ANNEX I
Description of the parts of the programme and the tasks delegated to the Agency in the framework of Horizon Europe Specific Programme
A. Parts of the programme which are delegated
The Agency is entrusted with the implementation of the following parts of the Horizon Europe Specific Programme:
The component: the European Innovation Council (EIC) and European Innovation Ecosystems of the Pillar III “Innovative Europe”.
The Agency shall not manage actions as directly aimed at:
(a)Actions supporting the development and implementation of evidence base for future R&I policies;
(b)Actions requiring a direct interaction between the Commission and the beneficiaries and/or a direct control by the Commission of the activities to be implemented;
(c)Actions whose implementation could involve political choices.
The actions which are not delegated will be notified by the Commission to the Agency in the context of the implementation of Horizon Europe.
B. Tasks which are delegated
On the basis of the powers delegated by the Commission and within the framework of the relevant work programme adopted by the Commission, the Agency shall perform the following programme and project implementation tasks:
(a)manage some or all of the phases of programme implementation and stages in the lifetime of projects in the frame of the Horizon Europe Specific Programme. In this connection, it shall be responsible for monitoring the projects (with notably a specific role for EIC Programme Managers), making the necessary checks and recovery procedures and for performing budget implementation tasks covering revenue and expenditure within the meaning of the Financial Regulation, and in particular:
award grants and manage the ensuing agreement, including the operations required to launch and conclude grant award procedures and in particular:
–prepare the evaluation of the proposals, including the selection of the expert evaluators and observers in agreement with the responsible parent directorate-general if specified in the Memorandum of Understanding;
–perform eligibility checks of the proposals;
–perform the evaluation of proposals;
–perform the security pre-assessment on the basis of the relevant guidelines, support (if requested) the security scrutiny procedure and ensure the follow-up actions from any security recommendations;
–conduct, with the help of external experts and on the basis of the relevant guidelines, the ethics appraisal process (screening, assessments, checks and reviews) except (a) the ethics checks of the serious/complex cases and (b) the ethics checks of activities involving the use of human embryonic stem cells . The responsible research ethics service in DG RTD may request to participate in the ethics assessments and ethics checks (of projects not included in (a) and (b) above;
–invite, contract and pay the experts and provide general logistical support for the ethics appraisal process as specified in the guidelines;
–process the operations required to launch and conclude grant award procedures;
–prepare grant agreements on the basis of the standard models drawn up by the Commission, in accordance with the established mandate ensuring tracking and report of major deviations;
–prepare and adopt rejection decisions;
–prepare and adopt award decisions for which the relevant legal bases do not require the control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011;
–inform applicants of the outcome of the evaluation procedure, including for applications for which the relevant legal bases require the control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011;
–sign grant agreements in accordance with the conditions laid down in this Decision;
–ensure that there is a procedure in place for participants to make enquiries or complaints about their involvement in the programmes and that information on how to register concerns, questions or complaints is made available to all participants and published on-line;
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manage any request for an evaluation review procedure;
–monitor the implementation of the grant agreements by the beneficiaries, including acceptance of reports and other deliverables;
–ensure appropriate information to the Commission on relevant projects' achievements and outcomes;
–organise the monitoring of projects, including the selection, contracting and payment of the experts assisting in such monitoring in line with the guidelines of the Commission;
–manage payments and recovery procedures but excluding enforceable decisions on recovery;
–support the implementation of missions, taking into account the mission’s project portfolio approach including actions funded by various Horizon Europe Cluster budgets and actions funded by other centrally managed programmes under the Multiannual Financial Framework;
–manage execution of the different financial operations in relation to the Mutual Insurance Mechanism (MIM);
–cooperate with the Commission which will carry out ex-post controls and take any corrective actions following up the audit findings;
–ensure appropriate implementation of activities for dissemination and exploitation of results in accordance with the strategy for dissemination and exploitation of research results in agreement with the parent Directorates-General;
–based on an agreed collaborative framework, be an active partner in the feedback to policy activities of the Parent Directorate(s)-General (and other policy related Directorates General) by providing policy relevant input generated through the programme inplementation for their policymaking activities, more specific providing policy relevant input for:
–Programmatic purposes: drafting of work programmes, defining topic calls and call specifications;
–Development of new strategic agenda’s, policy objectives in different EC policy areas;
–Monitoring and Evaluation of the programme such as impact assessments, ex-ante, midterm and ex-post evaluations and foresight exercises;
–Communication and knowledge sharing activities (flash notes, success stories, policy briefings, etc.);
–Drafting or revision of legislation and regulatory frameworks and the implementation arrangements thereof, drafting of new directives.
–ensure the application of early detection, exclusion and financial penalties within the meaning of Articles 135-144 of the Financial Regulation in agreement with the parent Directorates-General.
