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Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities
Document ITRE-AM-788896 · COM(2025)0555 – 2025/0555(COD)
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| 1. The indicative financial envelope for the implementation of the ECF for the period from 1 January 2028 to 31 December 2034 shall be EUR 234 300 000 000 in current prices. | 1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the ECF for the period from 1 January 2028 to 31 December 2034 shall be EUR 257 730 000 000 in current prices of which 10 000 000 000 shall be dedicated to InvestEU for Social Housing Window and 13 000 000 000 shall be dedicated for the specific objectives referred to in Article 33 (1) point b (a). |
The amounts referred to the Social Housing Window and for the objectives under Article 33 (1) point b (a) are considered to be part of the top-up of 10% increase of the overall budget.
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| 1. The indicative financial envelope for the implementation of the ECF for the period from 1 January 2028 to 31 December 2034 shall be EUR 234 300 000 000 in current prices. | 1. The indicative financial envelope for the implementation of the ECF for the period from 1 January 2028 to 31 December 2034 shall be EUR 257 730 000 000 in current prices. |
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| 1. The indicative financial envelope for the implementation of the ECF for the period from 1 January 2028 to 31 December 2034 shall be EUR 234 300 000 000 in current prices. | 1. The indicative financial envelope for the implementation of the ECF for the period from 1 January 2028 to 31 December 2034 shall be EUR 264 350 000 000 in current prices. |
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| 1. The indicative financial envelope for the implementation of the ECF for the period from 1 January 2028 to 31 December 2034 shall be EUR 234 300 000 000 in current prices. | 1. The indicative financial envelope for the implementation of the ECF for the period from 1 January 2028 to 31 December 2034 shall be EUR 261 432 000 000 in current prices. |
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| 1. The indicative financial envelope for the implementation of the ECF for the period from 1 January 2028 to 31 December 2034 shall be EUR 234 300 000 000 in current prices. | 1. The minimum financial envelope for the implementation of the ECF for the period from 1 January 2028 to 31 December 2034 shall be EUR 234 300 000 000 in current prices. |
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| 1. The indicative financial envelope for the implementation of the ECF for the period from 1 January 2028 to 31 December 2034 shall be EUR 234 300 000 000 in current prices. | 1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the ECF for the period from 1 January 2028 to 31 December 2034 shall be EUR 264 350 000 000 in current prices. |
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| 2. The indicative distribution of the amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be as follows: | 2. The minimum distribution of the amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be as follows: |
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| 2. The indicative distribution of the amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be as follows: | 2. The distribution of the amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be as follows: |
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| 2. The indicative distribution of the amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be as follows: | 2. The distribution of the amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be as follows: |
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| (a) EUR 11 000 000 000 for activities contributing to the general objectives referred to Article 3, as implemented in particular through cross-cutting activities such as non-thematic support of the ECF InvestEU Instrument, referred to in Chapter II, Section 2; Project Advisory, SME Collaboration, skills development and Access to Funding, referred to in Chapter III; | (a) EUR 11 000 000 000 for activities contributing to the general objectives referred to Article 3, as implemented in particular through cross-cutting activities such as non-thematic support of the ECF InvestEU Instrument, referred to in Chapter II, Section 2; Project Advisory, SME Collaboration, skills development and Access to Funding, referred to in Chapter III; This ringfenced envelope shall be adjusted for inflation at the start of each biennial programming cycle to ensure continuity and service quality of the above activities. No reduction in the absolute level of resources available for the EU for Business Network shall be permissible without prior evaluation of the impact on SME support delivery. |
It is crucial that the envelope for the EU for Business Network receives a realistically calibrated and inflation-adjusted budget to ensure it can deliver the full scope of expected support services. Without an explicit ringfence and inflation adjustment, the EEN, ECCP and other business support networks built over decades risk being crowded out. These networks are irreplaceable assets that the ECF was meant to strengthen, not erode.
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| (a) EUR 11 000 000 000 for activities contributing to the general objectives referred to Article 3, as implemented in particular through cross-cutting activities such as non-thematic support of the ECF InvestEU Instrument, referred to in Chapter II, Section 2; Project Advisory, SME Collaboration, skills development and Access to Funding, referred to in Chapter III; | (a) EUR 40 000 000 000 for activities in support of the policy windows, of which: |
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| (a) EUR 11 000 000 000 for activities contributing to the general objectives referred to Article 3, as implemented in particular through cross-cutting activities such as non-thematic support of the ECF InvestEU Instrument, referred to in Chapter II, Section 2; Project Advisory, SME Collaboration, skills development and Access to Funding, referred to in Chapter III; | (a) EUR 11 000 000 000 for activities contributing to the general objectives referred to Article 3, as implemented through non-thematic support of the ECF InvestEU Instrument, referred to in Chapter II, Section 2, including EUR 2 000 000 000 for Project Advisory referred to in Chapter III; |
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| (a) EUR 11 000 000 000 for activities contributing to the general objectives referred to Article 3, as implemented in particular through cross-cutting activities such as non-thematic support of the ECF InvestEU Instrument, referred to in Chapter II, Section 2; Project Advisory, SME Collaboration, skills development and Access to Funding, referred to in Chapter III; | (a) EUR 11 000 000 000 for activities contributing to the general objectives referred to Article 3, as implemented in particular through cross-cutting activities such as just transition objectives and non-thematic support of the ECF InvestEU Instrument, referred to in Chapter II, Section 2; Project Advisory, SME Collaboration, skills development and Access to Funding, referred to in Chapter III; |
Just transition, as one of the general objectives of the ECF and key elements for a fair and competitive EU, should be introduced here as a general principle under the general objectives. This because no dedicated InvestEU Just Transition Scheme was introduced in the discussed MFF, as was the case in the current 2021-2027 MFF.
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| (a) EUR 11 000 000 000 for activities contributing to the general objectives referred to Article 3, as implemented in particular through cross-cutting activities such as non-thematic support of the ECF InvestEU Instrument, referred to in Chapter II, Section 2; Project Advisory, SME Collaboration, skills development and Access to Funding, referred to in Chapter III; | (a) EUR 12 274 000 000 for activities contributing to the general objectives referred to Article 3, as implemented in particular through cross-cutting activities such as non-thematic support of the ECF InvestEU Instrument, referred to in Chapter II, Section 2; Project Advisory, SME Collaboration, skills development and Access to Funding, referred to in Chapter III; |
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| i) at least EUR 10 000 000 000 for support to the Policy Window "Energy Infrastructure, Industrial Decarbonisation and Clean Technology"; |
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| ii) at least EUR 10 000 000 000 for support to the Policy Window "Health, Biotechnology and Sustainable Prosperity"; |
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| iii) at least EUR 10 000 000 000 for support to the Policy Window "Digital Infrastructure and Agile Digital Leadership"; |
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| iv) at least EUR 10 000 000 000 for support to the Policy Window "Critical Raw Materials, Security, Defence Industry, and Space". |
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| (a a) A minimum of 3% of each policy window's allocation shall be reserved for actions led by or primarily targeting SMEs and mid-caps. A minimum of 2% of each policy window's allocation shall be reserved for actions supporting regional innovation ecosystems, including interregional cooperation under Smart Specialisation Strategies, participation in research and technology infrastructure networks, and deployment actions through regional intermediaries. |
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| (a a) EUR 30 000 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2) implemented through support of the ECF InvestEU Instrument relying on budget guarantee, including EUR 5 000 000 000 for the implementation of the Article 21a; |
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| (b) EUR 26 210 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (a); | (b) EUR 26 210 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (a); the Commission shall give particular consideration to coal regions in transition and shall propose the methodology which provides for a higher level of financial support for such regions. The methodology should reflect on the following: a) the level of direct and indirect employment in the coal sector in the relevant historical time trajectory; b) the number of job losses; c) the share of the activities concerned in regional gross value added; d) regional GDP per capita and unemployment rate; e) demographic and social impacts in the region. |
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| (b) EUR 26 210 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (a); | (b) EUR 26 210 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (a), of which an appropriate share, to be specified in the work programme adopted in accordance with Article 15, shall be dedicated to nuclear technologies, including small modular reactors, advanced reactors and the nuclear fuel cycle, in line with their contribution to the decarbonisation and energy security of the Union; |
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| (b) EUR 26 210 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (a); | (b) EUR 26 210 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (a), of which at least 25% shall be specifically dedicated to regions undergoing an energy transition, including those under the Just Transition Fund. |
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| (b) EUR 26 210 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (a); | (b) EUR 51 210 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (a), of which at least EUR 20 000 000 000 for the indent (ii) and at least EUR 10 000 000 000 for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2021/783; |
Yvan Verougstraete, Pascal Canfin, Brigitte van den Berg, Stine Bosse, Sigrid Friis, Morten Løkkegaard, Christophe Grudler
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| (b) EUR 26 210 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (a); | (b) EUR 56 260 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2) of which an indicative envelope of EUR 3 390 000 000 shall be dedicated to the implementation of LIFE actions referred to in article 33(1)a ; |
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| (b) EUR 26 210 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (a); | (b) EUR 65 000 000 000 for the specific objectives under policy window Public Energy Infrastructure, Industrial Decarbonisation and Green Technologies |
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| (b) EUR 26 210 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (a); | (b) EUR 29 245 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (a); |
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| (b) EUR 26 210 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (a); | (b) EUR 36 210 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (a); |
Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Yannis Maniatis, Christophe Clergeau, Bruno Tobback, Pierre Jouvet, Raphaël Glucksmann
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| i) of which EUR 3 000 000 000 for a budget guarantee of the ECF InvestEU Instrument for an EU Renovation Loan Facility as referred to in Article 21a |
Nicolás González Casares, Mohammed Chahim, Elena Sancho Murillo, Lina Gálvez, Yannis Maniatis, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Annalisa Corrado, Christophe Clergeau, Bruno Tobback
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| (b a) (b) EUR [38 658 700 000] for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (a), out of which at least 25% [9.66 bn] shall be dedicated to the activities set out in Article 3 (2) (a) (5), and within that, EUR [3 390 000 000] shall be dedicated to LIFE actions referred to in Article 33(1)(a). |
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| (c) EUR 20 393 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (b); | (c) EUR 20 393 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (b), of which a minimum amount shall be allocated to addressing challenges in the agricultural sector, in particular to strengthening water resilience, and the establishment of a European agricultural reinsurance garantee mechanism, in order to enhance the sector’s resilience to climate and market shocks and contribute to the Union’s food security and strategic autonomy. |
Krzysztof Hetman, Alexander Bernhuber, Norbert Lins, Borys Budka, Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz, Mirosława Nykiel, Céline Imart, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Herbert Dorfmann, Stefan Köhler, Daniel Buda, Maria Walsh
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| (c) EUR 20 393 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (b); | (c) EUR 20 393 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (b), of which at least 50% shall be dedicated to agriculture, food production and food security, ensuring strategic visibility and predictability of Union support for the agricultural and agri-food sectors, including through binding financial ring-fencing providing long-term stability and strategic certainty to these sectors. |
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| (c) EUR 20 393 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (b); | (c) EUR 20 393 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(3) of which an indicative envelope of EUR 10 050 000 000 shall be dedicated to the implementation of health activities under the objectives referred to in Article 3(3)a, b, c; |
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| (c) EUR 20 393 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (b); | (c) EUR 20 393 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (b), of which at least EUR 10 050 000 000 for the Article 3(2), point (b) (1) pursuing specifically the activities set out in Article 37(1), points a, b, and e; |
Christophe Clergeau, Jean-Marc Germain, Nikos Papandreou, Romana Jerković, Kristian Vigenin, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Victor Negrescu, Estelle Ceulemans, Raphaël Glucksmann
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| (c) EUR 20 393 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (b); | (c) EUR 20 393 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (b); |
| - including at least EUR 5 500 000 000 in current prices for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3 (2)(b)(1). |
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| (c) EUR 20 393 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (b); | (c) EUR 20 393 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (b), of which at least 50% shall be dedicated to agriculture and food security; |
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| (c) EUR 20 393 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (b); | (c) EUR 35 000 000 000 for the specific objectives under policy window Public Health and Medicines: |
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| (c) EUR 20 393 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (b); | (c) EUR 22 755 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (b); |
Christophe Clergeau, Victor Negrescu, Nikos Papandreou, Kristian Vigenin, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Estelle Ceulemans, Raphaël Glucksmann
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| (c a) EUR 10 050 000 000 in current prices for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2)(ba), of which: EUR 2 500 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2)(ba)(k), and EUR 400 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2)(ba)(l); |
Health policy pursues objectives distinctfrom industrial and competitiveness policy, including a high level of humanhealth protection in the definition and implementation of all Union policiesand activities. In order to ensure policy coherence, legal clarity, budgetarytransparency and the effective pursuit of public health objectives, support forhealth actions should be implemented through a separate policy window and a corresponding financial architecture
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| (c a) EUR 23 300 000 000 for the specific objectives under policy window Biotechnology, Sustainable Agriculture and Bioeconomy: |
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| (d) EUR 51 493 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (c); | (d) EUR 51 493 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (c) of which at least EUR 15 000 000 000 dedicated to Digital Public Infrastructure, at least EUR 15 000 000 000 dedicated to Advanced Tech Manufacturing Capacity to support the ramping up of European manufacturing capacity of strategic digital enablers, and at least EUR 5 000 000 000 dedicated to Open-Source Sovereign Software and Digital Ecosystems; |
Christophe Clergeau, Jean-Marc Germain, Nikos Papandreou, Romana Jerković, Kristian Vigenin, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Victor Negrescu, Estelle Ceulemans, Raphaël Glucksmann
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| (d) EUR 51 493 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (c); | (d) EUR 51 493 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (c), with a minimum of EUR 2 000 000 000 dedicated to digital health; |
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| (d) EUR 51 493 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (c); | (d) EUR 50 000 000 000 for the specific objectives referred under policy window Digital Excellence and Technological Sovereignty: |
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| (d) EUR 51 493 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (c); | (d) EUR 57 456 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (c); |
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| (d) EUR 51 493 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (c); | (d) EUR 51 493 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(4); |
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| (e) EUR 125 204 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (d); | (e) EUR 125 204 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (d), of which: (i) at least EUR 10 000 000 000 shall be allocated to support to critical raw materials policy referred to in Article 42, including resource intelligence, exploration, extraction, processing, refining, recycling, stockpiling and related infrastructure; (ii) at least EUR 18 000 000 000 shall be allocated to actions supporting the scale-up, ramp-up, ever-warm surge capacity and resilience of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base, in particular in ammunition, missile production, counter-uncrewed-aerial-systems and integrated air and missile defence; (iii) at least EUR 8 000 000 000 shall be allocated to military mobility, including dual-use fuel pipelines and storage and the integration of strategic corridors with the NATO fuel system; (iv) at least EUR 6 000 000 000 shall be allocated to secure connectivity, cybersecurity of critical infrastructure and protection of undersea cables. These sub-allocations shall be indicative floors and may be exceeded but not reduced. The Commission shall report annually to the European Parliament and to the Council on their implementation; |
The single budget line of EUR 125.2 billion for the resilience, security, defence industry and space objectives covers heterogeneous policy components with different risk profiles, lead times and capability priorities. In the absence of indicative sub-allocations, predictability for project promoters and Member States is reduced and the most deterrence-relevant categories may be deprioritised through work programmes. Indicative floors preserve flexibility, since they may be exceeded but not reduced, while ensuring the alignment of the Fund with the capability priorities identified in the framework of the CFSP and with the Critical Raw Materials Act.
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| (e) EUR 125 204 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (d); | (e) EUR 125 204 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (d), of which at least 15% shall be ring-fenced and allocated for strategic food security measures directly linked to resilience and security objectives, including the establishment and development of stockpiling strategies, storage capacity and secure logistics for key agricultural commodities and essential agri-food products; |
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| (e) EUR 125 204 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (d); | (e) EUR 125 204 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (d), of which an envelope of EUR 60 000 000 000 shall be dedicated to the implementation of EU Space Programme referred to in Article 3(2), point (d)(3), distributed as follows: |
Itemising the EUR 60 billion Space envelope by component is essential to ensure the multi-annual visibility (10-20 years) required to build and maintain these strategic infrastructure, and to enable proper budgetary control by the European Parliament.
