new)
(fb) include an element of urgency with respect to the mission objectives;
Amendment 861 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point f c (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point f c (new)
(fc) have the necessary scale, scope and wide mobilization of the resources required.
Amendment 870 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. ‘FET Flagships’ supported under Horizon 2020 will continue to be supported under this Programme. As they present substantial analogies with the missions, other ‘FET Flagships’, if any, could be supported as missions geared towards future and emerging technologies.
Amendment 872 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Missions shall contribute to achieving synergies with other EU, national and regional programmes.
Amendment 900 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Framework Programme for the period 2021 – 2027 shall be EUR 94 1120 000 000 000 in curreonstant prices for the specific programme referred to in Article 1(3)(a) and, in addition, the amount for the specific programme referred to in Article 1(3)(b), as laid down in Regulation…. establishing the European Defence Fund.
Amendment 911 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Framework Programme for the period 2021 – 2027 shall be EUR 94 1120 000 000 000 in current prices for the specific programme referred to in Article 1(3)(a) and, in addition, the amount for the specific programme referred to in Article 1(3)(b), as laid down in Regulation…. establishing the European Defence Fund.
Amendment 945 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
(b) EUR 572 7000 000 000 for Pillar II 'Global European Challenges and Industrial Competitiveness' for the period 2021-2027, of which (The change of "Global European Challenges and Industrial Competitiveness" to "Global European Challenges and Industrial Competitiveness" shall apply throughout the text.)
Amendment 977 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 3
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 3
(3) EUR 15 08 100 000 000 for cluster 'Digital and Industry';
Amendment 1013 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c – introductory part
(c) EUR 13 5800 000 000 for Pillar III 'Open Innovation' for the period 2021- 2027, of which
Amendment 1119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Horizon Europe shall be implemented in synergy with other Union funding programmes while seeking maximal administrative simplification. A non- exhaustive list of synergies with other funding programmes is included in Annex IV. The Horizon Europe rules for participation shall apply for any RDI co- funded action.
Amendment 1626 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 4 – paragraph 1
Annex I – point 4 – paragraph 1
Through the following activities, this part will, in line with Article 4, address new societal challenges and optimise the Programme's delivery for increased impact within a strengthened European Research Area. It will also support the Programme's other specific objectives as described in Article 3. While underpinning the entire Programme, this part will support activities that contribute to a more knowledge-based andbuild effective and sustained cooperation between science and society, combat fake news, recruit new talent for science and innovation, promote gender equality and pair scientific excellence with excellence in science engagement and with social awareness and responsibility. It will contribute to an increased scientific, technical and media literate society, to an innovative and gender- equal Europe, at the front edge of global competition, thereby optimising national strengths and potential across Europe in a well- performing European Research Area (ERA), where knowledge and a highly skilled workforce circulate freely, where the processes and the outcomes of R&I are understood and trusted by informed citizens and benefit society as a wholeshared with society for its benefit, and where EU policy, notably R&I policy, is based on high quality scientific evidence. Areas of intervention: Sharing Excellence; Reforming and enhancing the European R&I system, Science with and for Society.