The programme implementation tasks described above which require cooperation with the authorities of international partner countries will be done in close coordination with the Commission.
(b)perform all the operations required to launch contests and award prizes in accordance with the Financial Regulation;
(c)conclude public procurement procedures and manage the ensuing contracts, including the operations required to launch and conclude public procurement procedures, in particular:
–ensure ex ante and ex post advertising;
–prepare the set of invitation to tender documents, such as specifications and model contracts, prepared on the basis of the models drawn up by the Commission;
–evaluate the requests to participate and the tenders;
–prepare and adopt award decisions and sign contracts in accordance with the conditions of this Decision;
–prepare and adopt rejection decisions;
–monitor the performance of the contracting parties, including acceptance of reports and other deliverables;
–manage payments and recovery procedures with the exception of enforced recovery of debts on the Union budget;
–ensure the application of early detection, exclusion and financial penalties within the meaning of Articles 135-144 of the Financial Regulation in agreement with the parent Directorates-General.
(d)provide support in programme implementation, in particular:
–contribute to preparatory work on the work programmes and financing decisions;
–prepare the publication of the calls for proposals defined in the work programmes;
–prepare information documents for potential beneficiaries in line with any relevant models transmitted by the Commission;
–support the Commission in managing the relevant network of National Contact Points;
–establish an information and communication strategy agreed with the parent-Directorates-General and in line with that of the Commission;
–plan and implement communication and information activities, including meetings, seminars or talks and trainings, agreed with the parent Directorates-General;
–collect, process and distribute data, and in particular compile, analyse and transmit to the Commission all information required to guide implementation of the programme through regular reporting, promote coordination with other Union programmes, the Member States or international organisations;
–prepare recommendations for the Commission on the implementation of the programme and on possible developments;
–contribute to the monitoring and the evaluation of the implementation of the programme and of the ensuing follow up actions;
–contribute to the evaluation of the programme's impact and to the monitoring of actual effects of its activities on the market;
–produce overall control of the Agency’s operation and supervision data.
The above-mentioned support in programme implementation tasks incorporate administrative (i.e. non-budgetary) follow-up, monitoring and reporting tasks related to the Research, Innovation & Digitalisation Window (RIDW), the SME Window (SMEW) and the coordination of research and innovation aspects with any other InvestEU windows.
(e)implement publication of calls for expression of interest, selection and appointment of EIC Programme Managers under the meaning of Section 1.2.2 of EIC in the Horizon Europe Specific programme;
(f)contribute to the Commission representation in:
–the EIC Board, in accordance with Article 10 of Horizon Europe Specific Programme;
–the EIC Fund governing bodies in accordance with the Commission Decision C(2019)8560;
–the EIC Forum under the meaning of Annex I, Pillar III, Section 2.2 of Horizon Europe Specific Programme;
–the coordination of any Horizon Europe blending operation under the meaning of Article 41 of the regulation establishing the Horizon Europe framework programme, and ensuring effective implementation of them;
–the governance of InvestEU Regulation, notably for the chairmanship and vice-chairmanship of the Research, Innovation & Digitalisation Window (RIDW), the vice-chairmanship of the SME Window (SMEW) and the coordination of research, innovation and digitalisation aspects with any other InvestEU windows;
–the Horizon Europe Programme Committee configuration dedicated to the EIC and the EU Innovation Ecosystems, as well as the Group of Directors in charge of the governance of Pillar III of Horizon Europe, in line with the Commission Decision on the coordinated implementation of Horizon Europe and on the operating rules for the Common Policy Centre and the Common Implementation Centre for Horizon Europe, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027).
(g)contribute to establish synergies and efficiencies among executive agencies.
ANNEX II
Description of the parts of the programme and tasks delegated to the Agency in the framework of the Programme for single market, competitiveness of enterprises, including small and medium-sized enterprises, and European statistics and repealing Regulations (EU) No 99/2013, (EU) No 1287/2013, (EU) No 254/2014, (EU) No 258/2014, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) 2017/826 (“the Single Market Programme”)
A. Parts of the programme which are delegated in the framework of the Single Market Programme (SMP)
(1)Market surveillance activities and other internal market work. This includes the financing of activities referred to in Chapter V of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008, Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) 2019/515 and Chapter IX of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, including coordination of Administrative Cooperation groups (ADCO groups), meetings of groups of notified bodies, and administrative and technical secretariats;
(2)COSME pillar: continuation/reinforcement of the existing delegation;
(3)European standardisation activities including operating and action grants to support standardisation activities and to support organisations representing SMEs and societal stakeholders in standardisation activities;
(4)Implementation of parts of the Consumer objective of the SMP, in particular by support (including operating and action grants) to national and EU level bodies active in the area of consumer policy (including consumer rights and product safety), such as competent enforcement authorities and organisations representing the interests of consumers, alternative dispute resolution entities, national authorities and ministries, as well as by e.g. the procurement of relevant studies to inform consumer policy at EU and national level, by supporting cooperation actions such as joint market surveillance activities, by organisation of events, awareness raising and training activities on consumer legislation for consumers and businesses and for their representative organisations, by acquisition of data to inform consumer policy making (including via surveys, development and maintenance of IT systems and web tools), and by communication, dissemination and publication (including through online activities) of relevant information for consumer policy, its stakeholders and the public at large.