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| (e) EUR 125 204 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (d); | (e) EUR 125 204 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(5) of which an indicative envelope of EUR 60 000 000 000 shall be dedicated to the implementation of the EU Space Programme referred to in Article 3(5), points (d), (e); |
Christophe Clergeau, Jean-Marc Germain, Nikos Papandreou, Romana Jerković, Kristian Vigenin, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Victor Negrescu, Raphaël Glucksmann
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| (e) EUR 125 204 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (d); | (e) EUR 125 204 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (d), with a minimum of EUR 5 200 000 000 dedicated to military health and health preparedness; |
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| (e) EUR 125 204 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (d); | (e) EUR 125 204 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (d), of which at least: |
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| (e) EUR 125 204 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (d); | (e) EUR 100 254 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (d), of which: |
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| (e) EUR 125 204 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (d); | (e) EUR 139 703 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (d); |
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| (e) EUR 125 204 000 000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (d); | (e) EUR 50 000 000 000 for the specific objectives under policy window Resilience and Space |
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| i) At least EUR 6 000 000 000 for specific objectives referred to in sub-point (1a); | |
| For specific objectives referred to in sub-point (2), at least EUR 15 000 000 000 for indent (ii), and at least EUR 10 000 000 000 for the indent (iii); | |
| At least EUR 30 000 000 000 for specific objectives referred to in sub-point (3) in a balance manner between governmental services and non-governmental services, of which at least EUR 6 000 000 000 for the implementation of the activities pursuant to Article 58 (1) point a, at least EUR 17 000 000 000 for the implementation of the activities pursuant to Article 58 (1) point b, at least EUR 4 000 000 000 for the implementation of the activities pursuant to Article 58 (1) point c, at least EUR 1 500 000 000 for the implementation of the activities pursuant to Article 58 (1) point d, and at least EUR 1 500 000 000 for the implementation of the activities pursuant to Article 58 (1) point f; |
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| i) [XXX] for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (d), sub-point (1), |
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| ii) [XXX] for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (d), sub-point (2), |
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| iii) [XXX] for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (d), sub-point (3), and |
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| iv) [XXX] for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2), point (d), sub-point (4). |
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| Without prejudice to the flexibility provided for in this Regulation, the indicative distribution of the financial envelope referred to in paragraph 2 shall be implemented in a manner that ensures predictability and visibility of Union support over a multiannual horizon, in particular for actions requiring long-term investment planning. For that purpose, the work programmes shall, for each policy window, set out indicative multiannual funding allocations, including indicative minimum and maximum levels of Union support, blending EU and National finance opportunities and shall ensure a regular and predictable cadence of calls. |
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| (ea) EUR 40 000 000 000 exclusively for agriculture and farming, intended to bolster their competitiveness, sustainability, resilience and contribution to Union food security, in line with the specific objectives set out in Article 3(2)(b). |
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| (e a) Of the amount allocated to specific objectives under Article 3(2), point (d), at least 60 % shall be dedicated to defence industry activities under Article 3(2)(d)(2), and at least 30 % to space industry activities under Article 3(2)(d)(3). |
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| The indicative breakdown is subject to the activation of Article 6(1). In case of activation of Article 6(1), the proportions of the allocations shall be adjusted. |
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| f) EUR 10 000 000 000 for actions under Article 21 (a) “Housing and Social Investments” through the ECF InvestEU Instrument. |
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| (e a) EUR 15 000 000 000 for Positioning, Navigation and Timing; |
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| (e b) EUR 15 000 000 000 for Earth Observation; |
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| (e c) EUR 14 000 000 000 for Secure Connectivity; |
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| (e d) EUR 5 000 000 000 for Access to space; |
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| (e e) EUR 3 000 000 000 for space commercialisation and space economy; |
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| (e f) EUR 3 000 000 000 for Space Situational Awareness; and |
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| (e g) EUR 2 000 000 000 for space exploration; |
Jana Nagyová, Ondřej Knotek, Tomáš Kubín, Klara Dostalova, András Gyürk, Vilis Krištopans, Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik, Afroditi Latinopoulou, Anna Bryłka, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, António Tânger Corrêa
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| 2 a. An amount corresponding to at least 25 % of the financial allocation of each policy window as referred to in Art. 4 of this Regulation shall be allocated exclusively for Member States classified as Moderate Innovators or Emerging Innovators in the latest European Innovation Scoreboard referred to in Article 2 (4a). As of 1 July 2031, resources from this allocated amounts which have not been committed shall be made available to all Member State. The indicative national allocation for each eligible Member State shall be determined proportionally on the basis of its share of the total population of all eligible Member States, according to the latest annual data published by Eurostat. The Commission shall publish, before the adoption of each annual work programme, the list of eligible Member States and their indicative national allocations. The Commission shall update the European Innovation Scoreboard annually on the basis of the latest available data and shall ensure methodological consistency and transparency. |
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| 2 a. The Commission may reallocate funds between the categories of expenditure referred to in paragraph 2 only within a ceiling of 5% of the category of expenditure that receives the funds or the category that provides the funds. Any reallocation exceeding that ceiling shall require an implementing act subject to the examination procedure and prior notification to the European Parliament and the Council. |
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| 2 a. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject to at least 10% earmarking for the purposes of 'widening participation', as defined in Article 10a, to be allocated in proportion to the indicative distribution established in paragraph 2. |
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| 2 a. An amount of EUR [X] of the amount referred to in the paragraph 1 of Article 4 shall be allocated for SMEs. |
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| 2 a. EUR 3 000 000 000 for technological sovereignty, research and innovation; |
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| 2 b. A minimum share of 14% of the total financial envelope of each policy window shall be allocated to measures supporting skills development and workforce adaptation directly linked to supported strategic sectors, technologies and value chains. | |
| For the purposes of this paragraph, eligible measures shall include: | |
| – company and sector-specific training and reskilling programmes linked to supported investments | |
| – workforce adaptation measures integrated into industrial transition plans; | |
| – skills partnerships involving social partners and relevant stakeholders; | |
| – measures facilitating job-to-job transitions within supported value chains. | |
| Such expenditure shall be tracked in accordance with a transparent methodology established by the Commission, comparable to social expenditure tracking under the National and Regional Partnership Plans and other Union budgetary instruments, and shall be reported annually. Expenditure counted toward this minimum allocation shall be directly connected to supported industrial investments and shall not include general education or unrelated labour market measures. |
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| 2 b. At least EUR [X] of the InvestEU guarantee will be used to support SMEs. |
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| 3. Budgetary commitments for activities extending over more than one financial year may be broken down over several years into annual instalments. | 3. Budgetary commitments for activities extending over more than one financial year may be broken down over several years into annual instalments, subject to regular monitoring of the use of the funding and the subsequent submission of reports to Parliament and the Council. |
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| 3. Budgetary commitments for activities extending over more than one financial year may be broken down over several years into annual instalments. | 3. Budgetary commitments for activities extending over more than one financial year may be broken down over several years into annual instalments, including through multiannual calls and phased financing arrangements, where justified by the project’s development pathway. |
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| 3 a. In order to respond to unforeseen situations or to new developments and needs, the Commission may, within the annual budgetary procedure, deviate from the amounts referred to in paragraph 2 up to a maximum of 10 %. |
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| 5. The financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and the additional resources referred to in Article 5 may also be used for technical and administrative assistance for the implementation of the ECF, such as preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, corporate information technology systems and platforms, information and communication activities, including corporate communication on the political priorities of the Union, and all other technical and administrative assistance or staff-related expenses incurred by the Commission for the management of the ECF. | 5. The financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and the additional resources referred to in Article 5 may also be used for technical and administrative assistance for the implementation of the ECF, such as preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, corporate information technology systems and platforms, information and communication activities, including corporate communication on the political priorities of the Union, and all other technical and administrative assistance or staff-related expenses incurred by the Commission and implementing partners and advisory partners for the management of the ECF. |
As things stand, considerations previously laid out in the InvestEU Regulation for cost coverage for implementing partners are absent. As implementing partners cannot enter into loss making agreements, it should be clarified that the EU guarantee may need to cover implementation costs when those costs cannot be covered by other means, absent which the guarantee may not be implementable.
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| 5. The financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and the additional resources referred to in Article 5 may also be used for technical and administrative assistance for the implementation of the ECF, such as preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, corporate information technology systems and platforms, information and communication activities, including corporate communication on the political priorities of the Union, and all other technical and administrative assistance or staff-related expenses incurred by the Commission for the management of the ECF. | 5. The financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and the additional resources referred to in Article 5 may also be used for technical and administrative assistance for the implementation of the ECF, such as preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, corporate information technology systems and platforms, information and communication activities, and all other technical and administrative assistance or staff-related expenses directly incurred by the Commission for the management of the ECF. |
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| 5. The financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and the additional resources referred to in Article 5 may also be used for technical and administrative assistance for the implementation of the ECF, such as preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, corporate information technology systems and platforms, information and communication activities, including corporate communication on the political priorities of the Union, and all other technical and administrative assistance or staff-related expenses incurred by the Commission for the management of the ECF. | 5. The financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and the additional resources referred to in Article 5 may also be used for technical and administrative assistance for the implementation of the ECF, such as preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, corporate information technology systems and platforms, information and communication activities, in so far as they are related to the operational objectives of this Regulation. Such expenditure shall not exceed 1.5 % of the financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 and shall be reported to the European Parliament annually. |
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| 5 a. At least 3% of the financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 shall be dedicated to meeting the Union’s social objectives, calculated by using the coefficients referred to in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) [Performance Regulation] contributing to the general objective set out in Article 3(1), point k. |
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| 5 a. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the Commission may not, in the course of work programme adoption, transfer more than 5 % of the indicative envelope from one specific objective to another. Any transfer above this threshold shall require the prior approval of the European Parliament and the Council. |
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| 5 b. At least 5% of the financial envelope of each policy window referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be dedicated to support the general objective referred to in Article 3(1) point h, in particular via the implementation of actions pursuant to Article 30 under each window. |
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| 5 c. At least 25% of the financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 shall be dedicated to support the general objective referred to in Article 3(1) point g, in particular via the implementation of actions pursuant to Article 29 to the benefit of SMEs and innovative scaleups, of which at least 5% targeting specifically innovative start-ups and 15% targeting specifically SMEs. |
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| 1. Member States, Union institutions, bodies and agencies, third countries, international organisations, international financial institutions, or other third parties, may make additional financial or non-financial contributions available to the ECF, or any of its specific activities or objectives referred to in Article 3(2), including specific contributions to the ECF InvestEU Instrument budgetary guarantee and financial instruments as referred to in Article 21. Additional financial contributions shall constitute external assigned revenue within the meaning of Article 21(2), points (a), (d), or (e) or Article 21(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. | 1. Member States, Union institutions, bodies and agencies, third countries, international organisations, international financial institutions, or other third parties, may make additional financial or non-financial contributions available to the ECF, or any of its specific activities or objectives referred to in Article 3(2), including specific contributions to the ECF InvestEU Instrument budgetary guarantee and financial instruments as referred to in Article 21. Additional financial contributions shall constitute external assigned revenue within the meaning of Article 21(2), points (a), (d), or (e) or Article 21(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. These additional financial contributions should be exempted from EU state aid rules and should be deducted when calculating the permissible net expenditure path within the meaning of Artcle 2 (2) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/1263 |
Yvan Verougstraete, Grégory Allione, Morten Løkkegaard, Christophe Grudler, Emma Wiesner, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Bart Groothuis
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| 1. Member States, Union institutions, bodies and agencies, third countries, international organisations, international financial institutions, or other third parties, may make additional financial or non-financial contributions available to the ECF, or any of its specific activities or objectives referred to in Article 3(2), including specific contributions to the ECF InvestEU Instrument budgetary guarantee and financial instruments as referred to in Article 21. Additional financial contributions shall constitute external assigned revenue within the meaning of Article 21(2), points (a), (d), or (e) or Article 21(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. | 1. Member States, regional and local authorities, Union institutions, bodies and agencies, third countries, international organisations, international financial institutions, or other third parties, may make additional financial or non-financial contributions available to the ECF, or any of its specific activities or objectives referred to in Article 3(2), including specific contributions to the ECF InvestEU Instrument budgetary guarantee and financial instruments as referred to in Article 21. Additional financial contributions shall constitute external assigned revenue within the meaning of Article 21(2), points (a), (d), or (e) or Article 21(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. |
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| 2. Resources allocated to Member States under shared management may, at their request, in accordance Article X of Regulation (EU) [XXX][NRPF regulation], be made available to the ECF. The Commission shall implement those resources directly or indirectly in accordance with Article 62(1), point (a) or (c) of Regulation, (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. They shall be additional to the amount referred to in Article 4. Those resources shall be used for the benefit of the Member State concerned. Where the Commission has not entered into a legal commitment under direct or indirect management for additional amounts thus made available to the ECF, the corresponding uncommitted amounts may, at the request of the Member State concerned, be transferred back to one or more respective chapters of the Plan or their successors. | deleted |
The transfer of resources allocated to Member States under shared management to the ECF without adequate safeguards risks undermining the multiannual financial framework's territorial cohesion commitments. Deletion ensures that regional and cohesion objectives are not subordinated to centralised competitiveness priorities.
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| 2. Resources allocated to Member States under shared management may, at their request, in accordance Article X of Regulation (EU) [XXX][NRPF regulation], be made available to the ECF. The Commission shall implement those resources directly or indirectly in accordance with Article 62(1), point (a) or (c) of Regulation, (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. They shall be additional to the amount referred to in Article 4. Those resources shall be used for the benefit of the Member State concerned. Where the Commission has not entered into a legal commitment under direct or indirect management for additional amounts thus made available to the ECF, the corresponding uncommitted amounts may, at the request of the Member State concerned, be transferred back to one or more respective chapters of the Plan or their successors. | 2. Resources allocated to Member States under shared management may, at their request, in accordance Article X of Regulation (EU) [XXX][NRPF regulation], be made available to the ECF. The Commission shall implement those resources directly or indirectly in accordance with Article 62(1), point (a) or (c) of Regulation, (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. They shall be additional to the amount referred to in Article 4. Those resources shall be used for the benefit of the Member State concerned. Where the Commission has not entered into a legal commitment under direct or indirect management for additional amounts thus made available to the ECF, the corresponding uncommitted amounts may, at the request of the Member State concerned, be transferred back to one or more respective chapters of the Plan or their successors. Where resources allocated under shared management are made available to the ECF, they may support place-based project pipelines, including projects developed and implemented in partnership with local and regional authorities and delivered through blending operations combining grants and financial instruments. |
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| 2. Resources allocated to Member States under shared management may, at their request, in accordance Article X of Regulation (EU) [XXX][NRPF regulation], be made available to the ECF. The Commission shall implement those resources directly or indirectly in accordance with Article 62(1), point (a) or (c) of Regulation, (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. They shall be additional to the amount referred to in Article 4. Those resources shall be used for the benefit of the Member State concerned. Where the Commission has not entered into a legal commitment under direct or indirect management for additional amounts thus made available to the ECF, the corresponding uncommitted amounts may, at the request of the Member State concerned, be transferred back to one or more respective chapters of the Plan or their successors. | 2. Resources allocated to Member States under shared management may, at their request, in accordance Article X of Regulation (EU) [XXX][NRPF regulation], be made available to the ECF. The Commission shall implement those resources directly or indirectly in accordance with Article 62(1), point (a) or (c) of Regulation, (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. They shall be additional to the amount referred to in Article 4. Those resources shall be used for the benefit of the Member State concerned. Where the Commission has not entered into a legal commitment under direct or indirect management for additional amounts thus made available to the ECF, the corresponding uncommitted amounts may, at the request of the Member State concerned, be transferred back to one or more respective chapters of the Plan or their successors. Where resources allocated under shared management are made available to the ECF, they may support place-based project pipelines, including projects developed and implemented in partnership with local and regional authorities and delivered through blending operations combining grants and financial instruments. |
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| 2. Resources allocated to Member States under shared management may, at their request, in accordance Article X of Regulation (EU) [XXX][NRPF regulation], be made available to the ECF. The Commission shall implement those resources directly or indirectly in accordance with Article 62(1), point (a) or (c) of Regulation, (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. They shall be additional to the amount referred to in Article 4. Those resources shall be used for the benefit of the Member State concerned. Where the Commission has not entered into a legal commitment under direct or indirect management for additional amounts thus made available to the ECF, the corresponding uncommitted amounts may, at the request of the Member State concerned, be transferred back to one or more respective chapters of the Plan or their successors. | 2. Resources allocated to Member States under shared management may, at their request prepared in consultation with relevant local and regional authorities in line with their competences, in accordance Article X of Regulation (EU) [XXX][NRPF regulation], be made available to the ECF. The Commission shall implement those resources directly or indirectly in accordance with Article 62(1), point (a) or (c) of Regulation, (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. They shall be additional to the amount referred to in Article 4. Those resources shall be used for the benefit of the Member State concerned. Where the Commission has not entered into a legal commitment under direct or indirect management for additional amounts thus made available to the ECF, the corresponding uncommitted amounts may, at the request of the Member State concerned, be transferred back to one or more respective chapters of the Plan or their successors. |
Yvan Verougstraete, Grégory Allione, Morten Løkkegaard, Christophe Grudler, Emma Wiesner, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez
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| 2 a. The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, guidance for Member States to facilitate the contribution of resources referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 to the Member State Compartment under the ECF InvestEU Instrument. The guidance may in particular clarify the rules applicable on state aid and the Stability Growth Pact, as well as facilitate and simplify the process for contributions from regional and local authorities, identify best practices and advantages from the use of the Member State Compartment. |
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| 3. Any revenues generated by activities and components under Chapter VII, section 3 of this Regulation, shall constitute external assigned revenue within the meaning of Article 21(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 to the ECF or its successor. | 3. Any revenues generated by activities and components under Chapter VII, section 3 of this Regulation, shall constitute external assigned revenue within the meaning of Article 21(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 to Chapter VII, Section 3, of the ECF or its successor. |
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| 4. [From 1 January 2028 / programme start date], by way of derogation from the first, second and fourth subparagraphs of Article 212(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, revenue, repayments and recoveries from financial instruments funded from this Regulation, its predecessor, and those referred to in Annex IV of Regulation (EU) 2021/523 shall be used to provide Union support under the ECF. By way of derogation from point (f) of Article 21(3) and in accordance with Article 21(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, these resources shall constitute external assigned revenue to the ECF. | 4. [From 1 January 2028 / programme start date], by way of derogation from the first, second and fourth subparagraphs of Article 212(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, revenue, repayments and recoveries from financial instruments funded from this Regulation, its predecessor, and those referred to in Annex IV of Regulation (EU) 2021/523 shall be used to provide Union support under the ECF InvestEU Instrument. By way of derogation from point (f) of Article 21(3) and in accordance with Article 21(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, these resources shall constitute external assigned revenue to the ECF InvestEU Instrument. |
Reflows from this regulation or legacy programmes should be reallocated to ECF-InvestEU. This concerns revenues, repayments, recoveries, or any surplus of provisioning. As things stand, the proposal redirects such amounts to the ECF at large. In line with the InvestEU Omnibus, reflows provide for valuable additional capacity.
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| 5. [From 1 January 2028 / programme start date], by way of derogation from point (a) of Article 216(4) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any surplus of provisions for the budgetary guarantees established by Regulations (EU) 2015/1017[2] and (EU) 2021/523[3] may be used to provide Union support under the ECF. These resources shall constitute external assigned revenue within the meaning of Article 21(5) of Regulation 2024/2509 to the ECF. | 5. [From 1 January 2028 / programme start date], by way of derogation from point (a) of Article 216(4) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any surplus of provisions for the budgetary guarantees established by Regulations (EU) 2015/1017[2] and (EU) 2021/523[3] may be used to provide Union support under the ECF InvestEU Instrument. These resources shall constitute external assigned revenue within the meaning of Article 21(5) of Regulation 2024/2509 to the ECF InvestEU Instrument. |
Reflows from this regulation or legacy programmes should be reallocated to ECF-InvestEU. This concerns revenues, repayments, recoveries, or any surplus of provisioning. As things stand, the proposal redirects such amounts to the ECF at large. In line with the InvestEU Omnibus, reflows provide for valuable additional capacity.
