1. FP7 Model Grant Agreement Warsaw, 12 th December 2007 Willem Wolters and Peter Jongebloed, Wageningen International Helpdesk

2. Content Background Rules of Participation Model Grant Agreement Consortium Agreement

3. Background Role of European Commission Role of Consortium

4. Rules of Participation 1 Political decisions on FP7 Modalities in Rules of Participation

5. Rules of Participation 2 Chapter I, Introductory Provisions Chapter II, Participation Section 1, Minimum conditions Section 2, Evaluation and selection of proposals and award of grants Section 3, European Community financial contribution Chapter III, Dissemination and Use, and Access Rights Chapter IV, European Investment Bank

6. Model Grant Agreement Core Grant Annex I, Technical Annex Annex II, General Conditions Annex III, Specific to Funding Scheme Annex IV, Form A (to be signed by all partners) Annex V, Form B (for additional partners) Annex VI, Form C (financial statement / funding schemes) Annex VII, Form D (certificates on financial statement) Form E (certificates on methodology)

7. Core Grant Agreement Article 1: who Article 2: title and scope of the project Article 3: duration and start date of the project Article 4: reporting periods of the project Article 5: maximum European Community financial contribution Article 6: pre-financing Article 7: special clauses Article 8: communication Article 9: applicable law and competent court Article 10: application of grant agreement provisions Article 11: entry into force of grant agreement

8. Annex II II.1 Definitions Part A Implementation of the Project Section 1, general principles Section 2, reporting and payments Section 3, implementation Part B Financial Provisions Section 1, general financial provisions Section 2, guarantee fund Section 3, controls, recoveries and sanctions Part C Intellectual Property Rights, Use and Dissemination

9. Consortium Agreement Agreement among all partners of the consortium Further elaboration of Model Grant Agreement Checklist provided by European Commission Consortium Agreement obligatory

10. Further information http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ http://www.ipr-helpdesk.org/ your local / regional EU contact persons your National Contact Point

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