Council Regulation (Euratom) 2021/765 establishing the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community for the period 2021-2025 complementing Horizon Europe

Summary:

Regulation (Euratom) 2021/765 - adopted by the Council of the European Union on 10 May 2021 - establishing the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC) for the period 2021-2025.

Further information:

This Regulation establishes the Euratom Programme for 2021-2025 and the rules for participation and dissemination in indirect actions under the Euratom Programme, complementing Horizon Europe. It lays down the objectives of the Euratom Programme, the budget for the relevant period, the forms of funding and the rules for providing such funding. The Regulation also repeals Regulation (Euratom) 2018/1563.

The draft law was originally tabled by the European Commission on 7 June 2018 as part of the Horizon Europe package, in the framework of the wider package of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021-2027. The plenary of the European Parliament adopted its position on this proposal on 16 January 2019. In May 2020, the Commission adopted revamped proposals on the MFF 2021-2027. The Council of the European Union eventually reached a political agreement on the financial envelope for this pr0gramme on 18 December 2020. The Act was formally adopted by the Council on 10 May 2021 and published in the Official Journal on 12 May 2021.

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EUR-LEX: COM(2018)437: Proposal for a Regulation establishing the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community for the period 2021-2025 complementing Horizon Europe https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2018:437:FIN

EUR-LEX: SWD(2018)307: Staff Working Document accompanying the Proposal - Impact assessment https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=SWD:2018:307:FIN

EUR-LEX: SWD(2018)308: Staff Working Document accompanying the Proposal - Executive summary of the impact assessment https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=SWD:2018:308:FIN

EUR-LEX: SWD(2018)309: Staff Working Document accompanying the Proposal - Horizon Europe stakeholder consultation (Synopsis report) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=SWD:2018:309:FIN

European Parliament: Legislative Observatory: Procedure File for Proposal on Euratom research and training programme 2021–2025 (2018/0226(NLE)) https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?reference=2018/0226(NLE)

European Parliament: Legislative Train Schedule: Council Regulation establishing Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for the period 2021-2025 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative-train/theme-a-europe-fit-for-the-digital-age/file-mff-euratom-research-programme

European Commission: Euratom Research and Training Programme https://ec.europa.eu/info/research-and-innovation/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-europe/euratom-research-and-training-programme_en

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 18/12/2020: EURATOM research and training programme: Council reaches political agreement https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2020/12/18/euratom-research-and-training-programme-council-reaches-political-agreement/

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