PE691.126V01-00

European Parliament 2019-2024

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

2020/0260(NLE)

29.3.2021

AMENDMENTS 95 - 338

Draft report Maria da Graça Carvalho (PE689.611v01-00)

Establishing the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking

Proposal for a regulation (COM(2020)0569 – C9-0335/2020 – 2020/0260(NLE))

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PE691.126v01-00 2/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN Amendment 95 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Recital 5

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(5) The Communication from the (5) The Communication from the Commission of 19 February 2020 entitled Commission of 19 February 2020 entitled ‘A European Strategy for Data’ outlines ‘A European Strategy for Data’ outlines Europe’s strategy for policy measures and Europe’s strategy for policy measures and investments to enable the data economy for investments to enable the data economy for the coming five years. It emphasises the the coming five years. It emphasises the creation of European public common data creation of European public common data spaces that will boost growth and create spaces that will support the targets of the value. Support to the creation of such Green Deal . Support to the creation of common European data spaces and such common European data spaces and federated, secure cloud infrastructures federated, secure cloud infrastructures would ensure that more data becomes would ensure that more data becomes available for use in the economy and available for use in the economy and society, while keeping companies and society, while keeping companies and individuals who generate the data in individuals who generate the data in control. High Performance Computing and control. The new framework and quantum computing are essential infrastructure can contribute to growth by components of the seamless provision of increasing competition in oligopolistic computing resources with different markets in the Union as long as cloud performance characteristics required to infrastructures are based on the principles maximize the growth and exploitation of of trust, openness, security, European public common data spaces and interoperability and portability; Data federated, secure cloud infrastructures for portability principles should overcome, to public, industrial and scientific the extent necessary, differences in IT applications. providers’ infrastructures and practices to ensure that users’ data is ported effectively; High Performance Computing and quantum computing are essential components of the seamless provision of computing resources with different performance characteristics required to maximize the growth and exploitation of European public common data spaces and federated, secure cloud infrastructures for public, industrial and scientific applications.

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AM\1227671EN.docx 3/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Justification

As mentioned in the EP own initiative report on a European Strategy for Data, there are prerequisites for the right technological developments

Amendment 96 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer, Nicola Danti

Proposal for a regulation Recital 6

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(6) The Communication from the (6) The Communication from the Commission of 19 February 2020 entitled Commission of 19 February 2020 entitled ‘Shaping Europe’s digital future’ presents ‘Shaping Europe’s digital future’ presents Europe’s digital strategy and focuses on Europe’s digital strategy and focuses on few key objectives to ensure that digital few key objectives to ensure that digital solutions help Europe to pursue its own solutions help Europe to pursue its own way towards a digital transformation that way towards a digital transformation that works for the benefit of people. Among the works for the benefit of people. Among the key actions it proposes is to invest in key actions it proposes is to invest in building and deploying cutting-edge joint building and deploying cutting-edge joint digital capacities, including in digital capacities, including in supercomputing and quantum technologies, supercomputing and quantum technologies, and to expand Europe’s supercomputing and to expand Europe’s supercomputing capacity to develop innovative solutions capacity to develop innovative solutions for medicine, transport and the across all economic sectors, such as environment. industrial activities, manufacturing, cybersecurity, health and medicine, transport and sustainable mobility, and environment and climate change.

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Amendment 97 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Recital 6

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(6) The Communication from the (6) The Communication from the Commission of 19 February 2020 entitled Commission of 19 February 2020 entitled

PE691.126v01-00 4/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN ‘Shaping Europe’s digital future’ presents ‘Shaping Europe’s digital future’ presents Europe’s digital strategy and focuses on Europe’s digital strategy and focuses on few key objectives to ensure that digital few key objectives to ensure that digital solutions help Europe to pursue its own solutions help Europe to pursue its own way towards a digital transformation that way towards a human centric digital works for the benefit of people. Among transformation that will contribute and be the key actions it proposes is to invest in aligned to the Green Deal targets. Among building and deploying cutting-edge joint the key actions it proposes is to invest in digital capacities, including in building and deploying cutting-edge joint supercomputing and quantum technologies, digital capacities, including in and to expand Europe’s supercomputing supercomputing and quantum technologies, capacity to develop innovative solutions and to expand Europe’s supercomputing for medicine, transport and the capacity to develop innovative solutions environment. for medicine, transport and the environment.