B. Tasks which are delegated
On the basis of the powers delegated by the Commission and within the framework of the relevant annual work programme adopted by the Commission, the Agency shall perform the following programme implementation tasks:
(a)manage some or all of the phases of programme implementation and stages in the lifetime of projects in the frame of the programme mentioned in Part A above. In this connection, it shall be responsible for monitoring the projects, making the necessary checks and recovery procedures, and for performing budget implementation tasks covering revenue and expenditure within the meaning of the Financial Regulation, and in particular:
–award grants and manage the ensuing agreements, including the operations required to launch and conclude grant award procedures and in particular:
–prepare the publication of the calls for proposals defined in the various work programmes prepared by the parent DGs and adopted by the Commission;
–prepare for the evaluation of the proposals, including the selection of the expert evaluators and observers;
–receive proposals and perform admissibility and eligibility checks;
–perform the evaluation of the proposals;
–prepare and adopt award decisions for which the relevant legal bases do not require the control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011;
–prepare and adopt rejection decisions;
–prepare grant agreements on the basis of the standard models drawn up by the Commission;
–inform applicants of the outcome of the evaluation procedure;
–sign grant agreements in accordance with the conditions laid down in this Decision;
–ensure appropriate procedures in place for participants to make enquiries or complaints about their involvement in the programmes and that information on how to register concerns, questions or complaints is made available to all participants and published on-line;
–monitor the implementation of the grant agreements by the beneficiaries, making the necessary checks, including acceptance of reports and other deliverables;
–manage payments and recovery procedures but excluding enforceable decisions on recovery;
–ensure appropriate information to the Commission on relevant projects' achievements and outcomes;
–cooperate with the Commission in the performance of its ex-post audits, carry-out audits and take any corrective actions following up the audit findings;
–perform routine ex post publicity and dissemination of results in accordance with the strategy for dissemination;
–ensure the application of early detection, exclusion and financial penalties within the meaning of Articles 135-144 of the Financial Regulation.
(b)perform all the operations required to launch contests and award prizes in accordance with the Financial Regulation;
(c)conclude public procurement procedures and manage the ensuing contracts, including the operations required to launch and conclude public procurement procedures, in particular:
–ensure ex ante and ex post advertising;
–prepare the set of invitation to tender documents such as specifications and model contracts prepared on the basis of the models drawn up by the Commission;
–evaluate the requests to participate and the tenders;
–prepare and adopt award decisions and sign contracts in accordance with the conditions of this Decision;
–prepare and adopt rejection decisions;
–monitor the performance of the contracting parties including acceptance of reports and other deliverables;
–manage payments and recovery procedures with the exception of enforced recovery of debts on the Union budget;
–ensure the application of early detection, exclusion and financial penalties within the meaning of Articles 135-144 of the Financial Regulation.
(d)provide support in programme implementation, in particular:
–collect, process and distribute data, and in particular compile, analyse and transmit to the Commission all information required to guide implementation of the programme, promote coordination with other Union programmes, the Member States or international organisations;
–support the Commission in managing the relevant network of National Contact Points;
–give feedback for policy making including data and trend analysis on applications, evaluations and projects supported as well as identification of project results with potential implications for EU policies;
–contribute to evaluation of the impact of the programme and to monitoring of the actual effect of its activities on the market;
–manage and direct a network, in particular concerning the target public (beneficiaries, recipients, projects and actors);
–organise meetings, seminars or talks; organise trainings in agreement with the Commission;
–carry out studies and evaluations, contribute to the monitoring and the evaluation of the implementation of the programme and of the ensuing follow-up actions;
–prepare recommendations for the Commission on implementation of the programme and on possible developments for its future development;
–establish an information and communication strategy aligned with that of the Commission;
–plan and implement communication and information activities, including meetings, seminars and trainings, in agreement with the parent Directorates-General;
–produce overall control of the Agency’s operation and supervision data;
–contribute, at the request of the Commission, to preparatory work on work programmes and financing decisions;
–prepare information documents for potential beneficiaries in line with any relevant models transmitted by the Commission and among others;
–contribute to the cooperation with decentralised agencies on request and in collaboration with the parent Directorates-General;
–implement the ex-post controls for parts of the SMP:
–design the annual audit programme;
–carry out ex post audits.
