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FP7 legal basis | Legal documents for implementation | All Current Work Programmes | Guidance documents | Ethics Review | Open Access Pilot in FP7

FP7 legal basis:

• FP7 EC [HTML]
• FP7 Euratom [HTML]
  - FP7 Euratom (2012-2013) [HTML]
• SP Cooperation [HTML]
• SP Ideas [HTML]
• SP People [HTML]
• SP Capacities [HTML]
• SP Nuclear Research [HTML]
  - SP Nuclear Research (2012-2013) [HTML]
• EC Rules for participation [HTML]
• Euratom Rules for participation [HTML]
  - Euratom rules of participation (2012-2013) [HTML]

Legal documents for implementation:

• Rules for submission of proposals, and the related evaluation, selection and award procedures [PDF] Version: 2011-02-28
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• ERC Rules for submission, evaluation, selection, award [PDF] [EN][FR]
• Standard model grant agreement [HTML]
• ERC model grant agreement [HTML]
• REA model grant agreements [HTML]
• Rules on verification of existence, legal status, operational and financial capacity [PDF] Version: 2012-12-29
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• Financial Viability Check tool v4 [XLS]
• Simplification of the recovery process in the framework of the implementation of the audit strategy under the Framework Programmes (EC, Euratom) for research [PDF] [FR][DE]
• EC Decision on three measures to simplify the management of EU FP7 research grants, C(2011) 174 final [PDF]

All Current Work Programmes:

• 2013 Work Programmes [HTML]
• 2012 Work Programmes [HTML]
• 2011 Work Programmes [HTML]
• 2010 Work Programmes [HTML]
• 2009 Work Programmes [HTML]
• 2008 Work Programmes [HTML]
• 2007 Work Programmes [HTML]

Guidance documents:

• Communicating EU research and Innovation [PDF]
• How to avoid common errors identified in cost claims [PDF]
• ERC Grant Schemes - Guide for Peer Reviewers Applicable to the ERC Proof of Concept (Work-Programme 2011) [PDF]
• Short guideline on proposal submission and negotiation with third country participants [PDF]
• Practical Guide to EU funding opportunities for Research and Innovation [PDF]
• Flat rates subsistence [PDF]
• Wiki on FP7 Periodic Report and NEF (Forms C on-line tool for Information Society and Media DG projects) [HTML]
• Presentation of FORCE (Forms C on-line tool for Research DG projects) [PDF]
• Amendments Guide for FP7 Grant Agreements [PDF] Version 2: 2010-02-01
• Guidance notes for beneficiaries and auditors on certificates issued by external auditors [PDF] Version: 2012-07-01
  
• Guide to Financial Issues [PDF] Version 6: 2013-03-18; Eligibility of taxes and charges related to personnel - FP6 and FP7 [PDF] Version 3
• FP7 Reporting and deliverables online User Manual [PDF]
• SME owners and natural persons without a salary: hourly rate calculation tool [XLS ZIPPED]
• Guide to Intellectual Property Rules (IPR) [PDF] Version 3
• Checklist for the Consortium Agreement [PDF]
• Checklist for a Coordination Agreement for Coordinated Calls (Option 2) [PDF]
• Negotiation Guidance Notes [PDF] Version: 2010-09-10
  - Online NEF documentation [PDF]
  - Templates for Description of Work [DOC] Version: 2010-05-17
• Negotiation Guidance Notes for COFUND projects [PDF] Version: 2010-07-22
• Guidance notes on project reporting [PDF] Version: 2012-06-28 and:
  - Template for periodic report [DOC]
  - Template for final report [DOC]
• Guidance notes on project technical review [PDF] Version: January 2011
  - Template for technical review [DOC]
• ERC Guidance notes for preparing the Grant Agreement [PDF]
• ERC Guide for Grant Holders [PDF]
• ERC Grant Schemes - ERC Guide for Peer reviewers Applicable to the ERC Starting Grants and Advanced Grants (Work-Programme 2011) [PDF]
• Marie Curie Actions Negotiation Guidance Notes are tailored by individual actions and will be distributed to successful applicants at the start of the negotiation period.

Ethics Review:

• Ethics check list [HTML]
• Supporting documents [HTML]

Open Access Pilot in FP7:

• Leaflet "Open access pilot in FP7" [EN, pdf, 6122,9 KB] [more]
• Guide to Intellectual Property Rules for FP7 projects pg. 15 – 18, section 7.3
• Guidance notes on Project Reporting, see especially pg 5, 25, 32
• OpenAIRE: Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe
• Model cover letter for amendment to publishing agreement
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• Model amendment to publishing agreement
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Please note that the model cover letter and model amendment to publishing agreement are provided for the sole purpose of offering support to beneficiaries of projects participating in the Open Access Pilot in FP7. Beneficiaries are free to modify the model documents or to replace them with alternative versions where appropriate and should seek legal advice where necessary, in particular in cases of pre-existing agreements. Whatever the publishing agreement put in place, beneficiaries should take care to ensure compliance with the conditions of the Open Access Pilot in FP7 as specified in Special Clause 39 of the Grant Agreement. The Commission cannot be held responsible for the use made of these models.

Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) documents:

• Documents [HTML]