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Justification

Working for the benefit of people is a good indicator, but putting people and environment at thecore of investment better reflects the intent.

Amendment 98 Robert Roos, Evžen Tošenovský

Proposal for a regulation Recital 6

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

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Amendment 99 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Recital 7

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(7) The Communication from the (7) The Communication from the Commission of 10 March 2020 entitled ‘A Commission of 10 March 2020 entitled ‘A new Industrial Strategy for Europe’ is new Industrial Strategy for Europe’ is reflecting an ambitious industrial strategy reflecting an ambitious industrial strategy for Europe to lead the twin transitions for Europe to lead the twin transitions towards climate neutrality and digital towards climate neutrality and digital leadership. The Communication stresses leadership. The Communication stresses the support, among others, to the the support, among others, to the development of key enabling technologies development of key enabling technologies that are strategically important for that are strategically important for Europe’s industrial future, including High Europe’s industrial future, including High Performance Computing and quantum Performance Computing and quantum technologies. technologies. The development of High Performance Computing and the implementation of its infractuctures should be a strategic instrument for the reinforcement of SME's and their resilience, while at the same time combating regional disparities, focusing in quality of jobs and contributing to the fight against the climate changes.

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Amendment 100 Robert Roos, Evžen Tošenovský

Proposal for a regulation Recital 7

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

PE691.126v01-00 6/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN for Europe to lead the twin transitions for Europe to lead the twin transitions towards climate neutrality and digital towards climate neutrality and digital leadership. The Communication stresses leadership. The Communication stresses the support, among others, to the the support, among others, to the development of key enabling technologies development of key enabling technologies that are strategically important for that are strategically important for Europe’s industrial future, including High Europe’s industrial future, including High Performance Computing and quantum Performance Computing and quantum technologies. technologies. The development of a world- class European High Performance Computing infastrcuture and ecosystem represents a strategic resource for the future of EU's economies and for its security.

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Amendment 101 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Recital 9

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(9) Europe’s leading role in the data (9) Europe’s leading role in the data economy, its scientific excellence, and its economy, its scientific excellence, and its industrial strength increasingly depend on industrial strength increasingly depend on its ability to develop key High its ability to develop key High Performance Computing technologies, as Performance Computing technologies, as well as to provide access to world-class well as to provide access to world-class supercomputing and data infrastructures, supercomputing and data infrastructures, and to maintain its present leadership in and to maintain its present leadership in High Performance Computing applications. High Performance Computing applications. High Performance Computing is a High Performance Computing could be mainstream technology for the digital a mainstream technology for the digital transformation of the European economy, transformation of the European enabling many traditional industrial economy, and it has the potential to sectors to innovate with higher value enable many traditional industrial sectors products and services. In combination with to innovate with higher value products and other advanced digital technologies such as services. In combination with other Artificial Intelligence, big data and cloud advanced digital technologies such as technologies, High Performance Artificial Intelligence, big data and cloud Computing is paving the way towards technologies, when deployed and used in a innovative societal and industrial human centric and ethical way, High applications in critical areas for Europe Performance Computing is paving the way such as personalised medicine, weather towards innovative societal and industrial

AM\1227671EN.docx 7/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN forecast and climate change, smart and applications in critical areas for Europe green development and transport, new such as weather forecast and climate materials for clean energy, drug design change, smart and green development and and virtual testing, sustainable agriculture, transport, materials research, drug design or engineering and manufacturing. and virtual testing, sustainable agriculture, or engineering and manufacturing.

