LegalizeCouncil Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 of 19 November 2021 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe and repealing Regulations (EC) No 219/2007, (EU) No 557/2014, (EU) No 558/2014, (EU) No 559/2014, (EU) No 560/2014, (EU) No 561/2014 and (EU) No 642/2014
(d) complementary research and innovation activities funded by the members other than the Union, having a clear Union added value and contributing to achieving the objectives of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking;
(e) activities funded by the members other than the Union in projects funded by national programmes or by regional programmes which complement activities funded by the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking;
(f) uptake of results of activities funded under the Shift2Rail and Europe’s Rail Joint Undertakings, further exploitation, demonstration activities, standardisation and development of recommendations for seamless transition strategies, migration paths and updates of TSI, and European authorisation and certification activities not linked to wider deployment.
Article 91
Bodies of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking
The bodies of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking shall be:
(a) the Governing Board;
(b) the Executive Director;
(c) the states’ representatives group;
(d) the System Pillar steering group;
(e) the Deployment Group.
Article 92
Composition of the Governing Board
The Governing Board shall be composed as follows:
(a) two representatives from the Commission on behalf of the Union;
(b) one representative from each of the members other than the Union.
Article 93
Functioning of the Governing Board
Article 94
Additional tasks of the Governing Board
In addition to the tasks set out in Article 17, the Governing Board of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking shall carry out the following tasks:
(a) adopt the Master Plan and any proposal for its modification;
(b) adopt the work programmes, including the budget and implementation plan, of the System Pillar and their amendments based on recommendations made by the System Pillar steering group and on the proposals of the Executive Director.
Article 95
The states’ representatives group
In addition to Article 20, the Member States shall ensure that their respective representatives present a coordinated position that reflects their Member State’s views expressed in:
(a) the committee established by Article 51 of Directive (EU) 2016/797;
(b) the Programme Committee under Horizon Europe configuration ‘Climate, Energy and Mobility’;
(c) the Single European Rail Area Committee, established by Article 62 of Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (12).
Article 96
The System Pillar steering group
The System Pillar steering group shall be responsible for providing advice to the Executive Director and Governing Board on any of the following:
(a) the approach to operational harmonisation and the development of system architecture, including on the relevant part of the Master Plan;
(b) delivering on the specific objective set out in Article 85(2), point (c);
(c) carrying out the task set out in Article 86(5), point (a);
(d) the detailed annual implementation plan for the System Pillar in line with the work programmes adopted by the Governing Board in accordance with Article 94, point (b);
(e) monitoring the progress of the System Pillar.
Article 97
The Deployment Group
Article 98
Collaboration with the European Union Agency for Railways
The Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking shall ensure a close collaboration with the European Union Agency for Railways, in particular with regard to the implementation of the Master Plan. Pursuant to Article 40 of Regulation (EU) 2016/796 of the European Parliament and of the Council (13), that collaboration shall consist of the following advisory tasks:
(a) input on research needs relating to the realisation of the Single European Railway Area for consideration by the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking in the Master Plan and its amendments as well as in the work programmes;
(b) feedback and advice on interoperability and safety to be considered in the research innovation activities and, more specifically, in the context of project activities and results for the objectives identified in Article 86(5), point (a);
(c) support to the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking in identifying needs for any additional specific validation or studies to be performed by it, including via the involvement of national safety authorities;
(d) provide advice as regards the System Pillar;
(e) ensure that the development of specifications including interfaces, functional requirement specifications, and system requirement specifications takes into consideration the experience and feedback on TSI or standards.
TITLE V
GLOBAL HEALTH EDCTP3 JOINT UNDERTAKING
Article 99
Additional objectives of the Global Health EDCPT3 Joint Undertaking
In addition to the objectives set out in Articles 4 and 5, the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking shall have the following general objectives:
(a) to contribute to the reduction of the socioeconomic burden of infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa by promoting the development and uptake of new or improved health technologies;
(b) to contribute to the increase of health security in sub-Saharan Africa and globally by strengthening the research- and innovation-based capacities for preparedness and response to control infectious diseases.
The Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking shall also have the following specific objectives:
(a) to advance the development and use of new or improved health technologies for tackling infectious diseases by supporting the conduct of the clinical trials, in sub-Saharan Africa;
(b) to strengthen research and innovation capacity and the national health research systems in sub-Saharan Africa for tackling infectious diseases;
(c) to facilitate better alignment of Member States, associated countries and sub-Saharan countries around a common Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda in the field of global health to increase the cost-effectiveness of European public investment;
(d) to strengthen capacity in sub-Saharan Africa for epidemic preparedness through effective and rapid research response to develop essential diagnostics, vaccines and therapeutics for early detection and control of emerging diseases of epidemic potential;
(e) to promote productive and sustainable networking and partnerships in the area of global health research building North–South and South–South relationships with multiple private and public-sector organisations.
Article 100
Additional tasks of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking
In addition to the tasks set out in Article 5, the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking shall carry out the following tasks:
(a) fostering productive relationships between European and African individuals, groups and institutions;
(b) raising awareness of common interests and shared goals between institutions and research groups to facilitate and strengthen project and institutional collaborations;
(c) contributing to facilitating alignment of global health strategies of European and African funders, institutions and authorities;
(d) attracting additional investment involving partners from the private, public, and charitable sectors;
(e) promoting synergies, collaboration and joint actions with the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument established by Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council (14), in particular for capacity building and sharing facilities and infrastructures.
Article 101
Members
The members of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking shall be:
(a) the Union, represented by the Commission;
(b) the EDCTP Association, a non-profit organisation registered under Dutch law, upon notification of its decision to accede to the Global Health EDCTP3 joint undertaking by means of a letter of commitment, which shall not contain conditions regarding its accession other than those set out in this Regulation.
Article 102
Union financial contribution
The Union financial contribution to the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking, including EEA appropriations, to cover administrative costs and operational costs shall be up to EUR 800 000 000 , including up to EUR 59 756 000 for administrative costs, and shall consist of the following:
(a) up to EUR 400 000 000 provided that the contribution of members other than the Union, or its constituent or affiliated entities, is at least equal to this amount;
(b) up to EUR 400 000 000 provided that the contributions from contributing partners, or from their constituent or affiliated entities, are at least equal to this amount.
In the event that the condition under point (b) is not met, the amount under point (a) shall be increased by up to EUR 400 000 000 , provided that the total amount by which it is increased shall be at least matched by the contribution of members other than the Union, or their constituent or affiliated entities, as set out in Article 103(1).
Article 103
Contributions from members other than the Union
Article 104
Scope of additional activities
For the purpose of Article 11(1), point (b), additional activities may include activities directly linked to the activities of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking and contributing to its objectives, including the following:
(a) activities of constituent or affiliated entities of the EDCTP Association aligned with similar activities from other constituent or affiliated entities of the EDCTP Association and independently managed in accordance with national funding rules;
(b) activities implemented by sub-Saharan African governmental research organisations;
(c) activities which promote networking and partnerships building relationships with multiple private and public-sector organisations;
(d) support for the development of research infrastructures such as clinical trial networks or cohorts related to the scope of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking, and support for strengthening health systems’ preparedness for carrying out research activities within the scope of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking.
Article 105
Bodies of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking
The bodies of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking shall be:
(a) the Governing Board;
(b) the Executive Director;
(c) the Scientific Committee;
(d) the stakeholders group.
Article 106
Composition of the Governing Board
The Governing Board shall be composed of the following:
(a) six representatives of the Commission on behalf of the Union;
(b) six representatives of the EDCTP Association.
Article 107
Functioning of the Governing Board
The EDCTP Association shall hold 50 % of the voting rights.