ANNEX III
Description of the parts of the programme and tasks delegated to the Agency in the framework of European Regional Development Fund
A. Parts of the programme which are delegated
The Agency is entrusted with the implementation of the following parts of the ERDF: Interregional Innovation Investments:
(1)Interregional innovation actions for mature partnerships (Strand 1);
(2)Simplified interregional innovation actions for less developed regions (Strand 2a);
(3)Capacity building and support for value chain development in less developed regions (Strand 2b);
(4)Technical assistance, learning activities, evaluation and capitalisation under Strands 1 and 2 of the programme, including provided through intermediaries (Strand 3);
(5)Network management and support to Smart Specialisation (S3) Partnerships (Strand 4).
B. Tasks which are delegated
On the basis of the powers delegated by the Commission and within the framework of the relevant biannual work programme adopted by the Commission, the Agency shall perform the following programme implementation tasks:
(a)manage some or all of the phases of programme implementation and stages in the lifetime of projects in the frame of Interregional Innovation Investments. In this connection, it shall be responsible for monitoring the projects, making the necessary checks and recovery procedures, and for performing budget implementation tasks covering revenue and expenditure within the meaning of the Financial Regulation, and in particular:
–award grants and manage the ensuing agreements, including the operations required to launch and conclude grant award procedures and in particular:
–prepare the publication of the calls for proposals defined in the work programme prepared by the parent DGs and adopted by the Commission;
–prepare for the evaluation of the proposals, including the selection, contracting and payment of the expert evaluators and observers;
–receive proposals and perform admisibility and eligibility checks;
–perform the evaluation of the proposals;
–prepare and adopt rejection decisions;
–prepare and adopt award decisions for which the relevant legal bases do not require the control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011;
–prepare grant agreements on the basis of the standard models drawn up by the Commission;
–inform applicants of the outcome of the evaluation procedure including for applications for which the relevant legal bases require the control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011;
–sign grant agreements in accordance with the conditions laid down in this Decision;
–ensure appropriate procedures in place for participants to make enquiries or complaints about their involvement in the programmes and that information on how to register concerns, questions or complaints is made available to all participants and published on-line;
–monitor the implementation of the grant agreements by the beneficiaries, making the necessary checks, including acceptance of reports and other deliverables;
–manage payments and recovery procedures but excluding enforceable decisions on recovery;
–cooperate with the Commission in the performance of its ex-post audits, follow up and implement the audit findings for the delegated parts of the programme;
–perform routine ex post publicity and dissemination of results;
–ensure the application of early detection, exclusion and financial penalties within the meaning of Articles 135-144 of the Financial Regulation;
–organise the monitoring of projects, including the selection, contracting and payment of the experts assisting in such monitoring in line with the guidelines of the Commission;
–ensure appropriate information to the Commission on relevant projects' achievements and outcomes.
(b)perform all the operations required to launch contests and award prizes in accordance with the Financial Regulation;
(c)conclude public procurement procedures and manage the ensuing contracts, including the operations required to launch and conclude public procurement procedures, in particular:
–ensure ex ante and ex post advertising;
–prepare the set of invitation to tender documents such as specifications and model contracts prepared on the basis of the models drawn up by the Commission;
–evaluate the requests to participate and the tenders;
–prepare and adopt award decisions and sign contracts in accordance with the conditions of this Decision;
–prepare and adopt rejection decisions;
–monitor the performance of the contracting parties including acceptance of reports and other deliverables;
–manage payments and recovery procedures with the exception of enforced recovery of debts of the Union Budget;
–ensure the application of early detection, exclusion and financial penalties within the meaning of Articles 135-144 of the Financial Regulation.
(d)provide support in programme implementation, in particular:
–collect, process and distribute data, and in particular compile, analyse and transmit to the Commission all information required to guide implementation of the programme, promote coordination with other Union programmes, the Member States or international organisations;
–feedback to policy including data and trend analysis on applications, evaluations and projects supported as well as identification of project results with potential implications for EU policies;
–contribute to evaluation of the impact of the programme and to monitoring of the actual effect of its activities on the market;
–manage and direct a network, in particular concerning the target public (beneficiaries, recipients, projects, actors) in the framework of Strand 4;
–organise meetings, seminars or talks; organise trainings in agreement with the Commission in the framework of Strands 2b, 3 and 4;
–carry out studies and evaluations, contribute to the monitoring and the evaluation of the implementation of the programme and of the ensuing follow-up actions;
–prepare recommendations for the Commission on implementation of the programme and its future development;
–establish an information and communication strategy aligned with that of the Commission;
–plan and implement communication and information activities, including meetings, seminars or talks and trainings, agreed with the parent Directorates-General;
–produce overall control of the Agency’s operation and supervision data;
–contribute, at the request of the Commission, to preparatory work on work programmes and financing decisions;
–prepare information documents for potential beneficiaries, such as call guidelines, in line with any relevant models transmitted by the Commission;
–implement the ex-post controls for the whole Interregional Innovation Investments programme:
–design the annual audit programme;
–carry out ex post audits.