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Justification

The changes reflect better the current situation and provide indications toward the best evolutionary path

Amendment 102 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Recital 9

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(9) Europe’s leading role in the data (9) Europe’s leading role in the data economy, its scientific excellence, and its economy, its scientific excellence, and its industrial strength increasingly depend on industrial strength increasingly depend on its ability to develop key High its ability to develop key High Performance Computing technologies, as Performance Computing technologies, as well as to provide access to world-class well as to provide access to world-class supercomputing and data infrastructures, supercomputing and data infrastructures, and to maintain its present leadership in and to maintain its present leadership in High Performance Computing applications. High Performance Computing applications. High Performance Computing is a High Performance Computing is a mainstream technology for the digital mainstream technology for the digital transformation of the European economy, transformation of the European economy, enabling many traditional industrial sectors enabling many traditional industrial sectors to innovate with higher value products and to innovate with higher value products and services. In combination with other services. In combination with other advanced digital technologies such as advanced digital technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, big data and cloud Artificial Intelligence, big data and cloud technologies, High Performance technologies, High Performance Computing is paving the way towards Computing is paving the way towards innovative societal and industrial innovative societal and industrial applications in critical areas for Europe applications in critical areas for Europe such as personalised medicine, weather such as personalised medicine, weather forecast and climate change, smart and forecast and climate change, smart and green development and transport, new green development and transport, new materials for clean energy, drug design and materials for sustainable clean energy virtual testing, sustainable agriculture, or technologies, drug design and virtual

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Amendment 103 Robert Roos, Evžen Tošenovský

Proposal for a regulation Recital 10

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(10) High Performance Computing is a (10) High Performance Computing is a strategic resource for policy-making, strategic resource for policy-making, powering applications that provide the powering applications that provide the means to understand and design efficient means to understand and design efficient solutions to address many complex global solutions to address many complex global challenges and for crisis management. challenges and for crisis management. High Performance Computing contributes High Performance Computing contributes to key policies such as the European Green to key policies such as the European Green Deal with models and tools for Deal with models and tools for transforming the increasing number of transforming the increasing number of complex environmental challenges into complex environmental challenges into opportunities for social innovation and opportunities for social innovation and economic growth. An example is the economic growth. An example is the Destination Earth initiative announced in Destination Earth initiative announced in the Communications from the Commission the Communications from the Commission of 11 December 2019 on “The European of 11 December 2019 on “The European Green Deal”, and of 19 February 2020 on Green Deal”, and of 19 February 2020 on “A European strategy for data” and on “A European strategy for data” and on “Shaping Europe's digital future”. “Shaping Europe's digital future”. High performance computing should also be considered as a strategic asset to safeguard the innovation capacity of the European Union and foster economic growth. The present Joint Undertaking should also contribute to the strategic autonomy of the European Union.

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Amendment 104 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

AM\1227671EN.docx 9/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Proposal for a regulation Recital 10

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(10) High Performance Computing is a (10) High Performance Computing is a strategic resource for policy-making, strategic resource for policy-making, powering applications that provide the powering applications that provide the means to understand and design efficient means to understand and design efficient solutions to address many complex global solutions to address many complex global challenges and for crisis management. challenges. High Performance Computing High Performance Computing contributes contributes to key policies such as the to key policies such as the European Green European Green Deal with models and Deal with models and tools for tools for transforming the increasing transforming the increasing number of number of complex environmental complex environmental challenges into challenges into opportunities for social opportunities for social innovation and innovation and environmentally economic growth. An example is the sustainable growth.An example is the Destination Earth initiative announced in Destination Earth initiative announced in the Communications from the Commission the Communications from the Commission of 11 December 2019 on “The European of 11 December 2019 on “The European Green Deal”, and of 19 February 2020 on Green Deal”, and of 19 February 2020 on “A European strategy for data” and on “A European strategy for data” and on “Shaping Europe's digital future”. “Shaping Europe's digital future”.

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Justification

We have overcome the mantra of growth and we need to recognize the new political realities in the text

Amendment 105 Robert Roos, Evžen Tošenovský

Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(10 a) High Performance Computing can be considered a strategic resource. While energy-efficiency is an important goal for the EU and the energy consumption of HPCs should not be neglected, rapidly deploying HPCs is of strategic importance. The European Union cannot risk falling behind in the global

PE691.126v01-00 10/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN competition in this field as this would jeopardize its strategic and economic future.