Article 108
The Scientific Committee
In addition to the tasks listed in Article 21, the Scientific Committee shall perform the following tasks:
(a) assist in the design of the strategic and scientific planning of the activities of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking;
(b) advise on strategies to foster synergies and partnerships with all stakeholders;
(c) contribute to the preparation of strategic and scientific documents relevant to the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking, as required;
(d) provide strategic and scientific advice to the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking and ensure the successful completion of on-going projects;
(e) identify strategic needs and priorities for accelerating the development of new or improved clinical interventions, including the required training, networking and capacity building to be undertaken to achieve those objectives;
(f) review the landscape of poverty-related and neglected diseases to identify the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking’s role in partnership with other stakeholders to accelerate the development or improvement of interventions against those diseases;
(g) assess the state of global product development pathways and the critical path opportunities for future product development;
(h) provide advice on the review of any calls for proposals and other programmes;
(i) provide support and input on the monitoring and evaluation framework of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking, as well as in the monitoring of scientific outcomes and strategic impacts of the grants funded by the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking;
(j) advise, assist and participate in Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking working groups, stakeholder meetings, EDCTP Forum and other relevant events.
Article 109
The stakeholders group
In addition to the tasks set out in Article 22, the Stakeholders’ Group shall also perform the following tasks:
(a) provide input on the scientific, strategic and the technological priorities to be addressed by the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking as laid down in the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda or any other equivalent document taking account the progress and needs of the Global Health and adjacent sectors;
(b) provide suggestions to enable concrete synergies to take place between the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking and the adjacent sectors or any sector with which synergies will be deemed of added value;
(c) provide input to the EDCTP Forum.
Article 110
Eligibility for funding
Article 111
Identified participants
The participation of entities identified by the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking may be an eligibility criterion in the call for proposals. It shall be duly justified in the work programme which may also provide that such identified participants shall not be eligible for funding from the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking under the selected indirect actions.
Article 112
Ethical principles
The clinical trials and implementation research conducted under the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking shall be implemented in compliance with fundamental ethical principles, recognised international regulatory standards and good participatory practices.
Article 113
Collaboration with the European Medicines Agency and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
The Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking shall ensure a close collaboration with the European Medicines Agency and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, as well as with relevant African agencies and organisations.
Article 114
Affordable access
Participants to indirect actions funded by the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking shall ensure that the products and services that they develop based or partly based on the results of clinical studies undertaken as part of an indirect action are affordable, available and accessible to the public at fair and reasonable conditions. For that purpose, where relevant, the work programme shall specify additional exploitation obligations applicable to specific indirect actions.
TITLE VI
INNOVATIVE HEALTH INITIATIVE JOINT UNDERTAKING
Article 115
Additional objectives of the Innovative Health Joint Undertaking
In addition to the objectives set out in Articles 4 and 5, the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking shall reach the following general objectives by 2030:
(a) contribute towards the creation of a Union-wide health research and innovation ecosystem that facilitates translation of scientific knowledge into innovations, in particular by launching at least 30 large-scale cross-sectoral projects, focusing on health innovations;
(b) foster the development of safe, effective, people-centred and cost-effective innovations that respond to strategic unmet public health needs, by exhibiting, in at least five examples, the feasibility of integrating health care products or services, with demonstrated suitability for uptake by health care systems. The related projects should address the prevention, diagnosis, treatment or management of diseases affecting the Union population, including contribution to Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan;
(c) drive cross-sectoral health innovation for a globally competitive European health industry, and contribute to reaching the objectives of the new Industrial Strategy for Europe and the Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe.
The Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking shall also have the following specific objectives:
(a) contribute towards a better understanding of the determinants of health and priority disease areas;
(b) integrate fragmented health research and innovation efforts bringing together health industry sectors and other stakeholders, focusing on unmet public health needs, to enable the development of tools, data, platforms, technologies and processes for improved prediction, prevention, interception, diagnosis, treatment and management of diseases, meeting the needs of end-users;
(c) demonstrate the feasibility of people-centred integrated health care solutions;
(d) exploit the full potential of digitalisation and data exchange in health care;
(e) enable the development of new and improved methodologies and models for a comprehensive assessment of the added value of innovative and integrated health care solutions.
Article 116
Additional tasks of the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking
In addition to the tasks set out in Article 5, the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking shall carry out the following tasks:
(a) foster close and long-term cooperation between the Union, other members, contributing partners, and other stakeholders involved in health care such as other relevant industries, health care authorities (such as regulatory bodies, health technology assessment bodies and payers), patient organisations, health care professionals and providers, as well as academia;
(b) effectively support pre-competitive health research and innovation, especially actions that bring together entities of several health care industry sectors to work jointly on areas of unmet public health need;
(c) ensure that all stakeholders have the possibility of proposing areas for future calls for proposals;
(d) regularly review and make any necessary adjustments to the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda of the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking in light of scientific developments occurring during its implementation or emerging public health needs;
(e) publish information on the projects, including participating entities and the amount of the financial contribution of the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking and committed in-kind contributions per participant;
(f) organise regular communication, including at least one annual meeting with interest groups and with its stakeholders to ensure openness and transparency of the research and innovation activities of the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking;
(g) any other task necessary to achieve the objectives referred to in Article 115.
Article 117
Members
The members of the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking shall be:
(a) the Union, represented by the Commission;
(b) the European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and healthcare IT Industry (COCIR) registered under Belgian law, the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, including its subgroup Vaccines Europe, registered under Luxemburgish law, EuropaBio registered under Belgian law and MedTech Europe registered under Belgian law, upon notification of their respective decisions to accede to the Innovative Health Joint Undertaking by means of a letter of commitment, which shall not contain conditions regarding their accession other than those set out in this Regulation;
(c) the associated members to be selected in accordance with Article 7.
Article 118
Union financial contribution
The Union financial contribution to the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking, including EEA appropriations, to cover administrative costs and operational costs shall be up to EUR 1 200 000 000 , including up to EUR 30 212 000 for administrative costs, and shall consist of the following:
(a) up to EUR 1 000 000 000 provided that that amount is matched by the contribution of members other than the Union, or its constituent or affiliated entities;
(b) up to EUR 200 000 000 provided that that amount is matched by the additional contributions from contributing partners, or from their constituent or affiliated entities.
Article 119
Contributions from members other than the Union
Article 120
Conditions related to additional activities
For the purpose of Article 11(1), point (b), additional activities shall be carried out in the Union or countries associated with Horizon Europe and may include:
(a) activities contributing towards the achievement of objectives of indirect actions funded by the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking;
(b) activities contributing towards the dissemination, sustainability or exploitation of results of indirect actions funded by the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking.
Article 121
Bodies of the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking
The bodies of the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking shall be:
(a) the Governing Board;
(b) the Executive Director;
(c) the states’ representatives group;
(d) the Science and Innovation Panel.
Article 122
Composition of the Governing Board
The Governing Board shall be composed of the following:
(a) four representatives of the Commission on behalf of the Union;
(b) one representative per member other than the Union.
Article 123
Functioning of the Governing Board
The members other than the Union shall collectively hold 50 % of the voting rights.
Article 124
The Science and Innovation Panel
The Science and Innovation Panel shall be composed of the following permanent panellists:
(a) two representatives of the Commission on behalf of the Union;
(b) four representatives of the members other than the Union;
(c) two representatives of the states’ representatives group;
(d) four representatives of the scientific community, appointed by the Governing Board following an open selection process in accordance with Article 21(4);
(e) up to six other permanent panellists, appointed by the Governing Board following an open selection process in application of Article 21(4), ensuring in particular appropriate representation of stakeholders involved in health care, covering in particular the public sector, including regulatory bodies, patients and end-users in general.
Such ad hoc panellists shall be invited based on their scientific or technical expertise on the subjects to be discussed at given meetings or taking into account the need to create synergies with other research programmes.
The permanent panellists referred to in paragraph 2, points (a), (b) and (c), shall invite ad hoc panellists consensually. They shall communicate their decisions to the Governing Board, the states’ representatives group and the other permanent panellists.
In addition to Article 21(7), the Science and Innovation Panel shall provide advice to the Governing Board, at its request or on its own initiative, on scientific and technological matters related to the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking’s objectives, in particular about:
(a) scientific priorities, including in the context of updating the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda;
(b) the draft work programme, including the content of calls for proposals;
(c) the planning of additional activities of members other than the Union referred to in Article 120;
(d) the set-up of advisory groups focused on specific scientific priorities in accordance with Article 17(2), point (x), and following an open selection process for their members in accordance with Article 21(4);
(e) creation of synergies with other Horizon Europe activities, including other European partnerships, as well as other Union funding programmes and national funding programmes.