ANNEX IV
Description of the parts of the programme and the tasks delegated to the Agency in the framework of the legacy of Horizon 2020 Specific Programme
A. Parts of the programme which are delegated
The Agency is entrusted with the implementation of the following parts of the legacy of the Horizon 2020 Specific Programme (with the exception of actions implemented by the Commission):
(a)Part I: Future and emerging technologies: FET-Open and FET-Pro-Active (including when labelled as EIC pilot);
(b)Part II: Access to Risk Finance (including EIC inducement Prizes) and Innovation in SMEs;
(c)Horizon 2020 Part II and III: Fast Track to Innovation (FTI);
(d)Horizon 2020 Part II and III: SME instrument (including when labelled as EIC pilot);
(e)Other EIC related prizes, such as iCapital (H2020 SC 6 WP) and Women Innovators’ Prize (H2020 SWAFs WP);
(f)Any other activities covered since 2018 under the EIC pilot part of Horizon 2020 WP on Innovation in SMEs.
B. Tasks which are delegated
On the basis of the powers delegated by the Commission and within the framework of the relevant work programme adopted by the Commission, the Agency shall perform the following programme and project implementation tasks:
(a)manage some or all of the stages in the lifetime of projects in the frame of the Horizon 2020 Specific Programme. In this connection, it shall be responsible for monitoring the projects, making the necessary checks and recovery procedures, and for performing budget implementation tasks covering revenue and expenditure within the meaning of the Financial Regulation, and in particular:
–prepare the evaluation of the proposals, including the selection of the expert evaluators and observers;
–perform eligibility checks of the proposals;
–perform the evaluation of proposals;
–perform, when appropriate, the security pre-assessment on the basis of the relevant guidelines, support the security scrutiny procedure and ensure the follow-up actions from any security recommendations;
–conduct, with the help of external experts and on the basis of the relevant guidelines, the ethics appraisal process (screening, assessments, checks and reviews) except (a) the ethics checks of the serious/complex cases and (b) the ethics checks of activities involving the use of human embryonic stem cells. The responsible research ethics service in DG RTD may request to participate in the ethics assessments and ethics checks (of projects not included in (a) and (b) above;
–invite, contract and pay the experts and provide general logistical support for the ethics appraisal process as specified in the guidelines;
–process the operations required to launch and conclude grant award procedures;
–prepare grant agreements on the basis of the standard models drawn up by the Commission, in accordance with the established mandate ensuring tracking and report of major deviations;
–prepare and adopt rejection decisions;
–prepare and adopt award decisions for which the relevant legal bases do not require the control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011;
–sign grant agreements in accordance with the conditions laid down in this Commission Decision;
–ensure that there is a procedure in place for participants to make enquiries or complaints about their involvement in the programmes and that information on how to register concerns, questions or complaints is made available to all participants and published on-line;
–manage any request for an evaluation review procedure;
–monitor the implementation of the grant agreements by the beneficiaries, including acceptance of reports and other deliverables;
–ensure appropriate information to the Commission on relevant projects' achievements and outcomes;
–organise the monitoring of projects, including the selection, contracting and payment of the experts assisting in such monitoring in line with the guidelines of the Commission;
–manage payments and recovery procedures but excluding enforceable decisions on recovery;
–manage execution of the different financial operations in relation to the Mutual Insurance Mechanism (MIM);
–cooperate with the Commission in the performance of its ex-post audits and take any corrective actions following up the audit findings;
–ensure appropriate implementation of activities for dissemination and exploitation of results in accordance with the strategy for dissemination and exploitation of research results of the Commission;
–based on an agreed collaborative framework, be an active partner in the feedback to policy activities of the Parent Directorate(s)-General (and other policy related Directorates General) by providing policy relevant input generated through the programme inplementation for their policymaking activities, more specific providing policy relevant input for:
–Programmatic purposes: drafting of work programmes, defining topic calls and call specifications;
–Development of new strategic agenda’s, policy objectives in different EC policy area;
–Monitoring and evaluation of the programme such as impact assessments, ex-ante, midterm and ex-post evaluations and foresight exercises;
–Communication and knowledge sharing activities (flash notes, success stories, policy briefings, etc.);
–Drafting or revision of legislation and regulatory frameworks and the implementation arrangements thereof, drafting of new directives.
