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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-767/annex/division-EUROPEAN/division-4",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2010/767",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 9 December 2010 amending Decision C(2007) 2286 on the adoption of ERC Rules for the submission of proposals and the related evaluation, selection and award procedures for indirect actions under the Ideas Specific Programme of the Seventh Framework Programme (2007 to 2013) (Text with EEA relevance) (2010/767/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-767",
  "path": "annex/division/EUROPEAN/division/4",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "AWARD DECISION AND PREPARATION OF GRANT AGREEMENTS",
  "text": "The grants are awarded to the applicant legal entities by the responsible authorising officer, within the available budget, on the basis of the final rank order list as drawn by the ERCEA in accordance with Section 3.1.7, by means of a formal grant agreement.\nThe grant agreements are concluded with the applicant legal entities subject to the internal financial and legal procedures and the verification of the requisites mentioned in this section.\nDuring the preparation of the grant agreement, the PI and the applicant legal entity may be required to provide further information on the project and its envisaged management. In cases where more than one participant is associated with the project, the PI or the applicant legal entity may be required to obtain such information and assurances from the other participants.\nOn the basis of the result of the evaluation process additional conditions for the conclusion of a grant agreement may be required for some proposals. Such conditions will be duly documented and communicated to the PI and the applicant legal entity concerned, in addition to the ER.\nGrants may not be awarded to applicant legal entities who are, at the time of a grant award procedure, in one of the situations referred to in articles 93(1) (bankruptcy, etc.), 94 (false declarations, etc.) and 96(2)(a) (under exclusion from the contracts and grants financed by the European Union budget) of the Financial Regulation. They must certify that they are not in one of the situations listed above.\nEthical issues shall also be further clarified at this stage, if necessary. For this purpose, the ERCEA will appoint independent experts to participate in the ethics review process. (See Annex B).\nThe grant preparation involves no negotiation of scientific/technical substance. A grant is subsequently awarded to the applicant legal entity on the basis of the proposal submitted and the funding recommended following the peer review evaluation, and subject to the agreement of the applicant legal entity with the PI.\nIf it proves impossible to reach agreement with the PI and the applicant legal entity or if one or both of them have not signed any required supplementary agreement within a reasonable deadline that may be imposed, grant preparations may be terminated.\nGrant agreement preparation for proposals on the reserve list may begin once it is clear that sufficient budget has become available to fund one or more of these projects. Subject to budget availability, grant preparation will begin with the highest ranked proposal and continue in descending order of the final ranking.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Including, if necessary, the completion of the procedure for consulting the programme committee provided for in the Ideas Specific Programme."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "According to Article 16.4 of the Rules for Participation, and the Commission rules on the verification of the existence and legal status of participants, as well as their operational and financial capacities in indirect actions supported through the form of a grant under FP7, C(2007) 2466."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The additional conditions could refer to ethical evaluation requirements."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Article 114 of the Financial Regulation."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2010/767/annex/division/EUROPEAN/division/4",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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