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| 5. [From 1 January 2028 / programme start date], by way of derogation from point (a) of Article 216(4) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any surplus of provisions for the budgetary guarantees established by Regulations (EU) 2015/1017[2] and (EU) 2021/523[3] may be used to provide Union support under the ECF. These resources shall constitute external assigned revenue within the meaning of Article 21(5) of Regulation 2024/2509 to the ECF. | 5. [From 1 January 2028 / programme start date], by way of derogation from point (a) of Article 216(4) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any surplus of provisions for the budgetary guarantees established by Regulations (EU) 2015/1017[2] and (EU) 2021/523[3] shall be used to provide Union support under the ECF. These resources shall constitute external assigned revenue within the meaning of Article 21(5) of Regulation 2024/2509 to the ECF. |
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| 5 a. In order to support the just transition and strengthen economic competitiveness and resilience in the Union, in line with the objectives set out in Article 3(1)(k), at least 10% of the indicative financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 under the European Competitiveness Fund shall be allocated to actions fostering the full and broad support of entities from areas undergoing energy and industrial transition referred to in Article 174 TFEU. |
Borys Budka, Eva Maydell, Romana Tomc, Adina Vălean, Gheorghe Falcă, Daniel Buda, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Siegfried Mureşan, Tomáš Zdechovský, Radan Kanev, Inese Vaidere, Virgil-Daniel Popescu, Andrzej Halicki, Loránt Vincze, Iuliu Winkler, Mirosława Nykiel, Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz, Krzysztof Hetman, Adam Jarubas, Miriam Lexmann, Karlo Ressler, Eszter Lakos, Nikolina Brnjac, Davor Ivo Stier, Danuše Nerudová, Jan Farský, Rasa Juknevičienė, Andrey Kovatchev, Andrey Novakov, Ilia Lazarov, Sandra Kalniete
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| Article5a | |
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| 1. The Commission shall ensure supportive measures for first-time applicants and less experienced applicants in order to avoid excessive concentration, in particular geographical concentration, of ECF funding. 2. The Commission shall develop robust monitoring systems to track the geographical distribution of funding across regions, including the creation of a European Competitiveness Scoreboard and an ECF Dashboard identifying innovation and competitiveness performance across regions and Member states. 3.Where significant concentration is identified, the Commission shall trigger appropriate supportive measures. 4. Where applicable, award criteria shall be laid down in the work programmes referred to in Article 15, taking into account, to the extent possible, the following elements: (a) an assessment of the expected results of the proposals and their impact on achieving the objectives set out in Article 3, with particular attention to SMEs, start-ups and to regions lagging behind in competitiveness and innovation performance; (b) the ability of the proposals to support specific activities under Chapters III, IV, V, VI and VII, Sections 1, 3 and 4, taking into account the nature of the activities, ensuring pan-Union coverage and the participation of partners from peripheral regions of the Union, in particular from less developed, transition, insular and outermost regions; (c) in the case of collaborative actions and consortia, the participation of partners from less developed and transition regions, including peripheral Member States, insular and outermost regions, and the establishment of research or production activities in those regions, with a view to promoting Union value chains and ensuring a balanced territorial impact of the ECF; (d) the ability of the proposal to disseminate technology and knowledge across Member States. 5. The work programme shall lay down rules for dealing with proposals of equal merit (ex aequo), including weighting factors relating to geographical diversity and the participation of partners from less developed innovation and competitiveness regions as tie-breaking elements. The work programmes shall include specific calls enabling first-time applicants, less experienced applicants and entities from less developed innovation and competitiveness regions to join existing consortia under Chapters IV to VII, including, where appropriate, the possibility to add additional beneficiaries during project implementation in order to enhance flexibility, responsiveness and Union-wide impact. 6. Complementary measures shall be put in place by the Commission: (a) Targeted technical assistance for first-time and less experienced applicants; (b) establish minimum indicative thresholds, based on objective and transparent criteria, for the allocation of funding to first-time and less experienced applicants under certain calls or instruments of the ECF; (c) support the integration of entities from different Member States into Single Market value chains, as referred to in Article 16, including by promoting the multinational composition of consortia and participation across the value chain. 7. The measures referred to in paragraph 3 and 6 may be financed by the ECF. |
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| 1. The ECF shall be implemented in synergy with other Union programmes. An action that has received a Union contribution from another programme may also receive another contribution under the ECF. The rules of the relevant Union programme shall apply to the corresponding contribution or a single set of rules may be applied to all contributions and a single legal commitment may be concluded. If the Union contribution is based on eligible costs, the cumulative support from the Union budget shall not exceed the total eligible costs of the action and may be calculated on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the documents setting out the conditions for support. | 1. The ECF shall be implemented in synergy with other Union programmes. An action that has received a Union contribution from a programme outside the ECF may also receive another contribution under the ECF, while avoiding double funding of the same costs. In the event of an aggression against a Member State or following the triggering of the mutual defence clause of Article 42(7) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) by a Member State, ECF funding shall be re-directed, by means of an implementing act, to support the EDTIB to urgent actions necessary to ensure the Union's Security of Supply and timely availability and supply of defence products for the protection of European citizens, ensuring the Union's ability to respond to emerging security challenges including support to Ukraine. This mechanism shall allow the Commission to adapt the work programmes and award funding by means of an immediately applicable implementing act, in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. The rules of the relevant Union programme shall apply to the corresponding contribution or a single set of rules may be applied to all contributions and a single legal commitment may be concluded. If the Union contribution is based on eligible costs, the cumulative support from the Union budget shall not exceed the total eligible costs of the action and may be calculated on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the documents setting out the conditions for support. |
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| 1. The ECF shall be implemented in synergy with other Union programmes. An action that has received a Union contribution from another programme may also receive another contribution under the ECF. The rules of the relevant Union programme shall apply to the corresponding contribution or a single set of rules may be applied to all contributions and a single legal commitment may be concluded. If the Union contribution is based on eligible costs, the cumulative support from the Union budget shall not exceed the total eligible costs of the action and may be calculated on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the documents setting out the conditions for support. | 1. The ECF shall be implemented in synergy with other Union programmes. An action that has received a Union contribution from another programme may also receive another contribution under the ECF. The rules of the relevant Union programme shall apply to the corresponding contribution or a single set of rules may be applied to all contributions and a single legal commitment may be concluded. If the Union contribution is based on eligible costs, the cumulative support from the Union budget shall not exceed the total eligible costs of the action and may be calculated on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the documents setting out the conditions for support. In this regard, actions that have received support under the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation may also receive support under the European Competitiveness Fund. The ECF shall, in particular, support activities related to demonstration, deployment, scale-up, infrastructure roll-out, skills development, commercialisation and market uptake, including, where appropriate, through cumulative funding, while avoiding double financing. |
This addition strengthens synergies between the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation and the European Competitiveness Fund, in line with the recommendations of the reports by Mario Draghi and Enrico Letta on closing Europe’s innovation gap. While the Framework Programme supports frontier research and the development of innovative ideas, the ECF is ideally placed to support their demonstration, deployment and scale-up, thereby helping to bridge the “valley of death” between research and market uptake and enabling EU innovative technologies to reach global markets and create high-quality jobs in Europe.
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| 1. The ECF shall be implemented in synergy with other Union programmes. An action that has received a Union contribution from another programme may also receive another contribution under the ECF. The rules of the relevant Union programme shall apply to the corresponding contribution or a single set of rules may be applied to all contributions and a single legal commitment may be concluded. If the Union contribution is based on eligible costs, the cumulative support from the Union budget shall not exceed the total eligible costs of the action and may be calculated on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the documents setting out the conditions for support. | 1. The ECF shall be implemented in synergy with other Union programmes. An action that has received a Union contribution from another programme may also receive another contribution under the ECF. Actions that have received support under the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation may receive support under the European Competitiveness Fund for activities related to demonstration, deployment, scale-up, infrastructure roll-out, skills development and market uptake, including through cumulative funding where appropriate and without double financing. The rules of the relevant Union programme shall apply to the corresponding contribution or a single set of rules may be applied to all contributions and a single legal commitment may be concluded. If the Union contribution is based on eligible costs, the cumulative support from the Union budget shall not exceed the total eligible costs of the action and may be calculated on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the documents setting out the conditions for support. |
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| 1. The ECF shall be implemented in synergy with other Union programmes. An action that has received a Union contribution from another programme may also receive another contribution under the ECF. The rules of the relevant Union programme shall apply to the corresponding contribution or a single set of rules may be applied to all contributions and a single legal commitment may be concluded. If the Union contribution is based on eligible costs, the cumulative support from the Union budget shall not exceed the total eligible costs of the action and may be calculated on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the documents setting out the conditions for support. | 1. The ECF shall be implemented in synergy with other Union programmes. An action that has received a Union contribution from another programme may also receive another contribution under the ECF. Actions that have received support under the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation may receive support under the European Competitiveness Fund for activities related to demonstration, deployment, scale-up, infrastructure roll-out, skills development and market uptake, including through cumulative funding where appropriate and without double financing. The rules of the relevant Union programme shall apply to the corresponding contribution or a single set of rules may be applied to all contributions and a single legal commitment may be concluded. If the Union contribution is based on eligible costs, the cumulative support from the Union budget shall not exceed the total eligible costs of the action and may be calculated on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the documents setting out the conditions for support. |
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| 1. The ECF shall be implemented in synergy with other Union programmes. An action that has received a Union contribution from another programme may also receive another contribution under the ECF. The rules of the relevant Union programme shall apply to the corresponding contribution or a single set of rules may be applied to all contributions and a single legal commitment may be concluded. If the Union contribution is based on eligible costs, the cumulative support from the Union budget shall not exceed the total eligible costs of the action and may be calculated on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the documents setting out the conditions for support. | 1. The ECF shall be implemented in synergy with other Union programmes. An action that has received a Union contribution from another programme may also receive another contribution under the ECF. Actions that have received support under the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation may receive support under the European Competitiveness Fund for activities related to demonstration, deployment, scale-up, infrastructure roll-out, skills development and market uptake, including through cumulative funding where appropriate and without double financing. The rules of the relevant Union programme shall apply to the corresponding contribution or a single set of rules may be applied to all contributions and a single legal commitment may be concluded. If the Union contribution is based on eligible costs, the cumulative support from the Union budget shall not exceed the total eligible costs of the action and may be calculated on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the documents setting out the conditions for support. |
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| 1. The ECF shall be implemented in synergy with other Union programmes. An action that has received a Union contribution from another programme may also receive another contribution under the ECF. The rules of the relevant Union programme shall apply to the corresponding contribution or a single set of rules may be applied to all contributions and a single legal commitment may be concluded. If the Union contribution is based on eligible costs, the cumulative support from the Union budget shall not exceed the total eligible costs of the action and may be calculated on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the documents setting out the conditions for support. | 1. The ECF shall be implemented in synergy with other Union programmes. An action that has received a Union contribution from another programme may also receive another contribution under the ECF. The rules of the relevant Union programme shall apply to the corresponding contribution or a single set of rules may be applied to all contributions and a single legal commitment may be concluded. If the Union contribution is based on eligible costs, the cumulative support from the Union budget shall not exceed the total eligible costs of the action and may be calculated on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the documents setting out the conditions for support. This may include combining contributions under the ECF with resources made available under Article 5(2), including for integrated urban deployment projects and related investment platforms. |
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| 1. The ECF shall be implemented in synergy with other Union programmes. An action that has received a Union contribution from another programme may also receive another contribution under the ECF. The rules of the relevant Union programme shall apply to the corresponding contribution or a single set of rules may be applied to all contributions and a single legal commitment may be concluded. If the Union contribution is based on eligible costs, the cumulative support from the Union budget shall not exceed the total eligible costs of the action and may be calculated on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the documents setting out the conditions for support. | 1. The ECF shall be implemented in synergy with other Union programmes. An action that has received a Union contribution from another programme may also receive another contribution under the ECF if it contributes to one of the specific objectives in Article 3(2). The rules of the relevant Union programme shall apply to the corresponding contribution or a single set of rules may be applied to all contributions and a single legal commitment may be concluded. If the Union contribution is based on eligible costs, the cumulative support from the Union budget shall not exceed the total eligible costs of the action and may be calculated on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the documents setting out the conditions for support. |
Christian Ehler, Oliver Schenk, Matej Tonin, Adina Vălean, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Hildegard Bentele, Angelika Niebler, Eszter Lakos, Wouter Beke, Radan Kanev, Susana Solís Pérez, Virgil-Daniel Popescu
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| 1. The ECF shall be implemented in synergy with other Union programmes. An action that has received a Union contribution from another programme may also receive another contribution under the ECF. The rules of the relevant Union programme shall apply to the corresponding contribution or a single set of rules may be applied to all contributions and a single legal commitment may be concluded. If the Union contribution is based on eligible costs, the cumulative support from the Union budget shall not exceed the total eligible costs of the action and may be calculated on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the documents setting out the conditions for support. | 1. The ECF shall be implemented in synergy with other Union programmes. An action that has received a Union contribution from another programme may also receive another contribution under the ECF if it contributes to one of the specific objectives in Article 3(2). The rules of the relevant Union programme shall apply to the corresponding contribution or a single set of rules may be applied to all contributions and a single legal commitment may be concluded. If the Union contribution is based on eligible costs, the cumulative support from the Union budget shall not exceed the total eligible costs of the action and may be calculated on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the documents setting out the conditions for support. |
Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz, Borys Budka, Krzysztof Hetman, Mirosława Nykiel, Adam Jarubas, Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski, Sabine Verheyen
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| 1 a. In support of actions under article 30, the ECF shall contribute to actions established under Article 5 point (a) of the Regulation (EU) [XXX] [Erasmus+] falling under one or more of the windows referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation to adress shortages of skills in strategic sectors for EU competitiveness. |
Erasmus+ scholarship programs can complement the ECF by better implementing projects similar to the Net Zero Academy based on more experience with the development of educational programs.
Yvan Verougstraete, Brigitte van den Berg, Grégory Allione, Morten Løkkegaard, Christophe Grudler, Laurence Farreng, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Bart Groothuis, Sophie Wilmès
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| 1 a. In support of actions under article 30, the ECF shall contribute to actions established under Article 5 point (a) of the Regulation (EU) [XXX] [Erasmus+] falling under one or more of the windows referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation to address shortages of skills in strategic sectors for EU competitiveness. |
Erasmus + scholarship programs can complement the ECF by better implementing projects similar to the Net Zero Academy based on more experience with the development of educational programs.