–ensure the application of early detection, exclusion and financial penalties within the meaning of Articles 135-144 of the Financial Regulation in agreement with the parent Directorates-General;
(b)perform all the operations required to launch contests and award prizes in accordance with the Financial Regulation;
(c)conclude public procurement procedures and manage the ensuing contracts, including the operations required to launch and conclude public procurement procedures, in particular:
–ensure ex ante and ex post advertising;
–prepare the set of invitation to tender documents, such as specifications and model contracts, prepared on the basis of the models drawn up by the Commission;
–evaluate the requests to participate and the tenders;
–prepare and adopt award decisions and sign contracts in accordance with the conditions of this Decision;
–prepare and adopt rejection decisions;
–monitor the performance of the contracting parties, including acceptance of reports and other deliverables;
–manage payments and recovery procedures with the exception of enforced recovery of debts on the Union budget;
–ensure the application of early detection, exclusion and financial penalties within the meaning of Articles 135-144 of the Financial Regulation in agreement with the parent Directorates-General;
(d)provide support in programme implementation, in particular:
–establish an information and communication strategy agreed with the parent-Directorates-General and in line with that of the Commission;
–plan and implement communication and information activities, including meetings, seminars or talks and trainings, agreed with the parent Directorates-General;
–collect, process and distribute data, and in particular compile, analyse and transmit to the Commission all information required to guide implementation of the programme through regular reporting, promote coordination with other Union programmes, the Member States or international organisations;
–prepare recommendations for the Commission on the implementation of the programme and on possible developments;
–contribute to the monitoring and the evaluation of the implementation of the programme and of the ensuing follow up actions;
–contribute to the evaluation of the programme's impact and to the monitoring of actual effects of its activities on the market.
The above-mentioned support in programme implementation tasks incorporate administrative (i.e. non-budgetary) follow-up, monitoring and reporting tasks related to Horizon 2020 InnovFin products (part of Access to Risk Finance programme) and EUROSTARS 2 partnership with EUREKA (part of Innovation in SMEs programme).
ANNEX V
Description of the parts of the programme and tasks delegated to the Agency in the framework of the Internal Market activities and support to Standardisation legacy activities, COSME and CIP legacy programmes
A. Parts of the programme which are delegated
(1)The Agency is entrusted with the implementation of actions under the framework of the legacy Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and small and medium-sized Enterprises (COSME) and the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP);
(2)The Agency is entrusted with the implementation of parts of the Internal Market and support to Standardisation legacy activities which under the 2014-2020 MFF have been managed directly by the Commission.
B. Tasks which are delegated
On the basis of the powers delegated by the Commission and within the framework of the relevant annual work programme adopted by the Commission, the Agency shall perform the following programme implementation tasks:
(a)manage some or all of the phases of programme implementation and stages in the lifetime of projects in the frame of the programme mentioned in Part A above. In this connection, it shall be responsible for monitoring the projects, making the necessary checks and recovery procedures, and for performing budget implementation tasks covering revenue and expenditure within the meaning of the Financial Regulation, and in particular:
–award grants and manage the ensuing agreements, including the operations required to launch and conclude grant award procedures and in particular:
–prepare the publication of the calls for proposals defined in the work programme;
–prepare for the evaluation of the proposals, including the selection of the expert evaluators and observers;
–receive proposals and perform admisibility and eligibility checks;
–perform the evaluation of the proposals;
–prepare and adopt award decisions for which the relevant legal bases do not require the control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011;
–prepare and adopt rejection decisions;
–prepare grant agreements on the basis of the standard models drawn up by the Commission;
–inform applicants of the outcome of the evaluation procedure;
–sign grant agreements in accordance with the conditions laid down in this Decision;
–ensure appropriate procedures in place for participants to make enquiries or complaints about their involvement in the programmes and that information on how to register concerns, questions or complaints is made available to all participants and published on-line;
–monitor the implementation of the grant agreements by the beneficiaries, making the necessary checks, including acceptance of reports and other deliverables;
–manage payments and recovery procedures but excluding enforceable decisions on recovery;
–ensure appropriate information to the Commission on relevant projects' achievements and outcomes;
–cooperate with the Commission in the performance of its ex-post audits, carry out ex-post audits and take any corrective actions following up the audit findings;
–perform routine ex-post publicity and dissemination of results in accordance with the strategy for dissemination;
–ensure the application of early detection, exclusion and financial penalties within the meaning of Articles 135-144 of the Financial Regulation.