Article 125
Conditions applicable to indirect actions
Any legal entities participating in specific indirect actions with the identified legal entities referred to in paragraph 4 shall not be eligible for funding where:
(a) they are for-profit legal entities with an annual turnover of EUR 500 million or more;
(b) they are under the direct or indirect control of a legal entity described in point (a), or under the same direct or indirect control as a legal entity described in point (a);
(c) they are directly or indirectly controlling a legal entity referred to in point (a).
TITLE VII
CHIPS JOINT UNDERTAKING
Article 126
Additional objectives of the Chips Joint Undertaking
In addition to the objectives set out in Articles 4 and 5, the Chips Joint Undertaking shall have the following general objectives:
(a) reinforce the Union’s strategic autonomy in electronic components and systems to support future needs of vertical industries and the economy at large. The overall target is to contribute towards doubling the value of the design and production of electronic components and systems in Europe by 2030, in line with the weight of the Union in products and services;
(b) establish Union scientific excellence and innovation leadership in emerging components and systems technologies, including in activities related to lower TRLs; and promote the active involvement of SMEs, which, for all research and innovation activities, including those related to the Chips for Europe Initiative established by Regulation (EU) 2023/1781, shall represent at least one third of the total number of participants in indirect actions and at least 20 % of public funding should go to them;
(c) ensure that components and systems technologies address Europe’s societal and environmental challenges. The target is to align with the Union policy on energy efficiency and contribute towards the reduction of energy consumption by 32,5 % in 2030;
(d) achieve large-scale technological capacity building and support related research and innovation activities throughout the Union’s semiconductor value chain to enable development and deployment of cutting-edge semiconductor technologies, next-generation semiconductor technologies and cutting-edge quantum technologies and the innovation of established technologies that will reinforce advanced design, systems integration and chip production capabilities in the Union, thereby increasing the competitiveness of the Union; and contribute to the achievement of the green and digital transitions, in particular by reducing the climate impact of electronic systems, improving the sustainability of next-generation chips and strengthening the circular economy processes, contribute to quality jobs within the semiconductor ecosystem and address security-by-design principles, which provide protection against cybersecurity threats.
In addition to the objectives set out in paragraph 1, the Chips Joint Undertaking shall have the following specific objectives:
(a) support research and development for establishing design and production capabilities in Europe for strategic application areas;
(b) launch a balanced portfolio of large and small projects supporting the fast transfer of technologies from the research to the industrial environment;
(c) foster a dynamic Union-wide ecosystem based on digital value-chains with simplified access to newcomers;
(d) support research and development for enhancing component technologies that guarantee security, trust and energy-efficiency for critical infrastructures and sectors in Europe;
(e) foster mobilisation of national resources and ensure coordination of Union and national research and innovation programmes in the field of electronic components and systems;
(f) establish coherence between the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda of the Chips Joint Undertaking and Union policies so that electronics components and systems technologies contribute efficiently;
(g) build up advanced design capacities for integrated semiconductor technologies;
(h) enhance existing and develop new advanced pilot lines across the Union to enable development and deployment of cutting-edge semiconductor technologies and next-generation semiconductor technologies;
(i) build advanced technology and engineering capacities for accelerating the innovative development of cutting-edge quantum chips and associated semiconductor technologies;
(j) establish a network of competence centres across the Union by enhancing existing or creating new facilities.
Article 127
Members
The members of the Chips Joint Undertaking shall be:
(a) the public authorities consisting of: (i) the Union, represented by the Commission; (ii) the following participating states: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden;
(b) the private members consisting of the following industrial associations: the AENEAS Association registered under French law; the Inside Industry Association (INSIDE) registered under Dutch law; the EPoSS e.V. Association registered under German law.
Article 128
Union financial contribution
The Union financial contribution to the Chips Joint Undertaking, including EEA appropriations, shall be up to EUR 4 175 000 000 , including up to EUR 62 287 000 for administrative costs distributed as follows:
(a) up to EUR 2 725 000 000 from Horizon Europe;
(b) up to EUR 1 450 000 000 from DEP.
Article 129
Contributions from members other than the Union
The contributions referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall consist of contributions laid down in Article 11(3). Exceptionally, by way of derogation from Article 11(3), the participating states are allowed to report financial contributions made since 8 February 2022. The underlying costs of the related activities may be considered eligible as of that date, even if they were incurred before the grant application was submitted, provided that all the following conditions are fulfilled:
(a) the activities comply with this Regulation;
(b) the activities contribute to the objective referred to in Article 126(2), point (h), and the related costs incurred consist of capital expenditure;
(c) the grant applications are evaluated and selected by the Chips Joint Undertaking in accordance with Article 12(1);
(d) the activities continue to be carried out at the moment the grant is awarded;
(e) the participating state’s contribution linked to those costs are not taken into account for the purpose of calculating the voting rights of participating states referred to in Articles 133(2), 133(3) and 136(1);
(f) the participating state’s contribution linked to those costs do not exceed 25 % of the total financial contribution by that participating state envisaged for the activities that contribute to the objective referred to in Article 126(2), point (h).
Article 130
Scope of additional activities
For the purpose of Article 11(1), point (b), additional activities may include:
(a) investment aiming to industrialise the Key Digital Technologies, ECSEL, ARTEMIS and ENIAC Joint Undertakings’ projects’ results;
(b) pilots, demonstrators, applications, deployments, industrialisation, including relevant capital expenditure, including projects under the IPCEIs on microelectronics;
(c) related research and development activities that are not publicly funded;
(d) activities financed by loans of the European Investment Bank and not funded under a grant by the Union;
(e) activities to develop the ecosystem supporting the cooperation of technology users and suppliers.
Article 131
Bodies of the Chips Joint Undertaking
The bodies of the Chips Joint Undertaking shall be:
(a) the Governing Board;
(b) the Executive Director;
(c) the Public Authorities Board;
(d) the Private Members Board.
Article 132
Composition of the Governing Board
Each member of the Chips Joint Undertaking shall appoint its representatives and a lead delegate who shall hold the voting rights of the member in the Governing Board.
Article 133
Functioning of the Governing Board
The voting rights in the Governing Board shall be distributed as follows:
(a) one third for the Commission;
(b) one third for the private members collectively; and
(c) one third for the participating states collectively.
For the first two financial years following the establishment of the Chips Joint Undertaking, the voting rights of the participating states shall be distributed as follows:
(a) 1 % for each participating state;
(b) the remaining percentage distributed annually among the participating states in proportion to their actual financial contributions to the Chips Joint Undertaking or to its preceding initiative over the past two years.
Article 133a
Rules applicable to the activities funded under DEP
Article 134
Limitations on and conditions for participation in specific actions
Article 134a
Additional tasks of the Executive Director
By way of derogation from Article 19(4), point (c), the Executive Director of the Chips Joint Undertaking shall prepare the work programme for the Chips Joint Undertaking on the basis of the outline prepared by the Public Authorities Board as referred to in Article 137, point (aa), and of the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda and submit it for adoption to the Governing Board.
Article 135
Composition of the Public Authorities Board
The Public Authorities Board shall be composed of representatives of the public authorities of the Chips Joint Undertaking.
Each public authority shall appoint its representatives and a lead delegate who shall hold the voting rights in the Public Authorities Board.
