# Regulation (EC) No 1906/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 laying down the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and universities in actions under the Seventh Framework Programme and for the dissemination of research results (2007-2013) (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) EU Regulation No 1906/2006 · adopted 18 December 2006 Regulation (EC) No 1906/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 laying down the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and universities in actions under the Seventh Framework Programme and for the dissemination of research results (2007-2013) (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) ## Introductory text Regulation (EC) No 1906/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 laying down the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and universities in actions under the Seventh Framework Programme and for the dissemination of research results (2007-2013) (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter I: INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS ## 1 Subject matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter II: PARTICIPATION ### Section 1: Minimum conditions ## 4 General principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Minimum conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Indirect actions for specific cooperation activities dedicated to international cooperation partner countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Coordination and support actions, and training and career development of researchers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 ‘Frontier’ research projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Sole participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 International organisations and legal entities established in third countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Additional conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Procedures ### Subsection 1: Calls for proposals ## 13 Calls for proposals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Subsection 2: Evaluation and selection of proposals and award of grants ## 15 Evaluation, selection and award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Submission, evaluation, selection and award procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Appointment of independent experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Subsection 3: Implementation and grant agreements ## 18 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 General provisions for inclusion in grant agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Provisions concerning access rights, use and dissemination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Provisions concerning termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Specific provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Signature and accession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Subsection 4: Consortia ## 24 Consortium agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Changes in the consortium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Subsection 5: Monitoring and evaluation of programmes and indirect actions and communication of information ## 27 Monitoring and evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Information to be made available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Community financial contribution ### Subsection 1: Eligibility for funding and forms of grants ## 29 Eligibility for funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Forms of grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Reimbursement of eligible costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Direct eligible costs and indirect eligible costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Upper funding limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Reporting and audit of eligible costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Networks of Excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Subsection 2: Payment, distribution, recovery and guarantees ## 36 Payment and distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Risk avoidance mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter III: DISSEMINATION AND USE, AND ACCESS RIGHTS ### Section 1: Foreground ### Subsection 1: Ownership ## 39 Ownership of foreground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Joint ownership of foreground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Ownership of foreground by specific groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Transfer of foreground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Preservation of European competitiveness and ethical principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Subsection 2: Protection, publication, dissemination and use ## 44 Protection of foreground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Statement relating to Community financial support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Use and dissemination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Access rights to background and foreground ## 47 Background covered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Access rights for implementation of indirect actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Access rights for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Additional provisions regarding access rights for use for ‘frontier’ research actions and for actions for the benefit of specific groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IV: EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK ## 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter V: ENTRY INTO FORCE ## 53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex: PARTICIPANT GUARANTEE FUND ## 1 The Fund will be managed by the Community represented by the Commission acting as executive agent on behalf of the participants, under conditions to be established by the model grant agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Where amounts are due to the Community by a participant, the Commission may, without prejudice to penalties which may be imposed on the defaulting participant in accordance with the Financial Regulation, either: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 The amounts recovered from the Fund during the Seventh Framework Programme will constitute revenue assigned to it within the meaning of Article 18(2) of the Financial Regulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1906 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1906 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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