(b)perform all the operations required to launch contests and award prizes in accordance with the Financial Regulation;
(c)conclude public procurement procedures and manage the ensuing contracts, including the operations required to launch and conclude public procurement procedures, in particular:
–ensure ex ante and ex post advertising;
–prepare the set of invitation to tender documents such as specifications and model contracts prepared on the basis of the models drawn up by the Commission;
–evaluate the requests to participate and the tenders;
–prepare and adopt award decisions and sign contracts in accordance with the conditions of this Decision;
–prepare and adopt rejection decisions;
–monitor the performance of the contracting parties including acceptance of reports and other deliverables;
–manage payments and recovery procedures with the exception of enforced recovery of debts on the Union budget;
–ensure the application of early detection, exclusion and financial penalties within the meaning of Articles 135-144 of the Financial Regulation.
(d)provide support in programme implementation, in particular:
–collect, process and distribute data, and in particular compile, analyse and transmit to the Commission all information required to guide implementation of the programme, promote coordination with other Union programmes, the Member States or international organisations;
–support the Commission in managing the relevant network of National Contact Points;
–feedback to policy including data and trend analysis on applications, evaluations and projects supported as well as identification of project results with potential implications for EU policies;
–contribute to evaluation of the impact of the programme and to monitoring of the actual effect of its activities on the market;
–manage and direct a network, in particular concerning the target public (beneficiairies, recipients, projects, actors);
–organise meetings, seminars or talks;
–organise trainings in agreement with the Commission;
–carry out studies and evaluations, contribute to the monitoring and the evaluation of the implementation of the programme and of the ensuing follow-up actions;
–prepare recommendations for the Commission on implementation of the programme and on possible developments;
–establish an information and communication strategy aligned with that of the Commission;
–plan and implement communication and information activities, including meetings, seminars and trainings, in agreement with the parent Directorates-General;
–produce overall control of the Agency’s operation and supervision data;
–contribute, at the request of the Commission, to preparatory work on work programmes and financing decisions;
–prepare information documents for potential beneficiaries in line with any relevant models transmitted by the Commission;
–provide support (also to the parts of the programme and tasks not delegated to the Agency) to carry out ex post audits.
ANNEX VI
Description of the parts of the programme and tasks delegated to the Agency in the framework of the multiannual consumer legacy programme
A. Parts of the programme which are delegated
The Agency is entrusted with the implementation of the delegated activities of the multiannual consumer programme of the years 2014-2020.
B. Tasks which are delegated
On the basis of the powers delegated by the Commission and within the framework of the relevant annual work programme adopted by the Commission, the Agency shall perform the following programme implementation tasks:
(a)manage some or all of the phases of programme implementation and stages in the lifetime of projects in the frame of the programme mentioned in Part A above. In this connection, it shall be responsible for monitoring the projects, making the necessary checks and recovery procedures, and for performing budget implementation tasks covering revenue and expenditure within the meaning of the Financial Regulation, and in particular:
–award grants and manage the ensuing agreement, including the operations required to launch and conclude grant award procedures and in particular:
–prepare the publication of the calls for proposals defined in the work programme;
–prepare for the evaluation of the proposals, including the selection of the expert evaluators and observers;
–receive proposals and perform admisibility and eligibility checks;
–perform the evaluation of the proposals;
–prepare and adopt award decisions for which the relevant legal bases do not require the control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011;
–prepare and adopt rejection deicsions;
–prepare grant agreements on the basis of the standard models drawn up by the Commission;
–inform applicants of the outcome of the evaluation procedure;
–sign grant agreements in accordance with the conditions laid down in this Decision;
–ensure appropriate procedures in place for participants to make enquiries or complaints about their involvement in the programmes and that information on how to register concerns, questions or complaints is made available to all participants and published on-line;
–monitor the implementation of the grant agreements by the beneficiaries, making the necessary checks, including acceptance of reports and other deliverables;
–manage payments and recovery procedures but excluding enforceable decisions on recovery;
–ensure appropriate information to the Commission on relevant projects' achievements and outcomes;
–cooperate with the Commission in the performance of its ex-post audits, carry-out audits and take any corrective actions following up the audit findings;
–perform routine ex-post publicity and dissemination of results in accordance with the strategy for dissemination;
–ensure the application of early detection, exclusion and financial penalties within the meaning of Articles 135-144 of the Financial Regulation.
(b)perform all the operations required to launch contests and award prizes in accordance with the Financial Regulation;
(c)conclude public procurement procedures and manage the ensuing contracts, including the operations required to launch and conclude public procurement procedures, in particular:
–ensure ex ante and ex post advertising;
–prepare the set of invitation to tender documents such as specifications and model contracts prepared on the basis of the models drawn up by the Commission;
–evaluate the requests to participate and the tenders;
–prepare and adopt award decisions and sign contracts in accordance with the conditions of this Decision;
–prepare and adopt rejection decisions;
–monitor the performance of the contracting parties including acceptance of reports and other deliverables;
–manage payments and recovery procedures with the exception of enforced recovery of debts on the Union budget;
–ensure the application of early detection, exclusion and financial penalties within the meaning of Articles 135-144 of the Financial Regulation.