Article 136
Functioning of the Public Authorities Board
Article 137
Tasks of the Public Authorities Board
The Public Authorities Board shall:
(a) contribute to the drafting of the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda;
(aa) before each work programme is prepared and taking into account the advice of the private members and, where appropriate, the advice of the European Semiconductor Board established by Article 28 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1781 and input from other relevant stakeholders, outline two specific parts of the work programme, including the corresponding expenditure estimates, the first of which shall include a subsection on capacity-building activities for operational objectives 1 to 4 and a subsection on research and innovation activities related to operational objectives 1 to 4, including conditions for access to publicly funded infrastructure, and the second of which shall be dedicated to research and innovation activities not covered under the Chips for Europe Initiative;
(b) provide input to the draft work programme, in particular the calls for proposals, including the rules for evaluation, selection and monitoring of indirect actions;
(c) approve the launch of calls for proposals, in accordance with the work programme;
(d) select proposals in accordance with Article 12(1) and Article 17(2), point (u);
(e) provide an opinion on the draft additional activities plan referred to in Article 11(1), point (b);
(f) recommend, if necessary, that an ECIC take remedial action, such as an amendment to its statutes, where a Member State has brought the matter to the Public Authorities Board’s attention following a refusal by the ECIC to accept a new member without providing sufficient reasons for such a refusal on the basis of the fair and reasonable terms specified in its statutes.
Article 138
Composition of the Private Members Board
Article 139
Functioning of the Private Members Board
Article 140
Tasks of the Private Members Board
The Private Members Board shall:
(a) draw up and regularly update the draft Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for achieving the objectives of the Chips Joint Undertaking set out in Articles 4 and 126 taking into account the input of the Public Authorities Board;
(b) submit to the Executive Director the draft Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda within the deadlines set by the Governing Board;
(c) organise an advisory Stakeholder Forum that is open to all public and private stakeholders having an interest in the field of key digital technologies to inform them about and collect feedback on the draft Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for a given year;
(d) where appropriate, and taking into account Article 130, draw up and submit for approval to the Governing Board the draft additional activities plan referred to in Article 11(1), point (b), taking into account the opinion of the Public Authorities Board.
Article 141
Funding rates and rules for participation
TITLE VIII
SINGLE EUROPEAN SKY ATM RESEARCH 3 JOINT UNDERTAKING
Article 142
Additional objectives of the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking
In addition to the objectives set out in Articles 4 and 5, the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking shall have the following general objectives:
(a) strengthen and integrate the Union’s research and innovation capacity in the ATM sector, making it more resilient and scalable to fluctuations in traffic while enabling the seamless operation of all aircraft;
(b) strengthen, through innovation, the competitiveness of manned and unmanned air transport in the Union, and ATM services’ markets to support economic growth in the Union;
(c) develop and accelerate the market uptake of innovative solutions to establish the Single European Sky airspace as the most efficient and environmentally friendly sky to fly in the world.
The Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking shall also have the following specific objectives:
(a) develop a research and innovation ecosystem covering the entire ATM and U-space airspace value chains allowing to build the Digital European Sky defined in the European ATM Master plan, enabling the collaboration and coordination needed between air navigation services providers and airspace users to ensure a single harmonised Union ATM system for both manned and unmanned operations;
(b) develop and validate ATM solutions supporting high levels of automation;
(c) develop and validate the technical architecture of the Digital European Sky;
(d) support an accelerated market deployment of innovative solutions through demonstrators;
(e) coordinate the prioritisation and planning for the Union’s ATM modernisation efforts, based on a consensus-led process among the ATM stakeholders;
(f) facilitate the development of standards for the industrialisation of SESAR solutions.
For the purpose of the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking, the following definitions apply:
(a) ‘U-space airspace’ means an unmanned airborne system (UAS) geographical zone designated by Member States, where UAS operations are only allowed to take place with the support of U-space services provided by a U-Space service provider;
(b) ‘Digital European Sky’ refers to the vision of the European ATM Master Plan, seeking to transform Europe’s aviation infrastructure enabling it to handle the future growth and diversity of air traffic safely and efficiently, while minimising environmental impact;
(c) ‘architecture of the Digital European Sky’ refers to the vision of the European ATM Master Plan, seeking to address the current inefficient airspace architecture in the medium to long term by combining airspace configuration and design with technologies to decouple service provision from local infrastructure and progressively increase the levels of collaboration and automation support;
(d) ‘SESAR definition phase’ means the phase comprising the establishment and updating of the long-term vision of the SESAR project, of the related concept of operations enabling improvements at every stage of flight, of the required essential operational changes within the European ATM Network and of the required development and deployment priorities;
(e) ‘SESAR deployment phase’ means the successive phases of industrialisation and implementation, during which the following activities are conducted: standardisation, production and certification of ground and airborne equipment and processes necessary to implement SESAR solutions (industrialisation); and procurement, installation and putting into service of equipment and systems based on SESAR solutions, including associated operational procedures (implementation).
Article 143
Additional tasks of the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking
In addition to the tasks set out in Article 5, the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking shall carry out the following tasks:
(a) coordinate the tasks of the Single European Sky ATM Research definition phase, monitor the implementation of the SESAR project and amend, where necessary, the European ATM Master Plan;
(b) implement the research and development aspects of the European ATM Master Plan, in particular by: (i) organising, coordinating and monitoring the work of the SESAR development phase in accordance with the European ATM Master Plan, including low TRLs (0 to 2) research and innovation activities; (ii) delivering SESAR solutions, which are deployable outputs of the SESAR development phase introducing new or improved standardised and interoperable operational procedures or technologies; (iii) ensuring the involvement of the civil and military stakeholders of the aviation sector, in particular air navigation service providers, airspace users, professional staff associations, airports, manufacturing industry and the relevant scientific institutions and scientific community;
(c) facilitate an accelerated market uptake of SESAR solutions by: (i) organising and coordinating large-scale demonstrations activities; (ii) coordinating closely with EASA in order to enable timely development by EASA of regulatory measures that fall under Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and the relevant implementing rules; (iii) supporting the related standardisation activities, in close cooperation with standardisation bodies and EASA, as well as with the entity established to coordinate the tasks of the SESAR deployment phase in line with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 409/2013 (15).
Article 144
Members
The members of the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking shall be:
(a) the Union, represented by the Commission;
(b) the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol), represented by its Agency, upon notification of its decision to accede to the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking by means of a letter of commitment, which shall not contain conditions regarding its accession other than those set out in this Regulation;
(c) the founding members listed in Annex III to this Regulation, upon notification of their decision to accede to the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking by means of a letter of commitment, which shall not contain conditions regarding its accession other than those set out in this Regulation;
(d) the associated members to be selected in accordance with Article 7.
Article 145
Union financial contribution
The Union financial contribution to the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking, including EEA appropriations, to cover administrative costs and operational costs shall be up to EUR 600 000 000 , including up to EUR 30 000 000 for administrative costs.
Article 146
Contributions from members other than the Union
Article 147
Scope of additional activities
For the purposes of Article 11(1), point (b), additional activities may include:
(a) activities covering all the non-Union funded part of the Single European Sky ATM Research projects that contribute to the achievement of the agreed work programme of the Joint Undertaking;
(b) industrialisation activities, including standardisation, certification and production, related to SESAR Solutions from the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking or the preceding initiative, the SESAR Joint Undertaking;
(c) communication and outreach activities related to SESAR Solutions from the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking or the preceding initiative, the SESAR Joint Undertaking;
(d) activities ensuring the global ATM harmonisation based on SESAR Solutions from the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking or the preceding initiative, the SESAR Joint Undertaking;
(e) deployment or uptake of results from projects under the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking or the preceding initiative, the SESAR Joint Undertaking, which have not received any Union funding.
Article 148
Bodies of the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking
The bodies of the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking shall be:
(a) the Governing Board;
(b) the Executive Director;
(c) the states’ representatives group;
(d) the Scientific Advisory Body.
Article 149
Composition of the Governing Board
The Governing Board shall be composed as follows:
(a) two representatives of the Commission on behalf of the Union;
(b) one representative from each of the members other than the Union.
Article 150
Functioning of the Governing Board
The Governing Board shall have the following permanent observers:
(a) a representative of the European Defence Agency;
(b) a representative of civil users of airspace, designated by their representative organisation at European level;
(c) an air navigation service providers’ representative, designated by their representative organisation at European level;
(d) an equipment manufacturers’ representative, designated by their representative organisation at European level;
(e) an airports’ representative, designated by their representative organisation at European level;
(f) a representative from the bodies representing staff in the ATM sector, designated by their representative organisation at European level;
(g) a representative of the relevant scientific institutions or the relevant scientific community, designated by their representative organisation at European level:
(h) a representative of the EASA;
(i) a representative of the European standardisation organisation in aviation;
(j) a representative of the unmanned aerial vehicle industry, designated by their representative organisation at European level.
