Decision 2006/972 - 2006/972/EC: Council Decision of 19 December 2006 concerning the specific programme: Ideas implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the EC for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) - Main contents

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Legal instrument	Decision
Number legal act	Decision 2006/972
Original proposal	COM(2005)441
CELEX number i	32006D0972

30.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 400/243

concerning the specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 166(4) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament¹,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee²,

Opinion of 30 November 2006 (not yet published in the Official Journal). OJ C 185, 8.8.2006, p. 10.

Whereas:

• (1) 

  In accordance with Article 166(3) of the Treaty, Decision No 967/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 concerning the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities, (2007-2013) ¹ (hereinafter referred to as "the Framework Programme") is to be implemented through specific programmes that define detailed rules for their implementation, fix their duration and provide for the means deemed necessary.

• (2) 

  The Framework Programme is structured in four types of activities: trans-national cooperation on policy-defined themes ("Cooperation"), investigator-driven research based on initiatives of the research community ("Ideas"), support of training and career development of researchers ("People"), and support of research capacities ("Capacities"). Activities under "Ideas" as regards indirect actions should be implemented by this Specific Programme.

• (3) 

  This Specific Programme should follow an "investigator-driven" approach: it should support "frontier research" projects carried out by researchers on subjects of their choice. It should be implemented in a flexible and user-friendly manner, in a spirit of openness with respect to all the related actors, and taking account of relevant scientific practices.

OJ L 391, 30.12.2006.

• (4) 

  Proposals for "frontier research" should be evaluated on the basis of the sole criterion of excellence as judged by peer review and should put the emphasis on inter- and multidisciplinary, high risk pioneering projects and new groups and new generation researchers as well as established teams.

• (5) 

  This Specific Programme should be implemented according to the principles of scientific excellence, autonomy, efficiency, transparency, and accountability, by means of a European Research Council (ERC) consisting of an independent Scientific Council composed of scientists, engineers and scholars of the highest repute, representing the European research community in all its breadth and depth, supported by a lean and cost-effective dedicated implementation structure which would be set-up as an Executive Agency in accordance with Council Regulation No 58/2003 of 19 December 2002 laying down the statute for executive agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management of Community programmes¹.

• (6) 

  The Commission should be responsible for the implementation of this Specific Programme and should act as the guarantor of the European Research Council's autonomy and integrity, as well as its functional efficacy.

OJ L 11, 16.1.2003, p. 1.

• (7) 

  To guarantee the ERC's autonomy, the Commission should ensure that positions of the Scientific Council on the scientific orientation and aspects of programme implementation are respected, and that the dedicated implementation structure follows strictly, efficiently and with the necessary flexibility, the objectives and requirements of this Specific Programme.

• (8) 

  To guarantee the ERC's integrity, the Commission should ensure that...

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