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| 2. Award procedures under the ECF may be jointly conducted under direct or indirect management with Member States, Union institutions, their departments, bodies and agencies, third countries international organisations, international financial institutions, or other third parties, provided the protection of the financial interests of the Union as well as of the security and defence interests of the Union and its Member States is ensured. Such procedures shall be subject to a single set of rules and lead to the conclusion of single legal commitments. For that purpose, the partners may make resources available to the ECF in accordance with Article 5 of this Regulation, or the partners may be entrusted with the implementation of the award procedure, where applicable in accordance with Article 62(1), point (c), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. In joint award procedures representatives of the partners to the joint award procedure may also be members of the evaluation committee referred to in Article 153(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. | 2. Award procedures under the ECF may be jointly conducted under direct or indirect management with Member States, Union institutions, their departments, bodies and agencies, associated third countries, international organisations, international financial institutions, or other third parties, provided the protection of the financial interests of the Union as well as of the security and defence interests of the Union and its Member States are ensured. Such procedures shall be subject to a single set of rules and lead to the conclusion of single legal commitments. For that purpose, the partners may make resources available to the ECF in accordance with Article 5 of this Regulation, or the partners may be entrusted with the implementation of the award procedure, where applicable in accordance with Article 62(1), point (c), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. In joint award procedures representatives of the partners to the joint award procedure may also be members of the evaluation committee referred to in Article 153(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. |
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| 1. A Competitiveness Coordination Tool (CCT) is hereby established. | |
| 2. The CCT shall support the implementation of the objectives set out in Article 3 by providing a structured framework for coordination informing the strategic orientation of interventions supported under this Regulation. | |
| In particular, the CCT shall contribute to the identification of common EU priorities within each policy window where intervention can deliver significant Union added value and spillovers throughout the Union, including by enabling concentration of resources, achieving scale, and ensuring coherence and synergies with national initiatives. | |
| The implementation of this Regulation shall be structured along three complementary time horizons: | |
| (a) a long-term strategic horizon, aligned with Union targets for 2035 and 2040, and consistent with the Union’s 2050 objectives, providing direction for the identification of priority areas; | |
| (b) a mid-term programme cycle, corresponding to the duration of the Fund, during which priorities shall remain stable, subject to a mid-term review; | |
| (c) an operational cycle, through work programmes, ensuring the implementation of the priorities identified under the Strategic Priorities Framework, without prejudice to their stability. | |
| The CCT shall ensure consistency across these time horizons. | |
| 3. The CCT shall: | |
| (a) identify priority value chains, segments of value chains, infrastructures or cross-border projects of common European interest, including the systematic mapping of critical dependencies and vulnerability assessments of the Union’s supply chains, covering raw materials, design, manufacturing equipment, products and solutions, with a view to supporting scaling up, industrialisation and deployment of emerging and cutting-edge deep technologies stemming from the Framework Programme; | |
| (b) identify a limited number of priority intervention areas per policy window of the Fund supported by the broadest number of Member States, prioritising areas where intellectual property and high value-added operations are primarily anchored within the Union to ensure long-term economic leverage and export potential; | |
| (c) provide strategic orientations on how the identified priorities shall secure sovereign supply chains by building and maintaining end-to-end industrial capacities for critical technologies, thereby be reflected in the implementation of this Regulation; | |
| (d) review, at appropriate intervals, progress in addressing the identified priorities, including in terms of sustainability, prosperity, strategic autonomy, social justice and competitiveness, and the Union’s geopolitical leverage resulting from leading market positions in specific segments of the global value chain, taking into account relevant international benchmarks where appropriate; | |
| e) ensure consistency and synergies with other initiatives at national and European level. | |
| 4. The Commission shall adopt, by means of delegated acts pursuant to Article 84, a Strategic Priorities Framework, setting out a multiannual strategic orientation for the implementation of this Regulation. The Strategic Priorities Framework shall be adopted [no later than October 2027] and shall: | |
| (a) identify the priorities referred to in point (b) of paragraph 3 for each policy window of the Fund; | |
| (b) provide a reasoned explanation of the Union added value of Union-level intervention in each priority intervention area; | |
| (c) indicate, where appropriate, reference benchmarks or indicators relating to Union-level capacity gaps, deployment needs or system integration challenges; | |
| (d) describe the expected contribution of Union-level financial support under the Fund in relation to national and private investments. | |
| 5. The Parliament may adopt a resolution setting out its position within a reasonable period. | |
| The Commission shall duly take into account the position of the Parliament in the development of the Strategic Priorities Framework. | |
| 6. In carrying out its tasks, the CCT shall be supported by relevant scientific and analytical work, including, where appropriate: | |
| (a) Union-level strategies, policy frameworks and legally binding targets, including those related to the energy and digital transitions, climate objectives, social inclusion, economic resilience and critical raw materials; | |
| (b) outcomes of coordination fora involving the Member States, including the Joint European Forum for Important Projects of Common European Interest; | |
| (c) national strategies and plans, including National Energy and Climate Plans (and related underpinning energy and climate plans), Social and Climate Plans, National Digital Decade Strategic Roadmaps where relevant to Union-level capacity and deployment needs, as well as National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans; | |
| (d) Union-level observatories, monitoring mechanisms, research and foresight activities relating to emerging technologies, industrial capacities, skills and infrastructures, including related to security of supply provisions in EU law; | |
| (e) relevant scientific, technical and socio-economic expertise, including analyses and assessments carried out or commissioned by the Commission. | |
| The CCT shall take into account the views of the Strategic Stakeholders Board referred to in Article 14. | |
| 7. The Commission shall prepare an annual report on progress towards the priorities identified through the Strategic Priorities Framework, including information on the allocation and concentration of Union-level and national financial support. | |
| That report shall be transmitted to the Parliament and the Council and made publicly available. | |
| The Commission may be regularly invited by the Parliament to present and discuss: | |
| (a) the Strategic Priorities Framework and its implementation; | |
| (b) the alignment of work programmes with the Framework; | |
| (c) any significant deviations from the identified priorities. | |
| 8. The annual report referred to in paragraph 7 shall include an assessment of the geographical distribution of resources allocated under this Regulation across policy windows and types of actions. | |
| Where the report identifies a significant and persistent concentration of ECF funding in a limited number of Member States that is not justified by the volume and quality of applications received, the Commission shall consider appropriate measures to address such concentration, including through targeted capacity-building support under Chapter III, enhanced outreach and technical assistance activities, or adjustments to the design of calls for proposals, without prejudice to the application of excellence-based award criteria. | |
| 9. The Commission shall provide the Parliament, in a timely manner, with detailed information on the implementation of the Strategic Priorities Framework, including its translation into work programmes and into actions supported under the ECF, including via ECF InvestEU instrument. | |
| That information shall include an overview of the consistency between the actions financed and the priorities identified, as well as any significant deviations and their justification. |
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| 1. The Commission shall ensure the consistent implementation of the European Competitiveness Fund, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation and the Innovation Fund. | |
| 2. The Commission and Member States shall, in a manner commensurate to their respective responsibilities, facilitate coordination and coherence between European Competitiveness Fund and national and regional partnership plans on common competitiveness priorities in selected key areas and projects deemed of strategic importance and of common European interest. | |
| 3. The ECF will be implemented in synergy with other Union funds, including the Global Europe Fund, in particular to support global competitiveness, ensure diversified supply sources, and strengthen export potential and opportunities of European companies. |
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| Coordination | Coordination, synergies and Parliamentary scrutiny |
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| 1. The Commission shall ensure the consistent implementation of the European Competitiveness Fund, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation and the Innovation Fund. | 1. The Commission shall ensure the consistent implementation of the European Competitiveness Fund, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation and the Innovation Fund. The work programmes referred to in Article 15 must effectively contribute to the objectives of relevant Union industrial policies through targeted measures and appropriate financial allocations. |
Nicolás González Casares, Mohammed Chahim, Elena Sancho Murillo, Lina Gálvez, Yannis Maniatis, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Annalisa Corrado, Christophe Clergeau, Bruno Tobback, Niels Fuglsang
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| 1. The Commission shall ensure the consistent implementation of the European Competitiveness Fund, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation and the Innovation Fund. | 1. The Commission shall in close cooperation with the Member States and the Council ensure the consistent implementation of the European Competitiveness Fund, the Framework Programme for Research, the Programme for the Environment and Climate Action - LIFE and Innovation and the Innovation Fund. |
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| 1. The Commission shall ensure the consistent implementation of the European Competitiveness Fund, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation and the Innovation Fund. | 1. The Commission shall, in accordance with the provisions related to the CCT referred to in Article 6a, ensure the consistent implementation of the European Competitiveness Fund, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation , CEF and the Innovation Fund. |
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| 1. The Commission shall ensure the consistent implementation of the European Competitiveness Fund, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation and the Innovation Fund. | 1. The Commission shall ensure the consistent implementation of the European Competitiveness Fund, the Framework Programme for Research, the Programme for the Environment and Climate Action - LIFE and Innovation and the Innovation Fund. |
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| 1. The Commission shall ensure the consistent implementation of the European Competitiveness Fund, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation and the Innovation Fund. | 1. The Commission shall ensure the consistent implementation of the European Competitiveness Fund, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, the Euratom Research and Training Programme and the Innovation Fund. |
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| 1 a. The Commission shall ensure that the work programmes referred to in Article 15 address the relevant objectives of EU sectoral industrial policies through dedicated actions and adequate budget. |
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| 1 a. The ECF funding shall be based on open competition. The main award criteria should be defined based on impact, quality as well as high relevance for European competitiveness. |
Funding awarded by the Competitiveness Fund should be based on competitive calls, and the award criteria should be clearly defined and based on impact and quality.
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| 2. The Commission and Member States shall, in a manner commensurate to their respective responsibilities, facilitate coordination and coherence between European Competitiveness Fund and national and regional partnership plans on common competitiveness priorities in selected key areas and projects deemed of strategic importance and of common European interest. | 2. The Commission and Member States shall, in a manner commensurate to their respective responsibilities, facilitate coordination and coherence between European Competitiveness Fund and national and regional partnership plans on common competitiveness priorities in selected key areas and projects deemed of strategic importance and of common European interest ensuring the effective involvement of regional and local authorities in line with their competences. To facilitate this coordination, the European Commission shall, among other measures, monitor the geographic distribution of project funding across regions, which should be made publicly available through a digital ECF dashboard. |
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| 2. The Commission and Member States shall, in a manner commensurate to their respective responsibilities, facilitate coordination and coherence between European Competitiveness Fund and national and regional partnership plans on common competitiveness priorities in selected key areas and projects deemed of strategic importance and of common European interest. | 2. The Commission and Member States shall, in a manner commensurate to their respective responsibilities, facilitate coordination and coherence between European Competitiveness Fund and national and regional partnership plans on common competitiveness priorities in selected key areas and projects deemed of strategic importance and of common European interest. Such coordination should meaningfully involve regions based on multilevel governance and partnership provisions and in full consistency with the European Code of Conduct on Partnership, in particular where investments have a strong territorial, industrial ecosystem or value chain dimension. |
Regional authorities are closer to territorial industrial ecosystems and better placed to identify investment needs, structural bottlenecks and growth opportunities for enterprises. Their meaningful involvement improves the targeting, coherence and effectiveness of ECF interventions.
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| 2. The Commission and Member States shall, in a manner commensurate to their respective responsibilities, facilitate coordination and coherence between European Competitiveness Fund and national and regional partnership plans on common competitiveness priorities in selected key areas and projects deemed of strategic importance and of common European interest. | 2. The Commission and Member States shall, in a manner commensurate to their respective responsibilities, facilitate coordination and coherence between European Competitiveness Fund and national and regional partnership plans on common competitiveness priorities in selected key areas and projects deemed of strategic importance and of common European interest in accordance with the provisions related to the CCT referred to in Article 6a and ensuring the effective involvement of regional and local authorities in line with their competences. |
Dario Nardella, Stefano Bonaccini, Cristina Maestre, Maria Grapini, Giorgio Gori, Claire Fita, Eric Sargiacomo
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| 2. The Commission and Member States shall, in a manner commensurate to their respective responsibilities, facilitate coordination and coherence between European Competitiveness Fund and national and regional partnership plans on common competitiveness priorities in selected key areas and projects deemed of strategic importance and of common European interest. | 2. The Commission and Member States shall, in a manner commensurate to their respective responsibilities, facilitate coordination and coherence between European Competitiveness Fund and national and regional partnership plans on common competitiveness priorities in selected key areas and projects deemed of strategic importance and of common European interest, ensuring effective synergies, promoting long-term strategic investments aimed at strengthening territorial resilience, sustainable growth and food security across the Union. |
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| 2. The Commission and Member States shall, in a manner commensurate to their respective responsibilities, facilitate coordination and coherence between European Competitiveness Fund and national and regional partnership plans on common competitiveness priorities in selected key areas and projects deemed of strategic importance and of common European interest. | 2. The Commission and Member States shall, in a manner commensurate to their respective responsibilities, facilitate coordination and coherence between European Competitiveness Fund and national and regional partnership plans on common competitiveness priorities in selected key areas and projects deemed of strategic importance and of common European interest, ensuring the effective involvement of regional and local authorities in line with their competences. |
Elisabetta Gualmini, Martin Hojsík, Grégory Allione, Bart Groothuis, Morten Løkkegaard, Yvan Verougstraete
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| 2. The Commission and Member States shall, in a manner commensurate to their respective responsibilities, facilitate coordination and coherence between European Competitiveness Fund and national and regional partnership plans on common competitiveness priorities in selected key areas and projects deemed of strategic importance and of common European interest. | 2. The Commission and Member States shall, in a manner commensurate to their respective responsibilities, facilitate coordination and coherence between European Competitiveness Fund and national and regional partnership plans on common competitiveness priorities in selected key areas and projects deemed of strategic importance and of common European interest, ensuring the effective involvement of regional and local authorities in line with their competences. |
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| 3. The ECF will be implemented in synergy with other Union funds, including the Global Europe Fund, in particular to support global competitiveness, ensure diversified supply sources, and strengthen export potential and opportunities of European companies. | 3. The ECF shall be implemented in synergy with other Union funds, including the Global Europe Fund, and the Connecting Europe Facility, in particular to support the Union's clean transition and the global competitiveness, ensure diversified supply sources, electrification and the development of cross-border transmission and distribution grids as a key enabler of the roll-out of renewable energy and non-fossil storage, the reduction of fossil fuel dependency and elimination of fossil fuel subsidies, and strengthening the Union's export potential and opportunities of European companies, in particular with regard to sustainable innovation and cleantech. |
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| 3. The ECF will be implemented in synergy with other Union funds, including the Global Europe Fund, in particular to support global competitiveness, ensure diversified supply sources, and strengthen export potential and opportunities of European companies. | 3. The ECF will be implemented in synergy with other Union funds and strategies, including the Global Europe Fund, in particular to support global competitiveness, ensure diversified and resilient supply chains, and strengthen export and investment potential and opportunities of European companies, as well as including the Connecting Europe Facility, the Single Market and Customs Programme, Erasmus+ and Agora EU and the EU’s Global Health Strategy. |
Christophe Clergeau, Jean-Marc Germain, Romana Jerković, Kristian Vigenin, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis
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| 3. The ECF will be implemented in synergy with other Union funds, including the Global Europe Fund, in particular to support global competitiveness, ensure diversified supply sources, and strengthen export potential and opportunities of European companies. | 3. The ECF will be implemented in synergy with other Union funds, including the Global Europe Fund and in line with the AU-EU Innovation Agenda, the EU’s Global Health Strategy and the EU’s Global Approach to Research and Innovation, in particular to support global competitiveness, ensure diversified supply sources, and strengthen export potential and opportunities of European companies. |
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| 3. The ECF will be implemented in synergy with other Union funds, including the Global Europe Fund, in particular to support global competitiveness, ensure diversified supply sources, and strengthen export potential and opportunities of European companies. | 3. The ECF shall be implemented in synergy with other Union funds, including the Global Europe Fund, in particular to strengthen export potential and opportunities of European companies. |
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| 3. The ECF will be implemented in synergy with other Union funds, including the Global Europe Fund, in particular to support global competitiveness, ensure diversified supply sources, and strengthen export potential and opportunities of European companies. | 3. The ECF will be implemented in synergy with other Union funds, including the Global Europe Fund and EU Facility, in particular to support global competitiveness, ensure diversified supply sources, and strengthen export potential and opportunities of European companies. |
Christian Ehler, Oliver Schenk, Matej Tonin, Adina Vălean, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Hildegard Bentele, Angelika Niebler, Eszter Lakos, Wouter Beke, Radan Kanev, Susana Solís Pérez, Virgil-Daniel Popescu, Dimitris Tsiodras
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| 3 a. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 84 of this Regulation to establish the Competitiveness Coordination Tool (the “CCT”). That delegated act shall be adopted no later than six months after the entry into force of this Regulation. The delegated act shall, at a minimum: | |
| (a) establish the procedure and criteria for the designation of CCT priority areas, including the conditions under which a sector, infrastructure network or cross-border activity qualifies as being of strategic importance and of common European interest for the purposes of this Regulation as well as to resolve existing challenges in the priority area, such as regulatory hurdles; | |
| (b) specify a methodology for the preparation of an Investment Mapping Notice comprising funding from the ECF, NRPPs, national budgets, CEF, and Horizon Europe, including the minimum requirements for the identification of the indicative Union funding envelope per CCT priority area, the expected co-investment pipeline derived from national plans submitted pursuant to [NRPP Regulation], and the synchronisation gaps between Member State investment cycles and Union programming timelines; | |
| (c) establish the procedure and conditions under which the Commission shall earmark ECF resources within ninety days of the approval of a CCT pillar within a national plan, including the conditions for the lapse of an earmark and the treatment of earmarked amounts in the event of Commission-attributable delays in disbursement; | |
| (d) set out the operational requirements for the maximum timeframe within which the Commission shall issue a funding compatibility assessment in response to a CCT financing request lodged by a Member State or project promoter, which shall not exceed sixty working days from the date of lodging. |
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| 3 a. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 84 of this Regulation to establish the Competitiveness Coordination Tool (the “CCT”). That delegated act shall be adopted no later than six months after the entry into force of this Regulation. The delegated act shall, at a minimum: (a) establish the procedure and criteria for the designation of CCT priority areas, including the conditions under which a sector, infrastructure network or cross-border activity qualifies as being of strategic importance and of common European interest for the purposes of this Regulation as well as to resolve existing challenges in the priority area, such as regulatory hurdles; (b) specify a methodology for the preparation of an Investment Mapping Notice comprising funding from the ECF, NRPPs, national budgets, CEF, and Horizon Europe, including the minimum requirements for the identification of the indicative Union funding envelope per CCT priority area, the expected co-investment pipeline derived from national plans submitted pursuant to [NRPP Regulation], and the synchronisation gaps between Member State investment cycles and Union programming timelines; (c) establish the procedure and conditions under which the Commission shall earmark ECF resources within ninety days of the approval of a CCT pillar within a national plan, including the conditions for the lapse of an earmark and the treatment of earmarked amounts in the event of Commission-attributable delays in disbursement; (d) set out the operational requirements for the maximum timeframe within which the Commission shall issue a funding compatibility assessment in response to a CCT financing request lodged by a Member State or project promoter, which shall not exceed sixty working days from the date of lodging. |
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| 3 a. In order to ensure close synergies between the ECF and other relevant Union programmes, the Commission shall appoint Programme Managers in order to fasten the investment journey of breakthrough and deep tech innovations (‘ECF Programme Managers’). | |
| ECF Programme Managers shall be appointed for a limited duration until the end of the Fund, following an open, fair and transparent selection procedure, based on recognised and extensive experience and demonstrated track-record in the financing, scaling and commercialisation of breakthrough innovations. | |
| Duties of the ECF Programme Managers shall include: | |
| - contributing to the implementation of actions pursuant to Article 17, Article 17a, and to Article 16; | |
| - ensuring close coordination and exchanges with the Programme Managers appointed under the Framework Programme for R&I in order to accelerate valorisation of results; | |
| - contributing to connect regional industrial ecosystems of main relevance for the specific breakthrough innovation in the scope of expertise of the Programme Manager across the Union; | |
| - chairing the meetings of the relevant thematic platform referred to in Article 14 (11). | |
| The Commission shall report periodically on the activities and impact of ECF Programme Managers as part of the monitoring and evaluation of the Fund. |
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| 3 a. In order to ensure continuity of European Union´s just transition efforts, the European Commission and Member States shall ensure that support provided under this Regulation is coherent and complementary with territorial transition strategies and chapters set out in the National and regional Partnership Plans Regulation (EU) XXX, in particular for regions and territories most affected by the transition to a climate-neutral and resource-efficient economy, such as coal and peat regions. Local and regional authorities shall be closely involved in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of such support in accordance with the principles of multilevel governance and partnership. |
Krzysztof Hetman, Alexander Bernhuber, Adam Jarubas, Norbert Lins, Borys Budka, Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz, Mirosława Nykiel, Céline Imart, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Herbert Dorfmann, Stefan Köhler, Daniel Buda, Maria Walsh
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| 3 a. Financial support provided under the ECF shall remain complementary to the Common Agricultural Policy and shall not constitute a substitute nor a compensation for the financing provided thereunder. |
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| 3 a. The Commission shall publish and update regularly an aggregate and disaggregated overview of all European funds disbursed, as well of grants, loans and guarantees effectively offered to companies. |
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| 3 a. The ECF shall be implemented in synergy with the Connecting Europe Facility, to ensure a coherent approach towards co-financing of the trans-European transport network as well as its objective. |
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| 3 b. In order to enhance the dialogue between the Union institutions and to ensure appropriate transparency and accountability, the Parliament may invite the Commission every two months to discuss the following matters: | |
| (a) the state of implementation of the ECF Strategic Priorities Framework referred to in Article 6a and progress towards the general and specific objectives set out in Article 3; | |
| (b) the work programmes and implementation arrangements, including Member State compartments where applicable, and the implementation of the ECF InvestEU Instrument, as well as the Commission’s assessment thereof, including compliance with the applicable eligibility, award criteria and quotas under this Regulation; | |
| (c) the main findings of any monitoring, review or evaluation reports related to the implementation of the ECF; | |
| (d) any other relevant information and documentation provided by the Commission to the Parliament in relation to the implementation of the ECF, including on the use and provisioning of the budgetary guarantee and/or the financing of financial instruments. |
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| 3 b. The Commission shall ensure that the actions referred to in Article 12(1) are implemented in accordance with the work programme of the institutionalised partnerships established pursuant to Article 187 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and that the work programmes referred to in Article 15 address the relevant objectives of EU sectoral industrial policies through dedicated actions and adequate budget. |
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| 3 c. The Commission shall take into account any elements arising from the views expressed through the process referred to in paragraph 3b, including Resolutions of the Parliament where provided. |
Yvan Verougstraete, Stine Bosse, Grégory Allione, Sigrid Friis, Christophe Grudler, Barry Andrews, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Sophie Wilmès
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| 1. A Competitiveness Seal may be awarded to high-quality actions which shall comply at least with the following conditions: | 1. Where a proposal submitted under any window or instrument of the ECF complies with the eligibility and award criteria laid down in this Regulation and the relevant work programme or call for proposals and demonstrates a high contribution to the objectives set out in Article 3, the Commission may award it a Competitiveness Seal. |
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| 1. A Competitiveness Seal may be awarded to high-quality actions which shall comply at least with the following conditions: | 1. A Competitiveness Seal may be awarded only to high-quality actions that contribute substantially to the objectives set out in Article 3 and that support the development of public infrastructure, public services and societal progress; |
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| 1. A Competitiveness Seal may be awarded to high-quality actions which shall comply at least with the following conditions: | 1. A European Competitiveness Seal may be awarded to high-quality actions which shall comply at least with the following conditions: |
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| (a) they have been assessed in an award procedure under the ECF; | deleted |
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| (b) they comply with the minimum quality requirements of that award procedure; | deleted |
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| (b) they comply with the minimum quality requirements of that award procedure; | (b) they comply with the excellence criterion and other minimum quality requirements of that award procedure; |
Nicolás González Casares, Mohammed Chahim, Elena Sancho Murillo, Lina Gálvez, Yannis Maniatis, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Annalisa Corrado, Christophe Clergeau, Bruno Tobback, Sofie Eriksson, Niels Fuglsang
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| (b a) they comply with the “do no significant harm” principle, and ensure, where relevant, that climate and environmental risks and impacts are identified, and prevented to the extent possible, on the basis of proportionate evidence and verifiable criteria; |
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| 2. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out additional conditions. | 2. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out additional conditions. The rules governing the award of the Competitiveness Seal shall be transparent, stable and set on a long-term horizon, so as to provide predictability for applicants and Member States. They shall not be subject to modification through individual work programmes. |
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| 2. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out additional conditions. | 2. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out additional conditions. The rules governing the award of the Competitiveness Seal shall be transparent, stable and set on a long-term horizon, so as to provide predictability for applicants and Member States. They shall not be subject to modification through individual work programmes. |
Yvan Verougstraete, Stine Bosse, Grégory Allione, Sigrid Friis, Morten Løkkegaard, Christophe Grudler, Barry Andrews, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Bart Groothuis, Sophie Wilmès
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| 2. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out additional conditions. | 2. Projects having been included in the Projects of Common Interest and Projects of Mutual Interest lists, that demonstrate a high contribution to the objectives set out in Article 3, and that have not been totally funded through the Connecting Europe Facility or Member State contributions may also be awarded a Competitiveness Seal. |
Energy and transport infrastructure project covered under CEF are equally relevant to the Union's competitiveness than projects under ECF and should not undergo double assessment.
