1. marine knowledge
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2. plans for April 2010
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Marine Knowledge 2020
Covers EMODnet, GMES, Data Collection Regulation etc
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL concerning the establishment of a Programme to support the Integrated Maritime Policy
Proposes a financing for period
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EMODnet
December 9, 2018

3. to reduce operational costs
objectives
to reduce operational costs
private industry
public decision-making
marine scientific research
to increase competition
to reduce uncertainty
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4. procurement or grants Purpose Initiative and control Ownership
Public contract
Grant
Purpose
To acquire a product or service which the Commission needs for its own activities.
useful for Community policies, but falls primarily within the scope of the beneficiary’s activities.
Initiative and control
the Commission places the initial order for the product or service and produces the detailed specifications.
Beneficiary submits a proposal for which sets out the specifications for the action to be performed within the framework laid down in advance by the Commission.
Ownership
belongs to the Commission in its entirety
Ownership as a rule remains with the beneficiary of the grant.
Community contribution
The Commission usually pays 100% of the contract price.
The grant may not finance the total cost of the action
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5. procurement or grants Profit Procedures Legal instrument
Mutual obligations and monitoring
imposes reciprocal obligations on the Commission and on an economic operator, with the operator providing the Commission with the product or service it has ordered.
The Commission has the right to monitor technical implementation of the action and the use made of the funds granted.
Profit
remuneration should include an element of profit.
The grant must not have the purpose or effect of producing a profit for the beneficiary.
Procedures
call for tenders.
call for proposals.
Legal instrument
contract.
a grant agreement or a grant decision
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6. grants transparency and equal treatment
select grant beneficiaries by means of an evaluation carried out after the publication of an open call for proposals which allows all interested parties to submit a proposal.
"direct grants" constitute a strictly limited exception. They are subject to clear conditions specified in the IR (168.1).
entities identified in a legal base (e.g. RACs) or
with a proven de jure or de facto monopoly for the action concerned, i.e. no one else would be able to undertake the task involved e.g a UN organisation with a specific mandate for the action (FAO).
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7. governance decision making
The Commission, on the basis of advice from Member States, from sea-basin checkpoints and its own experts will continue to define priorities for assembling data in ur-EMODnet but in the period will develop a proposal for a more permanent governance.
administration
The Commission will set up a prototype secretariat to manage the ur-EMODnet process - preparing meetings, managing contracts with the disciplinary assembly groups and sea-basin checkpoints, ensuring deadlines are met and preparing an annual report of activity.
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