(d)provide support in programme implementation, in particular:
–collect, process and distribute data, and in particular compile, analyse and transmit to the Commission all information required to guide implementation of the programme, promote coordination with other Union programmes, the Member States or international organisations;
–support the Commission in managing the relevant network of National Contact Points;
–feedback to policy including data and trend analysis on applications, evaluations and projects supported as well as identification of project results with potential implications for EU policies;
–contribute to evaluation of the impact of the programme and to monitoring of the actual effect of its activities on the market;
–manage and direct a network, in particular concerning the target public (beneficiaries, recipients, projects and actors);
–organise meetings, seminars or talks;
–organise trainings in agreement with the Commission;
–carry out studies and evaluations, contribute to the monitoring and the evaluation of the implementation of the programme and of the ensuing follow-up actions;
–prepare recommendations for the Commission on implementation of the programme and on possible developments;
–establish an information and communication strategy aligned with that of the Commission;
–plan and implement communication and information activities, including meetings, seminars and trainings, in agreement with the parent Directorates-General;
–produce overall control of the Agency’s operation and supervision data;
–contribute, at the request of the Commission, to preparatory work on work programmes and financing decisions;
–prepare information documents for potential beneficiaries in line with any relevant models transmitted by the Commission;
–provide support (also to the parts of the programme and tasks not delegated to the Agency) to carry out ex post audits.
ANNEX VII
Support to the EIC Board and its President
On the basis of the powers delegated by the Commission, the Agency shall support the EIC Board and its President in all its tasks, as foreseen by Horizon Europe Specific Programme and in accordance with Commission Decisions establishing the EIC Board.
The Agency will perform, inter alia, the following tasks:
(a)organise the Commission call for nominations and selection procedure for Board members, which will be appointed by the Commission;
(b)contribute to the Commission representation in any Board meeting;
(c)providing a Secretariat for the organisation, logistics, preparation of documentation and reimbursements of Board meetings, including its working groups and subgroups, and support to the President of the Board;
(d)support the Board in the adoption of its opinions, recommendations and reports;
(e)support to Board members in their role in promoting in the EIC;
(f)support to the Board in preparing advice on the overall strategy for the EIC, on the work programme for implementing EIC actions, and on criteria for the assessment of innovativeness and the balance of forms of financing for the EIC accelerator;
(g)support to the Board in the identification of strategic portfolios of projects and the profile of programme managers;
(h)support the Board in any other matter on which the Commission may request the Board’s advice;
(i)provide information of the Agency’s activities.
ANNEX VIII
Provisional budget lines for 2021 of which part of the appropriations corresponding to the tasks entrusted to the Agency shall be implemented by the Agency
Horizon Europe
–01 02 05 "Horizontal Operational Activities"
Main delegated budget lines
Pillar III ”Innovative Europe”
–01 02 03 01 "European Innovation Council"
–01 02 03 02 "European Innovation Ecosystems"
Other Budget lines – potential cross cutting actions and missions
Pillar I “Excellent Science”
–01 02 01 02 "Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions"
–01 02 01 03 "Research infrastructures"
Pillar II ”Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness”
–01 02 02 10 "Cluster Health"
–01 02 02 20 "Cluster Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society"
–01 02 02 30 "Cluster Civil Security for Society"
–01 02 02 40 "Cluster Digital, Industry and Space"
–01 02 02 50 "Cluster Climate, Energy and Mobility"
–01 02 02 60 "Cluster Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment"
Part ”Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area”
–01 02 04 01 "Widening Participation and spreading excellence"
–01 02 04 02 "Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System"
Pilot projects, preparatory actions, prerogatives and other actions
Pilot projects and preparatory actions:
–01 20 01 "Pilot projects"
–01 20 02 "Preparatory actions"
Legacy - previous research framework programme
–01 02 99 01 "Completion of previous research programmes (prior to 2021)"
The Single Market Programme (SMP)
–03.020101 Internal Market
–03.020107 Market Surveillance
–03.0202 COSME
–03.020301 European standardisation
–03.029901 Completion of COSME programme
–02.029901 Completion of COSME – financial instruments
–03.029904.02 Completion of previous programmes related to standardisation
–03.029905.01 Completion of previous activities in the field of internal market
–03.020401 SMP Consumer part delegated to the Agency
–03.029903 Completion line of the actions under the programmes 2014-2020 in the area of Consumer programme
Interregional Innovation Projects
–05 02 01 08 – Interregional innovation investments