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| 3. Member States may support projects which have been awarded a seal, or may provide support through the ECF by making additional resources available to the ECF in accordance with Article 5(1) or (2). | 3. Member States may support projects which have been awarded a seal, or may provide support through the ECF by making additional resources available to the ECF in accordance with Article 5(1) or (2). To facilitate Member State support for projects awarded the Competitiveness Seal but not selected for ECF funding due to budgetary constraints, the Competitiveness Seal shall confer a state aid exemption analogous to that applicable to the Seal of Excellence under the Horizon Europe programme pursuant to Articles 25a to 25d of the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER). The Commission shall provide clear guidance on the coordination between the Competitiveness Seal and national funding instruments to avoid duplication and ensure complementarity. |
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| 3. Member States may support projects which have been awarded a seal, or may provide support through the ECF by making additional resources available to the ECF in accordance with Article 5(1) or (2). | 3. Member States may support projects which have been awarded a seal, or may provide support through the ECF by making additional resources available to the ECF in accordance with Article 5(1) or (2). To facilitate Member State support for projects awarded the Competitiveness Seal but not selected for ECF funding due to budgetary constraints, the Competitiveness Seal shall confer a state aid exemption analogous to that applicable to the Seal of Excellence under the Horizon Europe programme pursuant to Articles 25a to 25d of the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER). The Commission shall provide clear guidance on the coordination between the Competitiveness Seal and national funding instruments to avoid duplication and ensure complementarity. |
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| 3. Member States may support projects which have been awarded a seal, or may provide support through the ECF by making additional resources available to the ECF in accordance with Article 5(1) or (2). | 3. Member States may support projects which have been awarded a seal, or may provide support through the ECF by making additional resources available to the ECF in accordance with Article 5(1) or (2). National funding granted to projects awarded a Competitiveness Seal shall be deemed compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3) TFEU and exempted from prior notification requirements under Article 108(3) TFEU. |
Yvan Verougstraete, Brigitte van den Berg, Stine Bosse, Sigrid Friis, Morten Løkkegaard, Christophe Grudler, Barry Andrews, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Bart Groothuis, Sophie Wilmès
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| 3. Member States may support projects which have been awarded a seal, or may provide support through the ECF by making additional resources available to the ECF in accordance with Article 5(1) or (2). | 3. Projects having been awarded a STEP Seal that is still valid, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2024/795, shall automatically be awarded a Competitiveness Seal. Strategic projects recognised in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Net-Zero Industry Act, the Critical Raw Materials Act, and the Critical Medicines Act that comply with the conditions in paragraph 1 shall be awarded a Competitiveness Seal. |
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| 3. Member States may support projects which have been awarded a seal, or may provide support through the ECF by making additional resources available to the ECF in accordance with Article 5(1) or (2). | 3. Member States may support projects which have been awarded a seal, or may provide support through the ECF by making additional resources available to the ECF in accordance with Article 5(1) or (2). National funding granted to projects awarded a Competitiveness Seal shall be deemed compatible with the internal market and exempted from prior notification requirements under State aid rules. |
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| 3. Member States may support projects which have been awarded a seal, or may provide support through the ECF by making additional resources available to the ECF in accordance with Article 5(1) or (2). | 3. Member States shall consider supporting projects which have been awarded a seal, including by making additional resources available to the ECF in accordance with Article 5(1) or (2). |
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| 4. Strategic projects under CRMA, NZIA, CMA and other strategic projects identified in Union legislation that fulfil the conditions in paragraph 1, will be directly granted the Competitiveness Seal. | deleted |
Yvan Verougstraete, Grégory Allione, Sigrid Friis, Morten Løkkegaard, Christophe Grudler, Barry Andrews, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Bart Groothuis, Sophie Wilmès
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| 4. Strategic projects under CRMA, NZIA, CMA and other strategic projects identified in Union legislation that fulfil the conditions in paragraph 1, will be directly granted the Competitiveness Seal. | 4. The Competitiveness Seal shall aim to maximise Union added value by facilitating: |
| (a) cumulative or complementary funding from other policy windows or instruments of the ECF, where synergies are identified; | |
| (b) support from other Union programmes, in accordance with the Financial Regulation and the respective basic acts; | |
| (c) additional financial contributions from Member States, including at regional and local level, or through shared management funds, national promotional banks, or national budgetary resources; | |
| (d) support through financial instruments, blending operations or other forms of Union financial support, in particular through the Member State compartment of the ECF InvestEU. |
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| 4. Strategic projects under CRMA, NZIA, CMA and other strategic projects identified in Union legislation that fulfil the conditions in paragraph 1, will be directly granted the Competitiveness Seal. | 4. Strategic projects under CRMA, NZIA, CMA and other strategic projects identified in Union legislation that fulfil the conditions in paragraph 1, will be directly granted the Competitiveness Seal. The Commission shall publish annually the list of all entities that have been awarded the Competitiveness Seal, with the corresponding policy window, project description and amount of related Union or national support, where available. |
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| 4. Strategic projects under CRMA, NZIA, CMA and other strategic projects identified in Union legislation that fulfil the conditions in paragraph 1, will be directly granted the Competitiveness Seal. | 4. Strategic projects identified in accordance with Union legislation such as the CRMA, the NZIA or the CMA, evaluated by the Commission and that fulfil the conditions in paragraph 1, shall be granted the Competitiveness Seal. |
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| 4. Strategic projects under CRMA, NZIA, CMA and other strategic projects identified in Union legislation that fulfil the conditions in paragraph 1, will be directly granted the Competitiveness Seal. | 4. Strategic projects under CRMA, NZIA, CMA, Biotech Act and other strategic projects identified in Union legislation that fulfil the conditions in paragraph 1, will be directly granted the Competitiveness Seal. |
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| 4. Strategic projects under CRMA, NZIA, CMA and other strategic projects identified in Union legislation that fulfil the conditions in paragraph 1, will be directly granted the Competitiveness Seal. | 4. Strategic projects under CRMA, NZIA, CMA and other strategic projects identified in Union legislation that fulfil the conditions in paragraph 1, will be directly granted the European Competitiveness Seal. |
Christophe Clergeau, Jean-Marc Germain, Romana Jerković, Kristian Vigenin, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis
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| 4. Strategic projects under CRMA, NZIA, CMA and other strategic projects identified in Union legislation that fulfil the conditions in paragraph 1, will be directly granted the Competitiveness Seal. | 4. Strategic projects under CMA, CRMA, NZIA, CMA and other strategic projects identified in Union legislation that fulfil the conditions in paragraph 1, will be directly granted the Competitiveness Seal. |
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| 4 a. For activities implemented through financial instruments or budgetary guarantees, the application of the budget expenditure tracking and performance framework shall take into account the structural specificities of such instruments, in particular their market driven and repayable nature, and the need to achieve simplification and proportionality. |
Reporting requirements laid down by the Performance Regulation are excessive and unjustified for a market-driven instrument, which will jeopardise the absorption of InvestEU products by the market. Dedicated reporting frameworks should apply for repayable forms of financing, including ECF-InvestEU, bearing in mind the intermediated nature of a significant part of the InvestEU programme, and the aspiration to automate dataflows as much as possible. Guidance should be developed by the Commission in close consultation with implementing partners.
Yvan Verougstraete, Grégory Allione, Sigrid Friis, Morten Løkkegaard, Christophe Grudler, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Bart Groothuis, Sophie Wilmès
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| 4 a. The Beneficiary Service Desk and Project Advisory support shall also act as an interface with Member States, to enable a faster transition between funding instruments and ensure early financial certainty for applications benefitting from the Competitiveness Seal. |
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| 4 b. The Commission shall issue technical guidance on the application of the performance framework to financial instruments and budgetary guarantees. That guidance shall be developed in close consultation with EIB Group and national promotional banks and institutions. |
Reporting requirements laid down by the Performance Regulation are excessive and unjustified for a market-driven instrument, which will jeopardise the absorption of InvestEU products by the market. Dedicated reporting frameworks should apply for repayable forms of financing, including ECF-InvestEU, bearing in mind the intermediated nature of a significant part of the InvestEU programme, and the aspiration to automate dataflows as much as possible. Guidance should be developed by the Commission in close consultation with implementing partners.
Yvan Verougstraete, Stine Bosse, Grégory Allione, Christophe Grudler, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Sophie Wilmès
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| Eligibility | Eligibility criteria |
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| 1. Eligibility criteria shall be set to support achievement of the general and specific objectives referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 and apply to all award procedures under the ECF. | 1. The ECF funding shall be based on open competition. The main award criteria should be defined based on impact, quality as well as high relevance for European competitiveness, and ability to strengthen the innovation ecosystem via place-based innovation. Eligibility criteria shall be set to support achievement of the general and specific objectives referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 and apply to all award procedures under the ECF. |
Funding awarded by the Competitiveness Fund should be based on competitive calls, and the award criteria should be clearly defined and based on impact and quality. Place-based innovation capacity should be explicitly recognised as a core evaluation criterion, given the role of territorial ecosystems as delivery engines for EU competitiveness.
Bart Groothuis, João Cotrim De Figueiredo, Morten Løkkegaard, Brigitte van den Berg, Katri Kulmuni, Andreas Glück, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann
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| 1. Eligibility criteria shall be set to support achievement of the general and specific objectives referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 and apply to all award procedures under the ECF. | 1. Eligibility criteria shall be set to support achievement of the general and specific objectives referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 and apply to all award procedures under the ECF. Eligibility criteria shall promote the competitiveness, resilience and innovation capacity of the Union, including through openness to entities from associated countries and trusted partner countries. |
Eligibility under the ECF should serve competitiveness and resilience, not function as a blanket EU-only filter. Restricting participation by default risks undermining the very industrial scaling and security cooperation the fund is meant to support. The European Chips Act, for instance, relies on structured cooperation with Japan and South Korea. An EU-only eligibility baseline would directly undercut the partnerships Europe itself has built to secure its semiconductor supply chain. Excluding trusted partners would make programmes unworkable, damage relations and discourage investment into the Union. What is needed is reciprocity and smart criteria, with restrictions applied where strategically justified and proportionate.
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| 1. Eligibility criteria shall be set to support achievement of the general and specific objectives referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 and apply to all award procedures under the ECF. | 1. Eligibility criteria shall be set to support achievement of the general and specific objectives referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 and apply to all award procedures under the ECF. This Article shall not apply to defence industrial cooperation actions, under articles [40 to 56] of this Regulation. |
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| 1. Eligibility criteria shall be set to support achievement of the general and specific objectives referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 and apply to all award procedures under the ECF. | 1. Award procedures under the ECF shall apply the following eligibility criteria in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. |
Nicola Procaccini, Carlo Fidanza, Alessandro Ciriani, Elena Donazzan, Pietro Fiocchi, Lara Magoni, Francesco Torselli, Mariateresa Vivaldini
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| 1. Eligibility criteria shall be set to support achievement of the general and specific objectives referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 and apply to all award procedures under the ECF. | 1. Eligibility criteria shall be set to support achievement of the general and specific objectives referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 and apply to all award procedures under the ECF, guaranteeing equal access for all operators and ensuring transparency. |
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| 1. Eligibility criteria shall be set to support achievement of the general and specific objectives referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 and apply to all award procedures under the ECF. | 1. Eligibility criteria shall be set to support achievement of the general and specific objectives referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 and apply to all award procedures under the ECF, ensuring transparency and equal access to all operators. |
Yvan Verougstraete, Stine Bosse, Christophe Grudler, Barry Andrews, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Sophie Wilmès
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| (1) the legal entity participating in the award procedure under direct and indirect management must be | |
| i) established in a Member State or in Overseas Countries and Territories; | |
| ii) established in an associated third country; | |
| iii) an international organisation; | |
| iv) established in non-associated third countries where the funding of such entity is essential for the Union’s resilience and contributes to the objectives set out in Articles 1 and 3. |
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| (2) The legal entity participating in the award procedure shall use facilities, perform its activities or operations, or provide quality employment in the Member States or associated countries. |
Yvan Verougstraete, Brigitte van den Berg, Stine Bosse, Christophe Grudler, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez
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| (3) The legal entity participating in the award procedure shall not directly or indirectly transfer all or certain operations, results or related access and use rights, including granting of licences, from an eligible Member State or associated country to an ineligible third country, during or within 5 calendar years after the end of an action. |
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| (4) Where paragraph (2) and (3) cannot be applied, the legal entity participating in the award procedure shall fulfil one or both of the following criteria : | |
| i) ensure a percentage of the value added of equipment, supplies and materials, or their components, used for the action from eligible entities referred to in paragraph 2 or 3, unless those supplies and materials cannot be reasonably sourced from those eligible entities. | |
| ii) acquire and/or hold the ability to decide, without restrictions imposed by ineligible entities, on the creation and use of results, including the legal authority and practical capability to modify, substitute, or remove components of results that are subject to restrictions imposed by ineligible entities or third countries. |
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| (5) The activity participating in the award procedure shall not already be fully financed from other public or private sources |
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| (6) The activity participating in the award procedure shall not be prohibited by Union law, applicable international law, or by national law in all Member States |
Yvan Verougstraete, Pascal Canfin, Brigitte van den Berg, Stine Bosse, Sigrid Friis, Christophe Grudler, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez
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| (7) The activity participating in the award procedure shall not be in violation of the ‘do no significant harm’ principle, and the conditions laid out in Article 20(2), point (c), as laid out in Regulation (EU) [XXX] (Performance Regulation) including where allocations of support are provided in multiple steps, and compliance has been violated. This shall be without prejudice to sector-specific exemptions or adaptations, in particular for defence-related activities, where such exemptions are explicitly provided for in the guidance of the Performance Regulation. |
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| 1a. The selection of beneficiaries under the ECF shall, for each call or other award, be based exclusively on excellence and on the basis of the contribution made to the overall EU-wide increase in capability that the call or award aims to deliver. |
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| 1 a. Priority in funding shall be given to public undertakings, public research organisations and universities, cooperatives and non-profit entities |
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| 2. Provided any specific condition laid down within each policy window or component are met, one or more of the following categories of legal entities may be eligible to receive Union support in award procedures under direct and indirect management: | 2. Award procedures affecting security, defence or public order, in particular concerning critical infrastructure, strategic assets and interests of the Union or its Member States shall be restricted in accordance with Article 136 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. Those eligibility restrictions may, in particular, include: |
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| 2. Provided any specific condition laid down within each policy window or component are met, one or more of the following categories of legal entities may be eligible to receive Union support in award procedures under direct and indirect management: | 2. Provided any specific condition laid down within each policy window or component are met, and that they respect the criteria set in Article 10, one or more of the following categories of legal entities may be eligible to receive Union support in award procedures under direct and indirect management: |
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| (a) entities established in a Member State or in Overseas Countries and Territories; | (a) as regards the participating entities, executive management structures restrictions and ownership and control restrictions limiting participation of all or certain entities to those entities with executive management structure, as well as ownership and control by natural or legal persons, established in the Member States, and where appropriate other eligible countries; |
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| (b) entities established in an associated third country; | deleted |
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| (b) entities established in an associated third country; | (b) as regards the implemented activities, place of performance, use of facilities, or equipment restrictions limiting the use for all or certain activities to those assets located or originating in the Member States, and where appropriate other eligible countries, as well as limiting the eligibility of high-risk suppliers; |
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| (b) entities established in an associated third country; | (b) entities established in an associated third country, subject to a prior assessment of the impact of their integration within the project on Europe’s economic security; |
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| (b) entities established in an associated third country; | (b) entities established in an associated third country, provided that their integration into the project does not adversely affect Europe’s economic security; |
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| (c) international organisations; | (c) as regards other security restrictions, security reviews and risks assessments, security clearances, transfer and access rights restrictions, including granting of licences to ensure appropriate safeguards for all or certain results and other information generated or used by the action. |
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| (d) other entities established in non-associated third countries where the funding of such entities is essential for implementing the action and contributes to the objectives set out in Article 3. | deleted |
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| (d) other entities established in non-associated third countries where the funding of such entities is essential for implementing the action and contributes to the objectives set out in Article 3. | deleted |
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| (d) other entities established in non-associated third countries where the funding of such entities is essential for implementing the action and contributes to the objectives set out in Article 3. | deleted |
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| (d) other entities established in non-associated third countries where the funding of such entities is essential for implementing the action and contributes to the objectives set out in Article 3. | (d) other entities established in non-associated third countries only where the funding of such entities is strictly essential for implementing the action and contributes to the objectives set out in Article 3, subject to a financial contribution by the third country concerned commensurate with the participation of its entities in the action, and to demonstrable, transparent and non-discriminatory access by Union entities to equivalent public funding instruments in that third country. |
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| 2 a. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure shall further specify the eligibility criteria set out in this Regulation or may set out additional eligibility criteria for specific actions. |
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| 3. In addition to Article 168(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, associated third countries referred to in Article 11(1) of this Regulation and international organisations may, where relevant, participate in and benefit from any procurement mechanisms set Article 168(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. Rules applicable to Member States pursuant to Article 168 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 shall be applied, mutatis mutandis, to participating associated third countries and international organisations. | deleted |
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| 3. In addition to Article 168(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, associated third countries referred to in Article 11(1) of this Regulation and international organisations may, where relevant, participate in and benefit from any procurement mechanisms set Article 168(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. Rules applicable to Member States pursuant to Article 168 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 shall be applied, mutatis mutandis, to participating associated third countries and international organisations. | 3. In addition to Article 168(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, associated third countries referred to in Article 11(1) of this Regulation and international organisations may, where relevant, participate in and benefit from any procurement mechanisms set Article 168(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. Rules applicable to Member States pursuant to Article 168 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 shall be applied, mutatis mutandis, to participating associated third countries and international organisations. However, third-country participation shall be limited to strictly necessary cooperation and shall never dilute public control over essential infrastructure, including energy, health and digital sovereignty; |
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| 3. In addition to Article 168(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, associated third countries referred to in Article 11(1) of this Regulation and international organisations may, where relevant, participate in and benefit from any procurement mechanisms set Article 168(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. Rules applicable to Member States pursuant to Article 168 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 shall be applied, mutatis mutandis, to participating associated third countries and international organisations. | 3. In addition to Article 168(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, associated third countries referred to in Article 11(1) of this Regulation and international organisations may, where relevant, participate in and benefit from any procurement mechanisms. Rules applicable to Member States pursuant to Article 168 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 shall be applied, mutatis mutandis, to participating associated third countries and international organisations. |
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| (a) activities that are prohibited by Union law, applicable international law, or by national law in all Member States; | deleted |
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| (a a) activities related to lethal autonomous systems that operate outside a responsible chain of human command and control or that cannot be used in compliance with international humanitarian law; |
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| (a b) activities related to construction, modification, commissioning or operation of nuclear power generation facilities, including small modular reactors (SMRs) and other nuclear reactor technologies intended for electricity production; |
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| (a c) activities which have been recognized by a large scientific consensus as posing significant risks for the environment, human or animal health; |
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| (a d) activities contributing to increase or maintain the Union dependence on fossil fuels; |
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| (a e) activities contributing to increase or maintain the Union dependence on substances of very high concern within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH), persistent organic pollutants listed under Regulation (EU) 2019/1021, and hazardous substances subject to restriction under other applicable Union law; |
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| (a f) activities in violation of the ‘do no significant harm’ principle as laid out in Regulation (EU) [XXX] of the European parliament and of the Council (Performance Regulation), including where allocations of support are provided in multiple steps under the conditions set out in Article 5 of that Regulation and continued compliance with that principle can no longer be guaranteed or has been violated; |
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| (b) activities that are already fully financed from other public or private sources, | deleted |
Nicolás González Casares, Mohammed Chahim, Elena Sancho Murillo, Lina Gálvez, Yannis Maniatis, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Annalisa Corrado, Christophe Clergeau, Bruno Tobback, Sofie Eriksson, Niels Fuglsang
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| (b a) activities in violation of the ‘do no significant harm’ principle, and the conditions laid out in Article 20(2), point (c), as laid out in Regulation (EU) [XXX] (Performance Regulation) including where allocations of support are provided in multiple steps, and compliance has been violated. |
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| (c) in accordance with Article 136 of the Financial Regulation, eligibility restrictions shall apply to high-risk suppliers in line with EU law, for security reasons. | deleted |
Bart Groothuis, João Cotrim De Figueiredo, Morten Løkkegaard, Yvan Verougstraete, Sophie Wilmès, Brigitte van den Berg, Andreas Glück, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann
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| (c) in accordance with Article 136 of the Financial Regulation, eligibility restrictions shall apply to high-risk suppliers in line with EU law, for security reasons. | (c) in accordance with Article 136 of the Financial Regulation, eligibility restrictions shall apply to high-risk suppliers and the use of their components in line with EU law, for security reasons. |
Restricting high-risk suppliers alone is insufficient if their components can still be embedded in ECF-funded projects, such as inverters in energy infrastructure. This amendment ensures eligibility restrictions extend to the components they provide.