Article 151
Additional tasks of the Governing Board
In addition to the tasks listed in Article 17, the Governing Board of the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking shall supervise the delivery of the research and development components identified in the European ATM Master Plan.
Article 152
Additional tasks of the Executive Director
In addition to the tasks listed in Article 19, the Executive Director of the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking shall carry out the following tasks:
(a) direct the execution of the definition and development phases of the SESAR project within the guidelines established by the Governing Board;
(b) submit to the Governing Board any proposal involving changes in the design of the development phase of the SESAR project.
Article 153
The states’ representatives group
In addition to Article 20, the Member States shall ensure that their respective representatives present a coordinated position that reflects their Member State’s views expressed in:
(a) the Single Sky Committee, established by Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004;
(b) the Programme Committee under Article 14 of the Specific Programme implementing Horizon Europe.
Article 154
The Scientific Committee
Article 155
Implementing acts to establish the position of the Union concerning the amendment of the European ATM Master Plan
Article 156
Certification of new technologies
Article 157
Agreement with Eurocontrol
As founding member of the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking, Eurocontrol’s role and contribution shall be set out in an administrative agreement between the two parties, the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking and Eurocontrol. That agreement shall describe Eurocontrol’s tasks, responsibilities and contribution to the activities of the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking as regards the following:
(a) organising Eurocontrol’s research, development and validation activities in accordance with the work programme of the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking;
(b) providing specialist support and advice to the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking on its request;
(c) supporting and advising on the common developments for the future European ATM systems, in particular related to the future airspace architecture;
(d) supporting the monitoring of the implementation of SESAR Solutions in line with the European ATM Master Plan;
(e) engaging with Eurocontrol Member States to secure wide support for the Union’s policy objectives and results of research, validation and demonstration activities amongst pan-European network partners;
(f) providing support to programme management;
(g) contributing to the administrative costs of the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking and providing information technology, communications and logistics support to the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking.
Article 158
Back office arrangements
Article 13 shall not apply to the Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking. The back office arrangement shall be provided by Eurocontrol.
TITLE IX
SMART NETWORKS AND SERVICES JOINT UNDERTAKING
Article 159
Additional objectives of the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking
In addition to the objectives set out in Articles 4 and 5, the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking shall have the following general objectives:
(a) foster Europe’s technological leadership in future smart networks and services by reinforcing current industrial strengths and by extending the scope from 5G connectivity to the broader strategic value chain including cloud-based service provisioning as well as components and devices;
(b) align strategic roadmaps of a wider range of industrial players, including not only the telecommunication industry, but also actors from the internet of Things, cloud, and components and devices;
(c) advance European technological and scientific excellence to support European leadership to shape and master 6G systems by 2030;
(d) strengthen the deployment of digital infrastructures and uptake of digital solutions in the European markets, in particular by ensuring a strategic coordination mechanism for the CEF2 Digital programme as well as synergies within CEF2, and with DEP and InvestEU as part of the scope and governance of the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking;
(e) prepare the European smart networks and services supply industry for the longer term opportunities emerging from the development of vertical markets for 5G and later 6G infrastructures and services in Europe;
(f) facilitate digital innovation, by 2030, meeting European market needs and public policy requirements, including the most demanding requirements of vertical industries, as well as societal requirements in fields including security, energy efficiency and electromagnetic fields;
(g) support the alignment of future smart networks and services with Union policy objectives including European Green Deal, network and information security, ethics and privacy, as well as a human-centric and sustainable internet.
The Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking shall also have the following specific objectives:
(a) facilitate the development of technologies able to meet advanced communication requirements while supporting European excellence in smart networks and services technologies and architectures and their evolution towards 6G, including strong European positions on standards, essential patents, and key requirements such as requirements for spectrum bands needed for future advanced smart network technologies;
(b) accelerate the development of energy-efficient network technologies with the aim of significantly reducing the energy and resource consumption of the whole digital infrastructure by 2030 and decreasing the energy consumption of key verticals industries supported by smart networks and services technologies;
(c) accelerate the development and widespread deployment of 5G by 2025 and later 6G infrastructure in Europe by, in particular, promoting the coordination and strategic support of 5G deployment for Connected and Automated Mobility along cross-border corridors, by using the CEF2 Digital programme and by promoting deployment under CEF2, DEP and InvestEU;
(d) foster a sustainable and diverse supply and value chain in line with the 5G Cybersecurity toolbox;
(e) strengthen the positioning of the Union’s industry in the global smart network and services value chain by creating a critical mass of public and private actors, in particular by increasing the contribution from software and internet of Things actors, leveraging national initiatives and supporting the emergence of new actors;
(f) support alignment with ethical and security requirements, including them in the Strategic Research and Innovation Agendas and providing input to the Union’s legislative process as appropriate.
Article 160
Additional tasks of the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking
In addition to the tasks set out in Article 5, the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking shall carry out the following tasks:
(a) contribute to the work programmes of other Union programmes, such as CEF2 Digital programme, DEP and InvestEU that are implementing activities in the area of smart networks and services;
(b) coordinate Union trialling, piloting and deployment initiatives in the field of smart networks and services, such as pan-European 5G corridors for connected and automated mobility under CEF2 Digital programme, in liaison with the Commission and competent relevant funding bodies;
(c) promote synergies among relevant Union-funded trials, pilots and deployment activities in the area of smart networks and services, such as those funded under CEF2 Digital programme, DEP and InvestEU, and ensure effective dissemination and leveraging of the knowledge and know-how gathered in the context of those activities;
(d) develop and coordinate the strategic deployment agendas for pan-European 5G corridors for connected and automated mobility with the involvement of stakeholders. Those agendas shall provide strategic non-binding guidance covering the duration of CEF2 Digital programme by defining a common vision for the development of 5G-enabled ecosystems and the underpinning network and services requirements, and identifying deployment objectives and roadmaps as well as potential cooperation models.
Article 161
Members
The members of the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking shall be:
(a) the Union, represented by the Commission;
(b) the 6G-IA registered under Belgian law, upon notification of its decision to accede to the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking by means of a letter of commitment, which shall not contain conditions regarding its accession other than those set out in this Regulation.
Article 162
Union financial contribution
The Union financial contribution to the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking, including EEA appropriations, to cover administrative costs and operational costs shall be up to EUR 900 000 000 , including up to EUR 18 519 000 for administrative costs.
Article 163
Contributions from members other than the Union
Article 164
Scope of additional activities
For the purpose of Article 11(1), point (b), additional activities may include:
(a) spin-off research and development activities;
(b) contributions to standardisation;
(c) contributions to consultations in the context of Union regulatory processes;
(d) activities financed by loans of the European Investment Bank and not funded under a grant by the Union;
(e) contributions to activities of the members other than the Union and any other group or association of stakeholders in the area of the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking, not funded under a grant by the Union;
(f) activities to develop the ecosystem including building cooperation with verticals;
(g) dissemination activities of results globally to achieve consensus on supported technologies as preparation of future standards;
(h) trials, demos, pilots, go to market and early deployment of technologies;
(i) international cooperation not funded under a grant by the Union;
(j) activities related to the preparation of, and participation in, research and innovation projects funded by private or public bodies other than the Union.
Article 165
Bodies of the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking
The bodies of the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking shall be:
(a) the Governing Board;
(b) the Executive Director;
(c) the states’ representatives group;
(d) the stakeholders group.
Article 166
Composition of the Governing Board
The Governing Board shall be composed of the following:
(a) two representatives of the Commission on behalf of the Union;
(b) five representatives of the 6G-IA.
Article 167
Functioning of the Governing Board
The 6G-IA shall hold 50 % of the voting rights.
