# Regulation (EU) No 1290/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 laying down the rules for participation and dissemination in "Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)" and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1906/2006 (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) EU Regulation No 1290/2013 ยท adopted 11 December 2013 Regulation (EU) No 1290/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 laying down the rules for participation and dissemination in "Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)" and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1906/2006 (Text with EEA relevance) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1290/pdf/eur_20131290_adopted_en.pdf ## Introductory text Regulation (EU) No 1290/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 laying down the rules for participation and dissemination in "Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)" and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1906/2006 (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title I: INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS ## 1 Subject matter and scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Information to be made available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Guidance and information for potential participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title II: RULES FOR PARTICIPATION ### Chapter I: General provisions ## 6 Forms of funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Legal entities that may participate in actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Grants ### Section I: Award procedure ## 9 Conditions for participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Eligibility for funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Calls for proposals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Joint calls with third countries or with international organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Proposals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Ethics review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Selection and award criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Evaluation review procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Enquiries and complaints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Grant agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Grant decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Time to grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Time to Pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Secure electronic system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section II: Implementation ## 23 Implementation of actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Consortium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section III: Forms of grants and funding rules ## 25 Forms of grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Eligibility of costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Direct eligible personnel costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Funding of the action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Indirect costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Evaluation of the funding levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Annual productive hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Owners of SMEs and natural persons without a salary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Unit costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Certificate on the financial statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Certificate on the methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Certifying auditors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Cumulative funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section IV: Guarantees ## 38 Participant Guarantee Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Operation of the Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: Experts ## 40 Appointment of independent experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title III: RULES GOVERNING THE EXPLOITATION AND DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS ### Chapter I: Grants ### Section I: Results ## 41 Ownership of results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Protection of results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Exploitation and dissemination of results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Transfer and licensing of results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section II: Access rights to background and results ## 45 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Access rights principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Access rights for implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Access rights for exploitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Access rights for the Union and the Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IV: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS ## 50 Prizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Procurement, pre-commercial procurement and public procurement of innovative solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Financial Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 SME Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Fast Track to Innovation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Other specific provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title V: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 56 Exercise of the delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Repeal and transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1290 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1290 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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