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| (c a) activities contributing to increase or maintain the Union dependence on substances of very high concern within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH), persistent organic pollutants listed under Regulation (EU) 2019/1021, and hazardous substances subject to restriction under other applicable Union law |
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| (c b) activities in violation of the ‘do no significant harm’ (DNSH) principle |
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| 4 a. Eligibility under this Regulation shall be restricted to legal entities not subject to control by entities of a non-associated third country where such control is liable to compromise the security or strategic autonomy of the Union or of any Member State. The work programme shall set out the procedure for verifying compliance with this paragraph. |
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| 4 a. The ECF explicitely excludes funding for any research or innovation projects involving universities, research institutions, or companies operating in occupied territories or collaborating with military entities involved in occupied territories. |
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| 4 b. Eligibility for support under this Regulation shall not be subject to compliance with horizontal climate, social or sustainability conditionalities not directly necessary for the achievement of the specific objective of the relevant policy window. Compliance with the principle of 'do no significant harm' within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 shall be required only for activities under the specific objective referred to in Article 3(2)(a). |
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| 4 b. The ECF explicitely excludes funding to all entities involved in projects contributing to military or defence activities, directly or indirectly, and particularly those that may lead to human rights abuses, as highlighted by the UN and other human rights organizations. |
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| 4 c. For award procedures concerning activities under Article 3(2), point (d)(2), eligibility shall be restricted to legal entities whose executive management structure and operational decision-making are located in the Union or in associated third countries, and which are not subject to control by an entity of a non-associated third country. Subcontractors involved in such activities shall meet equivalent eligibility conditions. |
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| 5. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may further specify the eligibility criteria set out in this Regulation or set out additional eligibility criteria for specific actions. | deleted |
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| 5. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may further specify the eligibility criteria set out in this Regulation or set out additional eligibility criteria for specific actions. | deleted |
Nicola Procaccini, Alessandro Ciriani, Elena Donazzan, Pietro Fiocchi, Lara Magoni, Francesco Torselli, Mariateresa Vivaldini
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| 5. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may further specify the eligibility criteria set out in this Regulation or set out additional eligibility criteria for specific actions. | 5. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may further specify the eligibility criteria set out in this Regulation or set out additional eligibility criteria for specific actions , with a view to facilitating broad participation of public and private entities of all sizes, and fostering integrated, long-term and place-based investment approaches. |
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| 5. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may further specify the eligibility criteria set out in this Regulation or set out additional eligibility criteria for specific actions. | 5. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may further specify the eligibility criteria set out in this Regulation or set out additional eligibility criteria for specific actions, thereby enabling broad participation of public and private entities of all sizes, while fostering integrated and long-term investment strategies. |
Christian Ehler, Oliver Schenk, Matej Tonin, Adina Vălean, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Hildegard Bentele, Angelika Niebler, Eszter Lakos, Radan Kanev, Susana Solís Pérez, Virgil-Daniel Popescu
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| 5. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may further specify the eligibility criteria set out in this Regulation or set out additional eligibility criteria for specific actions. | 5. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may further specify the eligibility criteria set out in this Regulation or set out additional eligibility criteria for specific actions as laid out in this Regulation. |
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| 5. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may further specify the eligibility criteria set out in this Regulation or set out additional eligibility criteria for specific actions. | 5. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may further specify the eligibility criteria set out in this Regulation or set out additional eligibility criteria for specific actions as laid out in this Regulation. |
Krzysztof Hetman, Adam Jarubas, Borys Budka, Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz, Janusz Lewandowski, Mirosława Nykiel, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Rasa Juknevičienė, Sandra Kalniete, Roberts Zīle, Mārtiņš Staķis, Inese Vaidere
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| 5 a. ECF will ensure equal opportunities to access funding, enhance business development, strengthen collaboration and capacity building to unlock the innovation and industrial potential across the EU. |
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| 6. Representatives of third countries or international organisations shall not be present in deliberations on eligibility/award criteria. | 6. Representatives of third countries or international organisations shall not be present in deliberations on eligibility/award criteria, and shall have a limited role in deciding on the implementation of programmes. |
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| 6. Representatives of third countries or international organisations shall not be present in deliberations on eligibility/award criteria. | 6. Representatives of third countries or international organisations shall not be present in deliberations on eligibility. |
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| 6 a. Award and selection procedures shall be based on excellence and merit. The Commission shall, however, monitor the geographical distribution of awards and beneficiaries under each policy window and report annually to the European Parliament and to the Council. Where, after three full years of implementation, fewer than five Member States account for more than 75 % of the awards under a given window, or where any Member State has received less than 1 % of the awards under that window, the Commission shall, in cooperation with the Member States concerned, propose targeted advisory, partnering and capacity-building support under Articles 25 and 27, and may adjust the design of subsequent calls under that window to address structural barriers to participation, without prejudice to the excellence principle. No mandatory geographic quota shall be applied. |
The experience of comparable Union instruments, including InvestEU, shows that excellence-based award procedures, in the absence of monitoring, can give rise to a structural concentration of Union funding in a small number of Member States with the most developed financial and innovation ecosystems. There is a need to preserve the excellence principle, introduce a transparency obligation in line with Article 174 TFEU and Article 175 TFEU, and provide for proportionate corrective measures based on existing advisory and capacity-building tools, without resorting to mandatory geographic quotas.
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| 6 a. In award procedures, allocation criteria should be set in such a way as to allow for a geographical balance of awarded resources between Member States. |
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| Award criteria | |
| 1. Without prejudice to any specific condition laid down within each policy window, and in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, award criteria set out in the work programmes referred to in Article 15 shall be based on the following requirements: | |
| a) the quality of the proposals submitted, in particular through the evaluation of the following criteria when relevant, in the light of the objectives of this Fund: | |
| (i) contribution to excellence; | |
| (ii) contribution to strategic autonomy; | |
| (iii) economic, social and environmental impact, including climate impact; | |
| (iv) innovation capacities; | |
| (v) risk profile and, consequently, the proposed use of financial instruments; | |
| (vi) contribution to industrial capacities, including manufacturing and industrial deployment; | |
| (vii) contribution to the resilience of critical value chains; | |
| (viii) and cross-border cooperation, in particular with SMEs and small mid-caps that bring substantial added-value to the action. | |
| b) the impact of the expected results of the proposals on achieving the objectives and the priorities set out in Article 3, based on one or several of the following criteria: | |
| (i) an assessment of the market failure addressed by the action and additionality of financing; | |
| (ii) specific requirements and an assessment of how the proposed action can guarantee an EU added value and/or addresses European public goods; | |
| (iii) an assessment of the contribution of the proposal to the objectives of competitiveness within strategic sectors and technologies across the entire investment journey; | |
| (iv) an assessment of any expected multiplier effect in mobilizing private investment. | |
| 2. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may further specify the award criteria set out in this Regulation, including any weighting to be applied, and where relevant rules for dealing with ex aequo proposals, taking into consideration the objectives of the call for proposals. | |
| 3. Horizon Europe award criteria shall apply to the collaborative research and innovation activities funded under the “Competitiveness” part of Pillar II of Horizon Europe. |
Krzysztof Hetman, Adam Jarubas, Borys Budka, Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz, Mirosława Nykiel, Janusz Lewandowski, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Rasa Juknevičienė, Sandra Kalniete, Roberts Zīle, Mārtiņš Staķis, Inese Vaidere
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| Award criteria | |
| 1. Where relevant and appropriate depending on the nature of the award procedure, and in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, award criteria set out in the work programmes referred to in Article 15 shall be based on the following principles: | |
| (a) the pan-EU coverage of the action; | |
| (b) the quality of the proposals submitted in the light of the objectives and the priorities set out in the call; | |
| (c) an assessment the impact of the expected results of the proposals and their pan-EU impact on achieving the objectives and the priorities set out in the call; | |
| (d) the overall effectiveness of the Union funding; | |
| (e) the ability of the proposals to support specific activities in Chapters III, IV, V, VI and VII, Sections 1, 3 and 4, considering the nature of the activities, with pan-EU coverage and the participation of partners from periphery Member States, less developed, transition, insular and outermost member states and regions; | |
| (f) in the case of collaborative actions, the participation of partners from less developed and transition regions, including periphery Member States, insular and outermost member states and regions, and the establishment or modernization of research or production activities in those regions, in order to promote inclusive EU value chains and a balanced territorial impact of the ECF; | |
| (g) Assessment of participation of partners from less developed regions in large consortia; | |
| h) the ability of the action to foster technology and knowledge diffusion and spillovers throughout the EU; | |
| i) the need to take account of the unique challenges, including security related challenges of the Eastern border regions in order to bring innovation and industrial transformation closer to these regions, notably in agriculture, bioeconomy, the defence industry and the resilience of supply chains. | |
| 2. The work programme shall lay down rules for dealing with ex aequo proposals, which shall include geographical diversity, and participation of partners from less developed and transition member states and regions as tie breaking elements. |
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| Award criteria | |
| 1. Where relevant and appropriate depending on the nature of the award procedure, and in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, award criteria set out in the work programmes referred to in Article 15 shall be based on the following principles: | |
| (a) the EU-wide coverage of the action; | |
| (b) the quality of the proposals submitted in the light of the objectives and the priorities set out in the call; | |
| (c) an assessment of the impact of the proposals' expected results and their EU-wide impact on achieving the objectives and the priorities set out in the call; | |
| (d) the overall effectiveness of the Union funding; | |
| (e) the ability of the proposals to support specific activities in Chapters III, IV, V, VI and VII, Sections 1, 3 and 4, considering the nature of the activities, with pan-EU coverage and the participation of partners from periphery Member States, less developed, transition, insular and outermost member states and regions; | |
| (f) in the case of collaborative actions, the participation of partners from less developed and transition regions, including periphery Member States, insular and outermost member states and regions, and the establishment or modernization of research or production activities in those regions, in order to promote inclusive EU value chains and a balanced territorial impact of the ECF; | |
| (g) Assessment of participation of partners from less developed regions in large consortia; | |
| (h) the ability of the action to foster technology and knowledge diffusion and spillovers throughout the EU. | |
| 2. The work programme shall lay down rules for dealing with ex aequo proposals, which shall include geographical diversity, and participation of partners from less developed and transition member states and regions as tie breaking elements. |
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| 1. Where applicable, award criteria shall be laid down in the work programmes referred to in Article 15, taking into account, to the extent applicable, the following elements: | |
| (a) the pan-EU coverage of the action. | |
| b) an assessment of the expected results of the proposals and their impact on achieving the objectives set out in Article 3 with particular attention to SMEs and to member states and regions lagging behind in competitiveness and innovation performance. | |
| (c) the ability of the proposals to support specific activities in Chapters III, IV, V, VI and VII, Sections 1, 3 and 4, considering the nature of the activities, with pan EU coverage and the participation of partners from periphery Member States, less developed, transition, insular and outermost member states and regions. | |
| (d) in the case of collaborative actions, the participation of partners from less developed and transition regions, including periphery Member States, insular and outermost member states and regions, and the establishment of research or production activities in those regions, in order to promote EU value chains and a balanced territorial impact of the ECF; | |
| (e) Assessment of participation of partners from less developed regions in large consortia (d) the ability of the action to spread technology/ knowledge in each Member State. | |
| 1a. The work programme shall lay down rules for dealing with ex aequo proposals, which shall include geographical diversity, and participation of partners from less developed and transition member states and regions as a tie breaking elements. |
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| Article9a | |
| 1. Where applicable, award criteria shall be laid down in the work programmes referred to in Article 15, taking into account, to the extent applicable, the following elements: | |
| (a) the pan-EU coverage of the action. | |
| (b) an assessment of the expected results of the proposals and their impact on achieving the objectives set out in Article 3 with particular attention to SMEs and to member states and regions lagging behind in competitiveness and innovation performance. | |
| (c) the ability of the proposals to support specific activities in Chapters III, IV, V, VI and VII, Sections 1, 3 and 4, considering the nature of the activities, with pan EU coverage and the participation of partners from periphery Member States, less developed, transition, insular and outermost member states and regions. | |
| (d) in the case of collaborative actions, the participation of partners from less developed and transition regions, including periphery Member States, insular and outermost member states and regions, and the establishment of research or production activities in those regions, in order to promote EU value chains and a balanced territorial impact of the ECF. | |
| (e) Assessment of participation of partners from less developed regions in large consortia. | |
| (f) the ability of the action to spread technology/ knowledge in each Member State. | |
| 1a. The work programme shall lay down rules for dealing with ex aequo proposals, which shall include geographical diversity, and participation of partners from less developed and transition member states and regions as tie breaking elements. |
Yvan Verougstraete, Brigitte van den Berg, Stine Bosse, Morten Løkkegaard, Christophe Grudler, Barry Andrews, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez
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| Award criteria | |
| In assessing eligible entities, the award procedures shall take into account the following elements, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509: | |
| a) the quality and efficiency of implementation of the proposal | |
| b) the ability of the proposal to support the objectives of the ECF set out in article 3, including an assessment of the expected results of the proposal | |
| c) a prior additionality check demonstrating that the proposal would not proceed without the support of the ECF and will result in additional economic activity benefitting the Union. | |
| 2. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure shall further specify the award criteria set out in this Regulation, their assessment methodology, or may set out additional award criteria for specific actions, especially focusing on sector-specific requirements, including specific conditions laid down within each policy window. | |
| 3. Representatives of third countries or international organisations shall not be present in deliberations on award criteria. |
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| Eligible financing and investment operations | |
| 1. In conducting project selection and award procedures under this Regulation, the Commission shall apply transparent, objective and proportionate assessment criteria. The ECF shall only support financing and investment operations that fulfil the following criteria exclusively: | |
| (a) Union added value, including contributions to European strategic priorities, competitiveness, resilience and internal market integration; | |
| (b) Additionality, meaning that Union support is indispensable to mobilise the investment and that market failures or sub-optimal investment situations are effectively addressed; | |
| (c) Technical, economic and financial viability, including robust project design and realistic implementation plans; | |
| (d) Cost-effectiveness and efficient use of Union funds; | |
| (e) Expected positive impact, such as innovation performance, competitiveness gains, sustainability outcomes and resilience to external shocks. |
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| Article 9a | |
| Respect for the rule of law | |
| 1. Union support under this Regulation shall be conditional upon respect for the rule of law as referred to in Article 2 TEU. | |
| 2. Where the Commission considers that serious and systemic breaches of the principles of the rule of law in a Member State undermine the conditions necessary for the proper implementation of the ECF, it may suspend, reduce or restrict access to Union funding under this Regulation, including to entities established in the relevant member state. | |
| 3. Measures adopted pursuant to paragraph 2 shall be proportionate and shall take into account the nature, gravity and duration of the breach. | |
| 4. Before adopting any measure, the Commission shall give the Member State concerned the opportunity to submit observations. 5. Measures shall be lifted where the conditions leading to their adoption are no longer fulfilled. |
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| Award criteria | |
| Where relevant and appropriate depending on the nature of the award procedure, and in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, award criteria set out in the work programmes referred to in Article 15 or in calls for proposals shall reflect, as relevant, the general objectives in Article 3(1) and be based on the quality of the proposals submitted in the light of the objectives and the priorities set out in the call. The quality criteria shall include elements such as Union’s Classification of Economic Activities (NACE), RDI monetisation, and capacity to deliver the expected results within the agreed deadline. |
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| Access and Eligibility | |
| Regional public authorities and their agencies (e.g., regional development agencies) shall be explicitly eligible for ECF funding and de-risking mechanisms." |
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| EU Preference | EU Preference and conditions for support |
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| EU Preference | EU Preference and Eligibility Conditions |
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| 1. The ECF support shall target development manufacturing and exploitation in the Union of strategic technologies and sectors, in line with Union law and international commitments. The award procedures may apply any of the conditions set out in paragraph 2 to protect Union’s strategic and economic security interests, as well as security and critical assets and the services they provide. | 1. The ECF support shall target development, manufacturing and exploitation in the Union of strategic technologies and sectors, in line with Union law and international commitments. The award procedures may apply a combination of the conditions set out in paragraph 2 commensurate to the risks identified to protect the Union's strategic and economic security interests, as well as security and critical assets and the services they provide, and shall, for award procedures concerning defence, secure connectivity, cybersecurity of critical infrastructure, critical raw materials and space systems, apply at least the conditions referred to in points (a) and (d) of paragraph 2 and an obligation of due diligence pursuant to paragraph 3a. |
The application of EU-preference conditions being optional ('may apply'), even in award procedures concerning the Union's most sensitive sectors is incompatible with the objectives set out in Article 3, points (b) and (f), and with the security and economic-security framework established by the Joint Communication on a European Economic Security Strategy. For award procedures concerning defence, secure connectivity, the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure, critical raw materials and space systems, the application of at least the participation/performance restrictions and the control restrictions, together with a due-diligence obligation, should be mandatory.
