Article 3 Union financial contribution
United Kingdom
The maximum Union financial contribution to the Shift2Rail initiative shall be EUR 450 000 000, including EFTA contributions, paid from the appropriations in the general budget of the Union allocated to the Specific Programme, implementing Horizon 2020, established by Decision No 2013/743/EU, in accordance with the relevant provisions of Article 58(1)(c)(iv) and Articles 60 and 61 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 for bodies referred to in Article 209 of that Regulation. The maximum Union financial contribution shall include:
a maximum contribution to the S2R Joint Undertaking, to cover administrative costs and operational costs, of EUR 398 000 000. The maximum Union contribution to cover administrative costs shall be EUR 13 500 000;
a maximum additional amount of EUR 52 000 000, earmarked under the Horizon 2020 Transport Work Programme 2014-2015. The management of this additional contribution may be taken over by the S2R Joint Undertaking once it achieves the operational capacity to implement its own budget.
Additional funds complementing the contribution referred to in paragraph 1 may be allocated from other Union instruments to support actions for the deployment of innovative solutions of the S2R Joint Undertaking.
The arrangements for the Union financial contribution shall be set out in a delegation agreement and annual transfer of funds agreements, which shall be concluded between the Commission, on behalf of the Union, and the S2R Joint Undertaking.
The delegation agreement referred to in paragraph 3 shall address the elements set out in Article 58(3) and Articles 60 and 61 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 and in Article 40 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 as well as, inter alia, the following:
the requirements for the S2R Joint Undertaking's contribution regarding the relevant performance indicators referred to in Annex II to Decision No 2013/743/EU;
the requirements for the S2R Joint Undertaking's contribution in view of the monitoring referred to in Annex III to Decision No 2013/743/EU;
the specific performance indicators related to the functioning of the S2R Joint Undertaking;
the arrangements regarding the provision of data necessary to ensure that the Commission is able to draft its research and innovation policy and to meet its dissemination and reporting obligations, including on the single portal for participants as well as through other Horizon 2020 electronic means of dissemination managed by the Commission;
provisions for the publication of calls for proposals of the S2R Joint Undertaking also on the single portal for participants as well as through other Horizon 2020 electronic means of dissemination managed by the Commission;
the use of and changes to human resources, in particular recruitment by function group, grade and category, the reclassification exercise and any changes to the number of staff members.