Article 168
Additional tasks of the Governing Board
In addition to the tasks listed in Article 17, the Governing Board of the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking shall carry out the following tasks:
(a) adopt strategic deployment agendas as non-binding contributions under CEF2 Digital programme with regard to 5G corridors and, if appropriate, amend them throughout the duration of CEF2 Digital programme;
(b) ensure that Union cybersecurity legislation and Member States’ existing and future coordinated guidance are taken into consideration in all the activities of the Smart Network and Services Joint Undertaking;
(c) promote synergies and complementarities between the digital, transport and energy sectors of CEF2 Digital programme through the identification of intervention areas and contribution to the work programmes, as well as synergies and complementarities with the other relevant Union programmes.
Article 169
The states’ representatives group
In addition to Article 20, the representatives shall ensure that they present a coordinated position that reflects their state’s views expressed in any of the following:
(a) the research and innovation matters related to Horizon Europe;
(b) the strategic deployment agenda and the deployment activities related to other Union programmes, in particular CEF2 Digital programme, but also activities under DEP and InvestEU that are in scope of the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking.
Article 170
Security
PART THREE
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 171
Monitoring and evaluation
The joint undertakings shall organise the continuous monitoring and reporting of the management and implementation of their activities and periodic reviews of the outputs, results and impacts of the funded indirect actions implemented in accordance with Article 50 of and Annex III to the Horizon Europe Regulation. That monitoring and reporting shall include:
(a) time-bound indicators for the purpose of reporting on an annual basis on the progress of their activities towards the achievement of the general, specific and operational objectives, including joint undertakings’ additional objectives laid down in Part Two, as well as along impact pathways set out in Annex V to the Horizon Europe Regulation;
(b) information on synergies between the joint undertaking’s actions and national or regional initiatives and policies based on information received by the participating states or the states’ representatives group as well as on synergies with other Union programmes and other European partnerships;
(c) information on the level of mainstreaming social sciences and humanities, the ratio between lower and higher TRLs in collaborative research, the progress on widening countries’ participation, the geographical composition of consortia in collaborative projects, the use of two-stage submission and evaluation procedure, the measures that aim to facilitate collaborative links in European research and innovation, the use of the evaluation review and the number and types of complaints, the level of climate mainstreaming and related expenditures, SME participation, private sector participation, gender participation in funded actions, evaluation panels, boards and advisory groups, the co-funding rate, the complementary and cumulative funding from other Union funds, the time-to-grant, the level of international cooperation, engagement of citizens’ and civil society participation;
(d) the levels of expenditure disaggregated at project level in order to allow for specific analysis, including per intervention area;
(e) the level of oversubscription, in particular the number of proposals and for each call for proposals, the average score, the share of proposals above and below quality thresholds;
(f) information on quantitative and qualitative leverage effects, including on committed and actually provided financial and in-kind contributions, visibility and positioning in the international context, impact on research and innovation related risks of private sector investments;
(g) information on measures for attracting newcomers, in particularly SMEs, higher education institutions and research organisations, and for expanding collaborative networks.
Article 172
Support from the host state
An administrative agreement may be concluded between a joint undertaking and the Member State where its seat is located concerning privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by that Member State to the joint undertaking concerned.
Article 173
Initial actions
For the purpose of paragraph 1:
(a) until the Executive Director takes up his or her duties following his or her appointment by the Governing Board in accordance with Article 18(2), the Commission may designate a Commission official to act as interim Executive Director and exercise the duties assigned to the Executive Director;
(b) by derogation from Article 17(2), point (h), the interim Executive Director shall exercise the relevant appointing authority powers in respect of any staff positions that need to be filled before the Executive Director takes up his or her duties in accordance with Article 18(2);
(c) the Commission may assign a limited number of its officials on an interim basis.
Article 174
Repeal and transitional provisions
Article 175
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX I
(1) Aciturri Aeronáutica S.L.U., registered under Spanish law (registration number: BU12351), with its registered office in P.I. Bayas, calle Ayuelas, 22, 09200, Miranda de Ebro (Burgos), Spain;
(2) Aernnova Aerospace SAU, registered under Spanish law (registration number: VI6749), with its registered office in Parque Tecnológico de Álava, C/Leonardo da Vinci num. 13, Miñano (Álava), Spain;
(3) Airbus SAS, registered under French law (registration number: 383 474 814), with its registered office in 2 Rond-Point Emile Dewoitine, 31707 Blagnac, France;
(4) Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali SCPA (CIRA), registered under Italian law (registration number: 128446), with its registered office in Via Maiorise 1, Capua-Caserta 81043, Italy;
(5) Dassault Aviation SA, registered under French law (registration number: 712042456), with its registered office in 9, Rond-Point des Champs-Elysées Marcel-Dassault, 78008 Paris, France;
(6) Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), registered under German law (registration number: VR2780), with its registered office in Linder Höhe, 51147 Köln, Germany;
(7) Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V., registered under German law (registration number: VR4461), with its registered office in 27C, Hansastrasse, 80686 München, Germany;
(8) Fokker Technologies Holding BV, registered under Dutch law (registration number: 50010964), with its registered office in Industrieweg 4, 3351 LB Papendrecht, The Netherlands;
(9) GE Avio S.r.l., registered under Italian law (registration number: 1170622CF10898340012), with its registered office in Rivalta di Torino (TO), Via I Maggio no. 99, Italy;
(10) GKN Aerospace, Sweden AB, registered under Swedish law (registration number: 5560290347), with its registered office in Flygmotorvägen 1, SE-461 81 Trollhättan, Sweden;
(11) Honeywell International s.r.o., registered under Czech law (registration number: 27617793), with its registered office in V Parku 2325/18, 148 00 Praha 4 – Chodov, Prague, Czech Republic;
(12) Industria de Turbo Propulsores S.A.U., registered under Spanish law (registration number: BI5062), with its registered office in Parque Tecnológico, Edificio 300, 48170 Zamudio, Spain;
(13) Leonardo SpA, registered under Italian law (registration number: 7031), with its registered office in Piazza Monte Grappa 4, 00195 Rome, Italy;
(14) Liebherr-Aerospace & Transportation SAS, registered under French law (registration number: 552016834), with its registered office in 408 avenue des Etats-Unis, 31016 Toulouse Cedex 2, France;
(15) Lufthansa Technik AG, registered under German law (registration number: HRB 56865), with its registered office in Weg beim Jäger 193, 22335 Hamburg, Germany;
(16) Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation, registered under Polish law (registration number: 387193275), with its registered office in Al. Krakowska 110/114, 02-256 Warsaw, Poland;
(17) MTU Aero Engines AG, registered under German law (registration number: HRB 157206), with its registered office in Dachauer Str. 665, 80995 München, Germany;
(18) National Institute for Aerospace Research (INCAS), registered under Romanian law (registration number: J40649215071991), with its registered office in B-dul Iuliu Maniu no. 220, sect 6, 061126 Bucharest, Romania;
(19) Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales (ONERA), registered under French law (registration number: 775722879), with its registered office in BP 80100 – 91123 Palaiseau, France;
(20) Piaggio Aero Industries, registered under Italian law (registration number: 903062), with its registered office in Viale Generale Disegna, 1, 17038 Villanova d’Albenga, Savona, Italy;
(21) Pipistrel Vertical Solutions d.o.o., registered under Slovenian law (registration number: 7254466000), with its registered office in Vipavska cesta 2, SI-5270 Ajdovščina, Slovenia;
(22) Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG, registered under German law (registration number: HRA 2731P), with its registered office in Eschenweg 11, Dahlewitz, 15827 Blankenfelde-Mahlow, Germany;
(23) Safran, registered under French law (registration number: 562 082 909), with its registered office in 2, Bvd. du General Martial-Valin, 75015 Paris, France;
(24) Stichting Nationaal Lucht- en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium, registered under Dutch law (registration number: 41150373), with its registered office in Anthony Fokkerweg 2, 1059 CM Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
(25) Thales AVS France SAS, registered under French law (registration number: 612039495), with its registered office in 75-77 Avenue Marcel Dassault, 33700 Mérignac, France;
(26) United Technologies Research Centre Ireland, Ltd, registered under Irish law (registration number: 472601), with its registered office in Fourth Floor, Penrose Business Centre, Penrose Wharf, Cork T23 XN53, Ireland;
(27) University of Patras, registered under Greek law (registration number: EL998219694 (VAT)), with its registered office in University Campus, 26504 Rio Achaia, Greece.