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| 1. The ECF support shall target development manufacturing and exploitation in the Union of strategic technologies and sectors, in line with Union law and international commitments. The award procedures may apply any of the conditions set out in paragraph 2 to protect Union’s strategic and economic security interests, as well as security and critical assets and the services they provide. | 1. The ECF support shall target development, manufacturing and exploitation in the Union of strategic technologies and sectors, in line with Union law and international commitments. The award procedures shall apply any of the conditions set out in paragraph 2, in line with strategic assessments based on the Competitiveness Coordination Tool, from the Observatory of Emerging Technologies and the ECF Strategic Prioritisation Board to protect Union’s strategic and economic security interests, as well as security and critical assets and the services they provide and in line with the Union's energy, climate and environmental objectives and the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights. |
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| 1. The ECF support shall target development manufacturing and exploitation in the Union of strategic technologies and sectors, in line with Union law and international commitments. The award procedures may apply any of the conditions set out in paragraph 2 to protect Union’s strategic and economic security interests, as well as security and critical assets and the services they provide. | 1. The ECF support shall target development, manufacturing and exploitation in the Union of strategic technologies and sectors, in line with Union law and international commitments, in line with the Strategic Priorities Framework referred to in Article 6a. The award procedures shall apply the conditions set out in paragraphs 2 and 3 to protect Union’s strategic and economic security interests, as well as security and critical assets and the services they provide, in a balanced and differentiated manner according to the scope of the activities. The eligibility conditions shall, where appropriate, build upon the requirements set under relevant sectoral legislation. |
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| 1. The ECF support shall target development manufacturing and exploitation in the Union of strategic technologies and sectors, in line with Union law and international commitments. The award procedures may apply any of the conditions set out in paragraph 2 to protect Union’s strategic and economic security interests, as well as security and critical assets and the services they provide. | 1. The ECF support shall target development manufacturing and exploitation in the Union of strategic technologies and sectors, in line with Union law and objectives, and international commitments through the application of the principle of European preference, to ensure that investments contribute to European industrial interests as well as strategic autonomy. The award procedures shall apply any of the conditions set out in paragraph 2 to protect Union’s strategic and economic security interests, as well as security and critical assets and the services they provide, and in coherence with the Industrial Accelerator Act. |
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| 1. The ECF support shall target development manufacturing and exploitation in the Union of strategic technologies and sectors, in line with Union law and international commitments. The award procedures may apply any of the conditions set out in paragraph 2 to protect Union’s strategic and economic security interests, as well as security and critical assets and the services they provide. | 1. The support of the Fund shall target the development, production and exploitation in the Union of strategic technologies and sectors, in accordance with Union law and international commitments. Award procedures shall apply at least one of the conditions set out in paragraph 2 to protect the strategic and economic security interests of the EU, as well as the security, critical assets and services they provide, including in any event safeguards relating to the absence of control by a third-country entity and to security of supply. |
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| 1. The ECF support shall target development manufacturing and exploitation in the Union of strategic technologies and sectors, in line with Union law and international commitments. The award procedures may apply any of the conditions set out in paragraph 2 to protect Union’s strategic and economic security interests, as well as security and critical assets and the services they provide. | 1. The ECF support shall target development manufacturing and exploitation in the Union of strategic technologies and sectors, in line with Union law and international commitments. The award procedures may apply any of the conditions set out in paragraph 2 to protect Union’s strategic and economic security interests, as well as security and critical assets and the services they provide, and shall be fully aligned with Union’s climate and environmental objectives. |
Limited public resources should be spent consistently. Undermining agreed horizontal objectives should be prevented.
Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Yannis Maniatis, Christophe Clergeau, Bruno Tobback, Pierre Jouvet, Raphaël Glucksmann
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| 1. The ECF support shall target development manufacturing and exploitation in the Union of strategic technologies and sectors, in line with Union law and international commitments. The award procedures may apply any of the conditions set out in paragraph 2 to protect Union’s strategic and economic security interests, as well as security and critical assets and the services they provide. | 1. The ECF support shall target development manufacturing and exploitation in the Union of strategic technologies and sectors, in line with Union law and international commitments. The award procedures shall apply the conditions set out in paragraph 2 to protect the Union’s strategic and economic security interests, its sovereignty, as well as security and critical assets and the services they provide. |
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| 1. The ECF support shall target development manufacturing and exploitation in the Union of strategic technologies and sectors, in line with Union law and international commitments. The award procedures may apply any of the conditions set out in paragraph 2 to protect Union’s strategic and economic security interests, as well as security and critical assets and the services they provide. | 1. The ECF support shall target development manufacturing and exploitation in the Union of strategic technologies and sectors, in line with Union law and international commitments. The award procedures shall apply any of the conditions set out in paragraph 2 to protect Union’s strategic and economic security interests, as well as security and critical assets and the services they provide. |
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| 2. The work programme, the investment guidelines or the documents related to the award procedure may set out eligibility conditions to ensure the competitiveness of the Union, including protection of economic interests and autonomy of the Union where necessary and appropriate, including through preferential conditions such as restrictions or incentives for Union entities, while limiting distortion of the single market. Those eligibility conditions may take the form of: | 2. The work programme, the investment guidelines or the documents related to the award procedure may set out eligibility conditions to ensure the competitiveness of the Union, including protection of economic interests and autonomy of the Union where necessary and appropriate, including through preferential conditions such as restrictions or incentives for Union entities, while limiting distortion of the single market, including the risk of concentration of funding, crowding-out of firms from smaller Member States or Member States underperforming on innovation, and barriers to cross-border participation. Appropriate conditions should avoid inflicting disproportionate harm to the cost competitiveness of European companies and the external trade relations of Europe. Those eligibility conditions may take the form of: |
Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Yannis Maniatis, Christophe Clergeau, Bruno Tobback, Pierre Jouvet, Raphaël Glucksmann
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| 2. The work programme, the investment guidelines or the documents related to the award procedure may set out eligibility conditions to ensure the competitiveness of the Union, including protection of economic interests and autonomy of the Union where necessary and appropriate, including through preferential conditions such as restrictions or incentives for Union entities, while limiting distortion of the single market. Those eligibility conditions may take the form of: | 2. The work programme, the investment guidelines or the documents related to the award procedure shall set out eligibility conditions to ensure the competitiveness, sovereignty and resillience of the Union, including protection of economic interests and autonomy of the Union where necessary and appropriate, as well as the possibility to offer European consumers sovereign European alternatives for strategic technologies, including through preferential conditions such as restrictions or incentives for Union entities. Eligibility conditions shall ensure fair access for SMEs across all Member States. Those eligibility conditions shall take the form of: |
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| 2. The work programme, the investment guidelines or the documents related to the award procedure may set out eligibility conditions to ensure the competitiveness of the Union, including protection of economic interests and autonomy of the Union where necessary and appropriate, including through preferential conditions such as restrictions or incentives for Union entities, while limiting distortion of the single market. Those eligibility conditions may take the form of: | 2. The work programme, the investment guidelines or the documents related to the award procedure may set out eligibility conditions to ensure the competitiveness of the Union, including protection of economic interests, the contribution to a just transistion, including safeguarding and creating of local quality jobs, social, energy, climate and environmental objectives, the resilience and autonomy of the Union where necessary and appropriate, including through preferential conditions such as restrictions or incentives for Union entities, while limiting distortion of the single market. Those eligibility conditions may take the form of: |
It is crucial that the contribution to the just transition, a key element of the general objectives of the ECF, quality job creation and the social, energy, climate and environmental objectives of the Union form an integral part of the award procedures for EU funding under the ECF.
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| 2. The work programme, the investment guidelines or the documents related to the award procedure may set out eligibility conditions to ensure the competitiveness of the Union, including protection of economic interests and autonomy of the Union where necessary and appropriate, including through preferential conditions such as restrictions or incentives for Union entities, while limiting distortion of the single market. Those eligibility conditions may take the form of: | 2. The work programme, the investment guidelines or the documents related to the award procedure may set out eligibility conditions to ensure the competitiveness of the Union, including protection of economic interests and autonomy of the Union where necessary and appropriate, including through preferential conditions such as restrictions or incentives for Union entities, while limiting distortion of the single market. Such eligibility conditions and restrictions shall be limited to what is strictly necessary to protect the Union’s strategic and economic security interests. Those eligibility conditions may take the form of: |
The amendment provides greater legal certainty for private investors and helps avoid disproportionate exclusions that could undermine the effectiveness of the Fund, while fully preserving the Union’s ability to address security and resilience risks.
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| 2. The work programme, the investment guidelines or the documents related to the award procedure may set out eligibility conditions to ensure the competitiveness of the Union, including protection of economic interests and autonomy of the Union where necessary and appropriate, including through preferential conditions such as restrictions or incentives for Union entities, while limiting distortion of the single market. Those eligibility conditions may take the form of: | 2. Without prejudice to EU-based entities with global affiliations and EU-based subsidiaries of non-EU companies, the work programme, the investment guidelines or the documents related to the award procedure may set out eligibility conditions to ensure the competitiveness of the Union, including protection of economic interests and autonomy of the Union where necessary and appropriate, including through preferential conditions such as restrictions or incentives for Union entities, while limiting distortion of the single market. Those eligibility conditions may take the form of: |
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| 2. The work programme, the investment guidelines or the documents related to the award procedure may set out eligibility conditions to ensure the competitiveness of the Union, including protection of economic interests and autonomy of the Union where necessary and appropriate, including through preferential conditions such as restrictions or incentives for Union entities, while limiting distortion of the single market. Those eligibility conditions may take the form of: | 2. The work programme, the investment guidelines or the documents related to the award procedure may set out eligibility conditions to ensure the competitiveness of the Union, including protection of economic interests and autonomy of the Union where necessary and appropriate, including through preferential conditions such as restrictions or incentives for Union entities, while limiting distortion of the single market. Those eligibility conditions shall include mandatory conditions. Mandatory conditions shall include: |
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| 2. The work programme, the investment guidelines or the documents related to the award procedure may set out eligibility conditions to ensure the competitiveness of the Union, including protection of economic interests and autonomy of the Union where necessary and appropriate, including through preferential conditions such as restrictions or incentives for Union entities, while limiting distortion of the single market. Those eligibility conditions may take the form of: | 2. The work programme, the investment guidelines or the documents related to the award procedure shall set out eligibility conditions to ensure the competitiveness of the Union, including protection of economic interests and autonomy of the Union where necessary and appropriate, including through preferential conditions such as restrictions or incentives for Union entities, while limiting distortion of the single market. Those eligibility conditions should take the form of any of the following conditions: |
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| 2. The work programme, the investment guidelines or the documents related to the award procedure may set out eligibility conditions to ensure the competitiveness of the Union, including protection of economic interests and autonomy of the Union where necessary and appropriate, including through preferential conditions such as restrictions or incentives for Union entities, while limiting distortion of the single market. Those eligibility conditions may take the form of: | 2. The work programme, investment guidelines or documents relating to the award procedure shall set eligibility conditions to ensure the competitiveness of the Union, including the protection of economic interests and the autonomy of the Union where necessary and appropriate, in particular through preferential treatment such as restrictions or incentives for Union entities, while limiting distortions of the single market. Those eligibility conditions shall take at least one of the forms: |
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| 2. The work programme, the investment guidelines or the documents related to the award procedure may set out eligibility conditions to ensure the competitiveness of the Union, including protection of economic interests and autonomy of the Union where necessary and appropriate, including through preferential conditions such as restrictions or incentives for Union entities, while limiting distortion of the single market. Those eligibility conditions may take the form of: | 2. The work programme, the investment guidelines or the documents related to the award procedure shall set out eligibility conditions to ensure the competitiveness, sovereignty and resilience of the Union, including through protection of economic interests and autonomy of the Union, including through preferential conditions such as restrictions or incentives for Union entities, while limiting distortion of the single market. Those eligibility conditions shall take the form of: |
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| 2. The work programme, the investment guidelines or the documents related to the award procedure may set out eligibility conditions to ensure the competitiveness of the Union, including protection of economic interests and autonomy of the Union where necessary and appropriate, including through preferential conditions such as restrictions or incentives for Union entities, while limiting distortion of the single market. Those eligibility conditions may take the form of: | 2. The work programme, the investment guidelines or the documents related to the award procedure shall set out eligibility conditions to ensure the competitiveness and resilience of the Union, including protection of economic interests and autonomy of the Union where necessary and appropriate, including through preferential conditions such as restrictions or incentives for Union entities, while limiting distortion of the single market. Those eligibility conditions may take the form of: |
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| 2. The work programme, the investment guidelines or the documents related to the award procedure may set out eligibility conditions to ensure the competitiveness of the Union, including protection of economic interests and autonomy of the Union where necessary and appropriate, including through preferential conditions such as restrictions or incentives for Union entities, while limiting distortion of the single market. Those eligibility conditions may take the form of: | 2. The work programme, the investment guidelines or the documents related to the award procedure may set out eligibility conditions to ensure the competitiveness of the Union, including protection of economic interests and autonomy of the Union where necessary and appropriate, including through preferential conditions such as restrictions or incentives for Union entities, while limiting distortion of the EU internal market. Those eligibility conditions may take the form of: |
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| 2. The work programme, the investment guidelines or the documents related to the award procedure may set out eligibility conditions to ensure the competitiveness of the Union, including protection of economic interests and autonomy of the Union where necessary and appropriate, including through preferential conditions such as restrictions or incentives for Union entities, while limiting distortion of the single market. Those eligibility conditions may take the form of: | 2. The work programme, the investment guidelines or the documents related to the award procedure shall set out eligibility conditions to ensure the competitiveness of the Union, including protection of economic interests and autonomy of the Union where necessary and appropriate, including through preferential conditions such as restrictions or incentives for Union entities, while limiting distortion of the single market. Those eligibility conditions may take the form of: |
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| (a) participation and performance restrictions requiring participating entities to be established, use facilities, or perform activities in the Member States, and where appropriate other eligible countries. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these participation and performance restrictions; | (a) participation and performance restrictions requiring participating entities to be established, use facilities, or perform activities in the Member States, and where appropriate other eligible countries. Participating entities established in the Member States that succesfully underwent for foreign direct investment screening under Regulation (EU) 2019/452 may be required to form consortia with Union entities not falling under this category. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these participation and performance restrictions; |
Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Yannis Maniatis, Christophe Clergeau, Bruno Tobback, Pierre Jouvet, Raphaël Glucksmann
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| (a) participation and performance restrictions requiring participating entities to be established, use facilities, or perform activities in the Member States, and where appropriate other eligible countries. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these participation and performance restrictions; | (a) participation and performance restrictions requiring participating entities to be established, create added value in the EU, contribue to EU tax, employ workforce from, use facilities, and perform activities in the Member States. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these participation and performance restrictions; |
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| (a) participation and performance restrictions requiring participating entities to be established, use facilities, or perform activities in the Member States, and where appropriate other eligible countries. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these participation and performance restrictions; | (a) participation, ownership, control and performance restrictions requiring participating entities to be established, use facilities, or perform activities in the Member States, and where appropriate other eligible countries. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these participation and performance restrictions; |
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| (a) participation and performance restrictions requiring participating entities to be established, use facilities, or perform activities in the Member States, and where appropriate other eligible countries. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these participation and performance restrictions; | (a) participation and performance restrictions requiring participating entities to be established, use facilities, employ workforce from, or perform activities in the Member States. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these participation and performance restrictions; |
Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Yannis Maniatis, Christophe Clergeau, Bruno Tobback, Pierre Jouvet, Raphaël Glucksmann
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| (a a) new funded projects shall demonstrate that: | |
| - a high percentage of the project's added value is generated within the Union; | |
| - a high percentage of direct suppliers and subcontractors are established in a Member State; | |
| - for critical technologies, effective control of the beneficiary entity is exercised by interests established in the Union. |
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| (b) transfer restrictions requiring recipients of ECF funding, during or within 5 calendar years after the end of an action, to not directly or indirectly transfer all or certain operations, results or related access and use rights, including granting of licences, from an eligible Member State or associated country to an ineligible third country. Otherwise, Union funding may be reduced and may be fully or partially recovered. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these transfer restrictions; | (b) transfer restrictions requiring recipients of ECF funding, during or within 5 calendar years after the end of an action, to not directly or indirectly transfer all or certain operations, results or related access and use rights, including granting of licences, from an eligible Member State or associated country to an ineligible third country. Otherwise, Union funding may be reduced and may be fully or partially recovered. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these transfer restrictions. In defence matters, these restrictions must respect national prerogatives and rules in respect of export control; |
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| (b) transfer restrictions requiring recipients of ECF funding, during or within 5 calendar years after the end of an action, to not directly or indirectly transfer all or certain operations, results or related access and use rights, including granting of licences, from an eligible Member State or associated country to an ineligible third country. Otherwise, Union funding may be reduced and may be fully or partially recovered. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these transfer restrictions; | (b) transfer restrictions requiring recipients of ECF funding, during or within 5 calendar years after the end of an action, to not directly or indirectly transfer all or certain operations, results or related access and use rights, including granting of licences, from an eligible Member State or associated country to an ineligible third country. Otherwise, Union funding may be reduced and may be fully or partially recovered. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these transfer restrictions. For defence matters, these restrictions must comply with national prerogatives and rules; |
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| (b) transfer restrictions requiring recipients of ECF funding, during or within 5 calendar years after the end of an action, to not directly or indirectly transfer all or certain operations, results or related access and use rights, including granting of licences, from an eligible Member State or associated country to an ineligible third country. Otherwise, Union funding may be reduced and may be fully or partially recovered. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these transfer restrictions; | (b) transfer restrictions requiring recipients of ECF funding, during or within 3 calendar years following the final disbursement of Union funding under the action , to not directly or indirectly transfer all or certain operations, results or related access and use rights, including granting of licences, from an eligible Member State or associated country to an ineligible third country. Otherwise, Union funding may be reduced and may be fully or partially recovered. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these transfer restrictions; |
The amendment aligns the duration of the transfer restriction with the actual period during which Union funding remains financially relevant to the beneficiary. Calculating the period from the final payment of Union funding, rather than from the end of the action, provides greater legal certainty and proportionality, while reducing unnecessary administrative and commercial constraints on beneficiaries. Shortening the period from five to three years also ensures a more balanced approach that safeguards Union interests without unduly limiting innovation uptake, investment attractiveness and industrial cooperation.
