Council Regulation (EC) No 71/2007 (repealed)Show full title

Article 13 Contributions to the activities carried out within the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking

1. In order to support the activities to be developed within the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking, the other Members of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking shall provide resources equal to the Community contribution. This includes their contribution to the running cost of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking.

2. The Community contribution will be distributed as follows:

(a) An amount of up to EUR 400 million shall be allocated to the ITD leaders and an amount of up to EUR 200 million to Associates(1). ITD leaders and Associates will contribute resources at least matching the Community contribution.

(b) An amount of at least EUR 200 million shall be allocated to Partners selected by way of competitive calls for proposals. Particular attention shall be paid to ensuring adequate participation of SMEs. The Community financial contribution shall comply with the upper funding limits of the total eligible costs, laid down by the Rules of Participation of the Seventh Framework Programme.

To the extent that a call for proposals remains unanswered or unallocated, the Members shall fulfil the corresponding tasks themselves.

In order to be considered eligible for Community funding, costs incurred in the implementation of the research activities shall be exclusive of value added tax.

3. A preliminary distribution of the Community contribution across the various research activities has been set forward as follows(2):

(a) 24 % to the Smart Fixed Wing ITD;

(b) 11 % to the Green Regional Aircraft ITD;

(c) 10 % to the Green Rotorcraft ITD;

(d) 27 % to the Sustainable and Green Engines ITD;

(e) 19 % to the Systems for Green Operations ITD;

(f) 7 % to the Eco-Design ITD;

(g) 2 % to the Technology Evaluator.

A detailed breakdown of the resource allocations across the various work packages and Clean Sky Joint Undertaking Members will be established. The detailed breakdown will be adopted by the Governing Board. This process will be supervised by Commission, and will follow the principle of equal treatment between the members.

4. In order to implement the Clean Sky programme, the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking may award grants to its Members, and, in accordance with open criteria agreed by the Governing Board, to partners and other entities for the performance of their research activities.

5. Except for the running costs of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking, contributions in kind are possible. They shall be subject to an evaluation of their value and relevance to the carrying-out of the activities of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking, and to acceptance by the Governing Board. The procedure for valuing contributions in-kind will be determined in detail and will be adopted by the Governing Board. It will be based on the following principles:

(a) the overall approach shall be based on FP7 principles, where contributions in-kind in projects are assessed at review level;

(b) the financial rules of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking shall apply;

(c) verification by an independent auditor will take place.

6. The contributions of the other Members shall be registered by the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking.

(1)

This breakdown of cost distribution is in line with normal practice in aeronautical R & D projects, where the biggest share of the work and investment risk is taken on board by the major integrators.

(2)

This distribution was obtained using a bottom-up approach, where the budgetary requirements of individual ITDs and the Technology Evaluator were mapped against their technical objectives.