ANNEX II
(1) Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (ADIF), Entidad Pública Empresarial, a public corporate company registered under Spanish law (registration number: Q2801660H), with its registered office at Calle Sor Ángela de la Cruz, 3, 28020 Madrid, Spain;
(2) Alstom Transport SA, registered under French law (registration number 389 191 982), with its registered office in 48, rue Albert Dhalenne, 93482 Saint-Ouen, France;
(3) ANGELRAIL consortium led by MER MEC S.p.A., registered under Italian law (registration number: 05033050963), with its registered office in Monopoli (BA) 70043 Via Oberdan, 70 Italy;
(4) AŽD Praha s.r.o., registered under Czech law (registration number: 48029483), with its registered office in Žirovnická 3146/2, Záběhlice, 106 00, Praha 10, Czech Republic;
(5) Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, S.A. (CAF), registered under Spanish law (registration number: Volume 983, Folio 144, Sheet number SS-329, entry 239a), with its registered office in calle José Miguel Iturrioz no 26, 20200, Beasain (Gipuzkoa), Spain;
(6) Asociación Centro Tecnológico CEIT, registered under Spanish law (registration number: 28/1986 Registry of Associations of the government of the autonomous community of the Basque Country), with its registered office in Paseo Manuel Lardizabal, no 15. Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain;
(7) České dráhy, a.s., registered under Czech law (registration number: 70994226, entered in the Commercial Register kept by the Municipal Court in Prague, section B, insert 8039), with its registered office in Prague 1, Nábřeží L. Svobody 1222, postal code 110 15, Czech Republic;
(8) Deutsche Bahn AG, Germany;
(9) Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), registered under German law (registration number: VR 2780 at Amtsgericht Bonn), with its registered office in Linder Höhe, 51147 Cologne, Germany;
(10) European Smart Green Rail Joint Venture (eSGR JV), represented by Centro de Estudios de Materiales y Control de Obra S.A (CEMOSA), registered under Spanish law (registration number: A-29021334), with its registered office in Benaque 9, 29004 Málaga, Spain;
(11) Faiveley Transport SAS, registered under French law (registration number 323 288 563 RCS Nanterre), with its registered office in 3, rue du 19 mars 1962, 92230 Gennevilliers, France;
(12) Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. (FSI), registered under Italian law (registration number: R.E.A. 962805), with its registered office in piazza della Croce Rossa 1 – 00161 Roma, Italy;
(13) Hitachi Rail STS S.p.A., registered under Italian law, registration number R.E.A. GE421689, with its registered office in Genova, Italy;
(14) INDRA SISTEMAS S.A & PATENTES TALGO S.L.U. INDRA SISTEMAS S.A., registered under Spanish law (registration number: A-28599033), with its registered office in Avenida de Bruselas no 35, 28108 Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain; PATENTES TALGO S.L.U., registered under Spanish law (registration number: B-84528553), with registered office in Paseo del tren Talgo, no 2, 28290 Las Rozas de Madrid, Madrid, Spain;
(15) Jernbanedirektorate (Norwegian Rail Directorate), Oslo, Norway;
(16) Knorr-Bremse Systems für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH, registered under German law (registration number: HRB91181), with its registered office in Moosacher Str. 80, 80809 München, Germany;
(17) Österreichische Bundesbahnen-Holding Aktiengesellschaft (ÖBB-Holding AG), registered under Austrian law (registration number: FN 247642f), with its registered office in Am Hauptbahnhof 2, 1100 Vienna, Austria;
(18) Polskie Koleje Państwowe Spółka Akcyjna (PKP), registered under Polish law (registration number: 0000019193), with its registered office Al. Jerozolimskie 142A, 02-305 Warszawa, Poland;
(19) ProRail B.V. & NS Groep N.V. ProRail B.V., registered under Dutch law (registration number: 30124359), with its registered office in Utrecht (PIC-nr.: 998208668), The Netherlands; NS Groep N.V., registered under Dutch law (registration number: 30124358), with its registered office in Utrecht (PIC-nr.: 892354217), The Netherlands;
(20) Siemens Mobility GmbH, registered under German law (registration number HRB 237219), with its registered office in Otto-Hahn-Ring 6, Munich, Germany;
(21) Société nationale SNCF, société anonyme, registered under French law (registration number: 552 049 447), with its registered office in 2 Place aux Étoiles, 93200 Saint-Denis, France;
(22) Strukton Rail Nederland B.V., registered under Dutch law (registration number: 30139439 Chamber of commerce Utrecht), The Netherlands;
(23) THALES SIX GTS France SAS, registered under French law (registration number: 383 470 937), with its registered office in 4 Avenue des Louvresses – 92230 Gennevilliers, France;
(24) Trafikverket, a Public Sector Body, registered under Swedish law (registration number: 202100-6297), with its registered office in 781 89 Borlänge, Sweden;
(25) voestalpine Railway Systems GmbH, registered under Austrian law (registration number: FN 126714w), with its registered office in Kerpelystrasse 199, 8700 Leoben, Austria.
ANNEX III
(1) Aeroporti di Roma SpA, a company incorporated under Italian law, subject to the management and coordination of Atlantia SpA, with registered office at Via Pier Paolo Racchetti 1, Fiumicino (Rome), Italy, Tax Code and Rome Business and Trade Registry number 13032990155;
(2) AENA Sociedad Mercantil Estatal, Sociedad Anónima (AENA S.M.E.S.A), registered under Spanish law (official registration C.I.F Tax identification certificate.: A-86212420), with its legal address at Calle Peonías 12, 28042, Madrid, Spain. Telephone number +34 913 211 000;
(3) AEROPORTS DE PARIS, Société Anonyme, registered under French law (official registration RCS Bobigny B 552 016 628), with its registered office in 1 rue de France, 93290 Tremblay-en-France, France;
(4) Société Air France SA, registered under French law, 420 495 178 RCS Bobigny, 45 rue de Paris, 95747 Roissy-CDG, France, FR 61 420 495 178;
(5) Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic (ANS CR), state enterprise, established and organised under the laws of the Czech Republic, with its registered office at Navigační 787, 252 61 Jeneč, Czech Republic, Company Identification Number: 497 10 371, VAT Identification Number: CZ699004742, registered in the Commercial Register administered by the Municipal Court in Prague, under Section A, Insert 10771;
(6) Airbus SAS, registered under French law (registration number: 383 474 814 R.C.S. Toulouse), with its registered office in 2 Rond Point Émile Dewoitine, 31700 Blagnac, France;
(7) Airtel ATN Limited, registered under Irish law (registration number: 287698), with its registered office in 2 Harbour Square, Crofton Road, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, A96 D6RO, Ireland;
(8) Alliance for New Mobility Europe (AME), a non-profit organisation (‘Association sans but lucratif / Vereniging zonder winstoogmerk’), registered under Belgian law with registration number 0774.408.606, with its registered office in 227, rue de la Loi, 1000 Brussels, Belgium;
(9) Athens International Airport S.A, registered under Greek Law (official registration: General Electronic Commercial Registry under G.E.MI. number 2229601000), with its registered premises at Spata Attica, Greece, postal code 19019;
(10) Austro Control Österreichische Gesellschaft für Zivilluftfahrt mit beschränkter Haftung, a company with limited liability, registered under the Laws of Austria (registration number 71000m), with its registered office at Wagramer Strasse 19, A-1220 Vienna, Austria;
(11) Brussels Airport Company NV/SA, a limited liability company incorporated and existing under the laws of Belgium, registered with the Crossroads Bank of Enterprises under number 0890.082.292 and with its registered offices in Auguste Reyerslaan 80, 1030 Brussels, Belgium;
(12) Boeing Aerospace Spain, SL, registered under Spanish law, VAT number: B-83053835, with its registered office in Avenida Sur del Aeropuerto de Barajas 38, Madrid, 28042, Spain;