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| (b) transfer restrictions requiring recipients of ECF funding, during or within 5 calendar years after the end of an action, to not directly or indirectly transfer all or certain operations, results or related access and use rights, including granting of licences, from an eligible Member State or associated country to an ineligible third country. Otherwise, Union funding may be reduced and may be fully or partially recovered. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these transfer restrictions; | (b) transfer restrictions requiring recipients of ECF funding, during or within 15 calendar years after the end of an action, to not directly or indirectly transfer, relocate or offshore all or certain operations, results or related access and use rights, including granting of licences, from an eligible Member State or associated country to an ineligible third country. Otherwise, Union funding shall be reduced and subject to be fully or partially recovered. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these transfer restrictions; |
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| (b) transfer restrictions requiring recipients of ECF funding, during or within 5 calendar years after the end of an action, to not directly or indirectly transfer all or certain operations, results or related access and use rights, including granting of licences, from an eligible Member State or associated country to an ineligible third country. Otherwise, Union funding may be reduced and may be fully or partially recovered. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these transfer restrictions; | (b) transfer restrictions requiring recipients of ECF funding, during or within 5 calendar years after the end of an action, to not directly or indirectly transfer all or certain operations, results or related access and use rights, including granting of licences, from a Member State to an ineligible third country. Otherwise, Union funding shall be fully recovered. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these transfer restrictions; |
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| (b) transfer restrictions requiring recipients of ECF funding, during or within 5 calendar years after the end of an action, to not directly or indirectly transfer all or certain operations, results or related access and use rights, including granting of licences, from an eligible Member State or associated country to an ineligible third country. Otherwise, Union funding may be reduced and may be fully or partially recovered. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these transfer restrictions; | (b) transfer restrictions requiring recipients of ECF funding, during or within 10 calendar years after the end of an action, to not directly or indirectly transfer all or certain operations, results or related access and use rights, including IP rights and granting of licences, from an eligible Member State or associated country to an ineligible third country. Otherwise, Union funding may be reduced and may be fully or partially recovered. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these transfer restrictions; |
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| (b) transfer restrictions requiring recipients of ECF funding, during or within 5 calendar years after the end of an action, to not directly or indirectly transfer all or certain operations, results or related access and use rights, including granting of licences, from an eligible Member State or associated country to an ineligible third country. Otherwise, Union funding may be reduced and may be fully or partially recovered. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these transfer restrictions; | (b) transfer restrictions requiring recipients of ECF funding, during or within 5 calendar years after the end of an action, to not directly or indirectly transfer, relocate or offshore all or certain operations, results or related access and use rights, including granting of licences, from an eligible Member State or associated country to an ineligible third country. Otherwise, Union funding shall be fully recovered. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these transfer restrictions; |
Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Yannis Maniatis, Christophe Clergeau, Bruno Tobback, Pierre Jouvet, Raphaël Glucksmann
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| (c) supply and content restrictions requiring recipients of ECF funding to ensure a certain minimum use or sourcing of equipment, supplies and materials, or their components, used for the action from eligible entities referred to in paragraph 2, points (a) and (b), unless those supplies and materials cannot be reasonably sourced from those eligible entities. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these supply and content restrictions; | (c) Priority shall be given to resilient and diversified supply chains within the Union, including regional ecosystems. Dependency risk assessment shall be mandatory. Supply and content restrictions requiring recipients of ECF funding to ensure a certain minimum use or sourcing of equipment, software, supplies and materials, or their components, used for the action from eligible entities referred to in paragraph 2, points (a) and (b), unless those supplies and materials cannot be reasonably sourced from those eligible entities. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure shall set out further details on the application of these supply and content restrictions; |
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| (c) supply and content restrictions requiring recipients of ECF funding to ensure a certain minimum use or sourcing of equipment, supplies and materials, or their components, used for the action from eligible entities referred to in paragraph 2, points (a) and (b), unless those supplies and materials cannot be reasonably sourced from those eligible entities. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these supply and content restrictions; | (c) supply and content restrictions requiring recipients of ECF funding to ensure a certain minimum use or sourcing of equipment, software, supplies and materials, design and end user software or their components, used for the action from eligible entities referred to in paragraph 2, points (a) and (b), unless those supplies and materials cannot be reasonably sourced from those eligible entities. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these supply and content restrictions; |
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| (c) supply and content restrictions requiring recipients of ECF funding to ensure a certain minimum use or sourcing of equipment, supplies and materials, or their components, used for the action from eligible entities referred to in paragraph 2, points (a) and (b), unless those supplies and materials cannot be reasonably sourced from those eligible entities. The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these supply and content restrictions; | (c) supply and content restrictions requiring recipients of ECF funding to ensure the Union origin of equipment, supplies and materials, or their components, used for the action from eligible entities referred to in paragraph 2, points (a) and (b). These requirements shall be consistent with the Union origin criteria established under the Industrial Acceleration Act 2026/0068 (COD). The work programme or the documents related to the award procedure may set out further details on the application of these supply and content restrictions; |
This amendment ensures coherence between the European Competitiveness Fund and the Union’s emerging industrial policy framework. The proposal for an Industrial Acceleration Act introduces Union origin and resilience criteria for strategic sectors, notably in Articles 7 to 13 and Annexes II and III. Aligning ECF supply and content restrictions with these provisions will help avoid fragmentation across Union instruments and ensure that “Made in Europe” origin requirements are applied consistently. In particular, the IAA introduces not only percentage-based thresholds but also component-based origin requirements (for example for batteries), which often better reflect the structure of strategic value chains. Ensuring that ECF implementation can rely on these criteria will strengthen policy coherence and support the development of resilient European innovation and industrial ecosystems
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| (d a) Decarbonisation plan requirements, requiring that recipients of ECF funding have in place a site-specific transformation plan for the installation or facility concerned. The plan shall set out the measures and investments envisaged to achieve decarbonization of the installation or facility, including the progressive reduction path and eventual phase-out of fossil fuels, and improvements in energy and resource efficiency, including through circularity measures. |
This amendment introduces a requirement for recipients of European Competitiveness Fund support to deliver a site-specific transformation and decarbonization plan for the installations concerned. Such plans ensure that public support contributes to the long-term decarbonization, and therefore resilience, competitiveness and strategic autonomy, of European industry. By setting out concrete measures to reduce fossil fuel dependencies and improve energy and resource efficiency, including circular use of materials, the requirement aligns the ECF with the Union’s climate neutrality and industrial competitiveness objectives.
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| (d a) requirements ensuring that results, intellectual property and know-how generated with ECF support are managed in a way that safeguards the public interest, respects open science principles, and ensures open access to knowledge, including through non-exclusive licensing and other mechanisms that prevent undue exclusivity and facilitate the widest possible societal use |
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| (d b) requirements ensuring respect for the right to collective bargaining and compliance with relevant Union and national labour and social legislation and applicable collective agreements concluded with representative social partners in accordance with national law and practice. |
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| (d c) commitments to responsible corporate governance, including reinvestment of public support into productive capacity, innovation and workforce development within the Union |
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| (d d) transfer restrictions requiring recipients of ECF funding, during or within five calendar years after the end of an action, to not directly or indirectly transfer all or certain operations, results or related access and use rights, including granting of licences, from an eligible Member State or associated country to an ineligible third country. Where such commitments are breached, Union funding may be reduced or stopped and may be fully or partially recovered. |
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| (d e) requirements of transparant and proportionate use of public subsidies. When public support is granted, it shall be incompatible with extraordinary dividend payments and share buybacks. |
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| (d f) requirements that the recipient of funding has a site-specific, publicly available transformation plan for the installation or facility concerned. The plan should detail measures to increase energy and resource efficiency, to create and preserve high-quality jobs and to shift industrial processes towards phasing out fossil fuels. |
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| (d g) requirements for the implementation of a credible transition plan aligned with the EU's 2050 climate neutrality objective will be required for any activity with a significant environmental footprint. |
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| (d h) adherence to the 'do no significan harm' (DNSH) principle |
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| requirements of multinational corporations to bring evidence of responsible tax behaviour and to publish a full public country-by-country report annually. |
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| 3. Award procedures affecting security, defence or public order, in particular concerning strategic assets and interests of the Union or its Member States are to be restricted in accordance with Article 136 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. Those eligibility restrictions may, in particular, include: | 3. Award procedures related to grants, blending operations and procurement shall include the following eligibility restrictions: |
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| 3. Award procedures affecting security, defence or public order, in particular concerning strategic assets and interests of the Union or its Member States are to be restricted in accordance with Article 136 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. Those eligibility restrictions may, in particular, include: | 3. Award procedures affecting security, defence or public order, in particular concerning strategic assets and interests of the Union or its Member States are to be restricted in accordance with Article 136 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. Those eligibility restrictions shall, in particular, include: |
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| (a) as regards the participating entities, executive management structures restrictions and ownership and control restrictions limiting participation of all or certain entities to those entities with executive management structure, as well as ownership and control by natural or legal persons, established in the Member States, and where appropriate other eligible countries; | (a) as regards the participating entities, executive management structures restrictions and ownership and control restrictions limiting participation of all or certain entities to those entities with executive management structure, as well as ownership and control by natural or legal persons, established in the Member States or associated countries; |
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| (b) as regards the implemented activities, place of performance, use of facilities, or equipment restrictions limiting the use for all or certain activities to those assets located or originating in the Member States, and where appropriate other eligible countries; | (b) as regards the implemented activities, place of performance, use of facilities, employment of workforce or equipment restrictions limiting the use for all or certain activities to those assets located or originating in the Member States; |
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| (c) as regards other security restrictions, security reviews and risks assessments, security clearances, transfer and access rights restrictions, including granting of licences to ensure appropriate safeguards for all or certain results and other information generated or used by the action. | (c) as regards other security restrictions, security reviews and risks assessments, security clearances, transfer and access rights restrictions, including after the end of EU financing and the granting of licences to ensure appropriate safeguards for all or certain results and other information generated or used by the action. |
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| 3 a. For award procedures concerning defence, secure connectivity, cybersecurity of critical infrastructure, critical raw materials, undersea cables and space systems, the granting authority shall carry out, prior to award and at all stages of implementation, a due-diligence assessment of recipients, their owners, controlling entities, key subcontractors and suppliers, including with regard to: (a) any restrictive measures adopted under Article 215 TFEU; (b) any designation as a high-risk supplier or vendor under Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (NIS2), the EU 5G Toolbox, or any equivalent Union risk-assessment framework; (c) any inclusion in screening decisions or sanctions taken by Member States under Regulation (EU) 2019/452 affecting the entity concerned; (d) any pattern of serious violations of Union law on the protection of classified or sensitive information. Where any of the elements in points (a) to (d) is established, the entity shall be excluded from the award procedure. No waiver shall be granted for entities established in, controlled by, or substantially dependent on the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus, the People's Republic of China or the Islamic Republic of Iran, save where explicitly authorised by the Council on a case-by-case basis. |
The Commission proposal allows participation by entities controlled by non-associated third countries on the basis of 'guarantees', without specifying their content or interaction with existing Union legal instruments. The amendment makes the assessment operative by linking it to existing instruments: restrictive measures under Article 215 TFEU, the cybersecurity risk-assessment framework under Directive (EU) 2022/2555 and the EU 5G Toolbox, screenings under Regulation (EU) 2019/452, and breaches of classified-information rules. This is a measure of basic legal coherence with the Union acquis on economic security.
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| 3 a. Support from the Fund shall be conditional upon compliance with binding social conditionalities aimed at creating and maintaining decent work. Such conditionalities shall include, where appropriate, obligations relating to site retention, employment guarantees, access to qualification and training measures, the promotion of workers’ participation, and the application of collective agreements. Such conditionalities should respect the varieties of social dialogue in Member States and not lead to undue discrimination against certain types of companies or Member States. Where relevant, Member States shall ensure that programmes and activities contribute to strengthening collective bargaining coverage and to improving working conditions in line with the objectives of Directive (EU) 2022/2041 on adequate minimum wages. |
Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Yannis Maniatis, Christophe Clergeau, Bruno Tobback, Pierre Jouvet, Raphaël Glucksmann
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| 3 a. In the selection and award of projects, priority shall be given, regarding award criteria and co-financing arrangements, to EU-based SMEs, scale ups, and technologies critical to the Union’s digital infrastructure, including cooperatives and not-for-profit entities, that develop interoperable, open and secure digital solutions contributing to the functioning of the internal market in order to reduce vendor lock in, lack of innovation, EU's dependencies from third country providers, reduction of choice and promote especially alternatives for consumers based on European values and technologies critical to the Union’s digital infrastructure, particularly those with open and interoperable solutions. Public procurement supported by the ECF shall include a “EU-by-default” criteria. |
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| 3 a. For actions contributing to the objectives referred to in Article 3(2), the application of Union preference, security or compliance requirements shall be proportionate and risk based. Where duly justified, the Commission may provide for targeted and time-limited derogations from specific sourcing or supply-chain requirements, where such derogations are necessary to avoid material delays in project delivery and do not undermine the Union’s security or strategic interests. |
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| 3 b. For the purposes of paragraph 3a, eligibility shall be deemed presumptively granted for entities established in, controlled by or substantially dependent on Member States, EFTA-EEA countries, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and the United States of America, subject to the conclusion of the relevant security-of-information and security-of-supply arrangements. The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 83(3), adjust this list, including to take account of acceding countries, candidate countries and security and defence partnership countries. |
A positive list of countries whose entities are presumptively eligible provides legal certainty to the European industry and to its supply chains, and reduces the administrative burden of repeated case-by-case assessments. The list is consistent with Article 50(1) of the Commission proposal as regards Ukraine, with the framework on associated third countries and with the security and defence partnerships concluded by the Union. The use of the examination procedure ensures that subsequent updates of the list reflect a position shared by Member States.
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| Article 10a | |
| Responsible subcontracting and limitation of subcontracting chains | |
| 1. For actions implemented in sectors identified in the relevant work programme as being high risk sectors, the work programme shall provide for: | |
| (a) limitation of the number of subcontracting tiers to no more than two levels beyond the main contractor; | |
| (b) mandatory disclosure of the full subcontracting chain; | |
| (c) joint and several liability of contractors and main beneficiaries for compliance with applicable Union and national labour, social and health and safety legislation | |
| (d) obligations to ensure that subcontractors comply with collective agreements or applicable minimum wage rules in the Member State where the activity is carried out. Where the Commission identifies serious breaches of labour law, social law or obligations relating to subcontracting transparency, Union support may be suspended, reduced or recovered. |
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| Article10a | |
| Widening Participation | |
| 1. ‘Widening countries’ are Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia for the purposes of fulfilling Article 4(2a). | |
| 2. Only legal entities established in widening countries shall be eligible under the ‘widening participation’ part of the programme. | |
| 3. The Programme shall assist widening countries to increase their competitiveness and to promote a broad geographical coverage in industrial capacity-building. Those efforts shall be mirrored by proportional measures by Member States. | |
| 4. There shall be no subtraction in respect of the amounts corresponding to the earmarking for widening participation, as established under Article 4(2a). |
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European Parliament (2026). “AMENDMENTS 1542 - 1841 - Draft report Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities”. Text, 18 May 2026. docId ITRE-AM-788896. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/ITRE-AM-788896 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/ITRE-AM-788896 (CC BY 4.0). BibTeX
@misc{epw-text-itre-am-788896,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{AMENDMENTS 1542 - 1841 - Draft report Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities}},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-05-18},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/ITRE-AM-788896}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/ITRE-AM-788896},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Text. docId ITRE-AM-788896. Data: EP Open Data API: document record (CC BY 4.0)}
}