(13) State enterprise “Air traffic services authority” (BULATSA), state enterprise, registered under Bulgarian law (registration number 000697179), with its registered office in Bulgaria, 1 Brussels blvd, 1540 Sofia;
(14) Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali C.I.R.A. SCpA, registered under Italian law (registration number: CE-128446), with its registered office in Via Maiorise snc – 81043 Capua (CE) – Italy;
(15) Croatia Control Ltd, (CCL), registered under the Laws of Croatia (registration number 080328617), with its registered office at Rudolfa Fizira 2, Velika Gorica, Croatia;
(16) Deutsche Lufthansa AG; registered under German law, District Court of Cologne HRB 2168, Venloer Str. 151-153, D-50672 Cologne, Germany, DE 122 652 565;
(17) Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), registered under German law (registration number: VR 2780 at Amtsgericht Bonn), with its registered office in Linder Höhe, 51147 Cologne, Germany;
(18) DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH, registered under the Private Law (Registration number: HRB 34977), with its registered office in Langen (Hessen), Germany;
(19) The French State – Ministry for an ecological transition, Direction générale de l’aviation civile (DGAC), Direction des services de la navigation aérienne DSNA, registered under French law (registration number: SIREN 120 064 019 00074), with its registered office at 50 rue Henry Farman 75 720 Paris Cedex 15, France;
(20) Drone Alliance Europe, non-profit organisation (‘Association sans but lucratif / Vereniging zonder winstoogmerk’), registered under Belgian law with registration number 0693.860.794, with its registered office in rue Breydel 34 – 36, 1040 Brussels, Belgium;
(21) Droniq GmbH, registered under German law, Ginnheimer Stadtweg 88, 60431 Frankfurt, Germany, Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main, HRB 115576, DE324815501;
(22) easyJet Europe Airline GmbH, registered under the Laws of Austria (registration number FN 452433 v), with its registered office at Wagramer Strasse 19, IZD Tower, 11. Stock, 1220 Vienna, Austria;
(23) Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (ENAC), registered under French law registration number: no193 112 562 00015, with its registered office on 7 avenue Edouard Belin, CS 54005 – 31055 TOULOUSE cedex 4, France;
(24) ENTIDAD PUBLICA EMPRESARIAL ENAIRE, a public business entity registered under the law 4/1990 of June 29th and Law 18/2014 of October 15th, VAT number: Q2822001J, and with its registered office in Parque Empresarial las Mercedes. Edificio no2 Avda. de Aragón, 330. 28022 Madrid, Spain;
(25) ENAV S.p.A., a Joint-Stock Company registered under the laws of Italy, registration number: R.E.A. 965162, with its registered office in Via Salaria, 716 – 00138, Rome, Italy;
(26) Flughafen München GmbH, registered under German law (registration number: HRB 5448, Munich local court), with its registered office at Nordallee 25, 85356 Munich-Airport, Germany;
(27) Frequentis AG, registered under Austrian law (registration number: FN 72115 b), with its registered office in Innovationsstraße 1, 1100 Vienna, Austria;
(28) Honeywell International s.r.o., registered under Czech law, ID No.: 276 17 793, with its registered office in V Parku 2325/16, 148 00 Prague 4, Czech Republic;
(29) HungaroControl Hungarian Air Navigation Services Private Limited Company, registered under Hungarian law (registration number: 01-10-045570), with its registered office in Igló utca 33-35, 1185 Budapest, Hungary;
(30) Indra Sistemas, S.A., registered under Spanish law, with Tax Identification Code A-28599033, registered in the Mercantile Registry of Madrid in Volume 5465 general, 4554 of section 3 of the Corporate Ledger, Folio 80, Sheet number43677, 1st entry, with its registered office at Avenida de Bruselas, NUM 35, 28108 Alcobendas – Madrid;
(31) Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), registered under the Laws of Ireland (registration number 211082), with its registered office at The Times Building, 11-12 D’Olier Street, Dublin 2, Ireland;
(32) Københavns Lufthavne A/S, registered under Danish law (official registration CVR 14707204), with its registered office in Lufthavnsboulevarden 6, 2770 Kastrup;
(33) L’OFFICE NATIONAL D’ÉTUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AÉROSPATIALES (ONERA), a French agency (Établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial), registered under French Law with the Évry commercial and companies registry (number 775 722 879), having its head office at: BP 80100 – FR-91123 Palaiseau Cedex – France;
(34) Leonardo Società per azioni; Short name: Leonardo S.p.A. – registered under the Italian Law (Fiscal Code and Registration number: 00401990585), with its registered office in Piazza Monte Grappa n. 4, 00195 Roma, Italy;
(35) Letiště Praha, a. s. („Prague Airport“), a Joint-Stock Company registered under the law of Czech Republic, registration number: 28244532, with its registered office in K Letišti 6/1019, Prague 6, Czech Republic;
(36) Luftfartsverket (LFV), registered under the Laws of Sweden (registration number 202195-0795) with its registered office at Hospitalsgatan 30, S-601 79 Norrköping – Sweden;
(37) Luchtverkeersleiding Nederland (LVNL) a public body established by the Dutch Aviation Act, registered under Dutch law (registration number: 34367959), with its registered office at Stationsplein ZuidWest 1001, 1117 CV Schiphol, The Netherlands;
(38) NAVEGAÇÃO AÉREA DE PORTUGAL – NAV Portugal E.P.E, registered under the Laws of Portugal (registration number 504448064) with its registered office at Rua D, Edifício 121, Aeroporto de Lisboa, 1700-008 Lisboa, Portugal;
(39) NAVIAIR, registered under the Laws of Denmark, including the law on Naviair of 26 May 2010, (registration number 26059763) with its registered office is at Naviair Allé 1 2770 Kastrup, Denmark;
(40) Stichting Koninklijk Nederlands Lucht- en Ruimtevaartcentrum (NLR), a foundation under Dutch law with Chamber of Commerce registration number: 41150373, with its registered office in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, with address at Anthony Fokkerweg 2, 1059 CM Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
(41) Pipistrel Vertical Solutions d.o.o., registered under Slovenian law (registration number: 7254466000), with its registered office in Ajdovščina, Slovenia;
(42) Polish Air Navigation Services Agency PANSA, state legal entity, organised and operating under the Act of 8 December, 2006 on Polish Air Navigation Services Agency, National Business Registry Number: 140886771, tax identification number: 5222838321, located at Wieżowa 8 street, 02-147 Warszawa, Poland;
(43) Régie autonome ”Romanian Air Traffic Services Administration” – ROMATSA, state legal entity registered under Romanian Trade Register’s Office No. J40/1012/1991, Tax Code No. RO1589932, located at 10, Ion Ionescu de la Brad Blvd., 013813, Bucharest, Romania;
(44) Ryanair Holdings plc, registered under Irish law, Ryanair Dublin Office, Airside Business Park, Swords, County Dublin, Ireland, Company No 249885;
(45) Saab AB (publ), registered under Swedish law (registration number 556036-0793), with its registered office 581 88 Linköping, Sweden;
(46) SAFRAN, registered under French law (Registration number: 562 082 909 R.C.S. Paris), with its registered office in Paris, France;
(47) SINTEF AS, a non-profit Research and Technology Organisation, registered under Norwegian law (registration number: 919 303 808), with its registered office in Strindvegen 4 7034 TRONDHEIM, Norway;
(48) SCHIPHOL NEDERLAND BV, registered under Dutch law (Chambers of Commerce number: 34166584), with its registered office in SHG, Evert van de Beekstraat 202, 1118 CP Schiphol, The Netherlands;
(49) Societa per Azioni Esercizi Aeroportuali (S.E.A), official registration No: 00826040156, with its registered office at Aeroporto Milano Linate, Segrate, 20090, Italy, VAT number: 00826040156;
(50) SWEDAVIA AB, a public limited company, registered under Swedish law on 14 December 2009 with the official registration number 556797-0818, having its registered office in Sigtuna with the address 190 45 Stockholm-Arlanda;
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