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Amendment 106 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Recital 11

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(11) Global events such as the COVID- (11) Global events such as the COVID- 19 pandemic have shown the importance of 19 pandemic have shown the importance of investing in High Performance Computing investing in High Performance Computing and health-related modelling platforms and and health-related modelling platforms and tools, as they are playing a key role in the tools, as they are playing a key role in the fight against the pandemic, often in fight against the pandemic, often in combination with other digital technologies combination with other digital technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence. such as big data, artificial intelligence and High Performance Computing is being computer modelling and simulation. High used to accelerate the identification and Performance Computing is being used to production of treatments, to predict the accelerate the identification of critical virus’ spread, to help plan the distribution components for the pharmaceutical sector of medical supplies and resources, and to and production of treatments, to predict the simulate post-epidemic exit measures in virus’ spread, to help plan the distribution order to evaluate different scenarios. High of medical supplies and resources, and to Performance Computing modelling simulate post-epidemic exit measures in platforms and tools are critical tools for the order to evaluate different scenarios. High current and future pandemics, and they will Performance Computing modelling play a key role in health and personalised platforms and tools are critical tools for the medicine. current and future pandemics, and they will play a key role in health and personalised medicine as they enable the testing of the safety, efficacy and performance of new preventive strategies, optimisation of automated diagnosis modeling, medicines and medical devices . It is also important to ensure the convergence of HPC, Artificial Intelligence (including Machine and Deep Learning), big data, high performance data analytics (HPDA) and Cloud as major economic sectors relying

AM\1227671EN.docx 11/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN on HPC include manufacturing, health and pharmaceuticals.

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Amendment 107 Robert Roos, Evžen Tošenovský

Proposal for a regulation Recital 11

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(11) Global events such as the COVID- (11) Global events such as the COVID- 19 pandemic have shown the importance of 19 pandemic have shown the importance of investing in High Performance Computing investing in High Performance Computing and health-related modelling platforms and and health-related modelling platforms and tools, as they are playing a key role in the tools, as they are playing a key role in the fight against the pandemic, often in fight against the pandemic, often in combination with other digital technologies combination with other digital technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence. such as big data and artificial intelligence High Performance Computing is being and computer modelling and simulation. used to accelerate the identification and High Performance Computing is being production of treatments, to predict the used to accelerate the identification and virus’ spread, to help plan the distribution production of treatments, to predict the of medical supplies and resources, and to virus’ spread, to help plan the distribution simulate post-epidemic exit measures in of medical supplies and resources, and to order to evaluate different scenarios. High simulate post-epidemic exit measures in Performance Computing modelling order to evaluate different scenarios. High platforms and tools are critical tools for the Performance Computing modelling current and future pandemics, and they will platforms and tools are critical tools for the play a key role in health and personalised current and future pandemics, and they will medicine. play a key role in health and personalised medicine.

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Amendment 108 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer, Nicola Danti

Proposal for a regulation Recital 11

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

PE691.126v01-00 12/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN (11) Global events such as the COVID- (11) Global events such as the COVID- 19 pandemic have shown the importance of 19 pandemic have shown the importance of investing in High Performance Computing investing in High Performance Computing and health-related modelling platforms and and health-related modelling platforms and tools, as they are playing a key role in the tools, as they are playing a key role in the fight against the pandemic, often in fight against the pandemic, often in combination with other digital technologies combination with other digital technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence. such as big data, artificial intelligence and High Performance Computing is being computer modelling and simulation. High used to accelerate the identification and Performance Computing is being used to production of treatments, to predict the accelerate the identification and production virus’ spread, to help plan the distribution of treatments, to predict the virus’ spread, of medical supplies and resources, and to to help plan the distribution of medical simulate post-epidemic exit measures in supplies and resources, and to simulate order to evaluate different scenarios. High post-epidemic exit measures in order to Performance Computing modelling evaluate different scenarios. High platforms and tools are critical tools for the Performance Computing modelling current and future pandemics, and they will platforms and tools are critical tools for the play a key role in health and personalised current and future pandemics, and they will medicine. play a key role in health and personalised medicine.

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Amendment 109 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Recital 11

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

AM\1227671EN.docx 13/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN platforms and tools are critical tools for the platforms and tools are critical tools for the current and future pandemics, and they will current and future pandemics, and they will play a key role in health and personalised play an important role in health sector. medicine.

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Amendment 110 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Recital 14

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(14) In order to equip the Union with the (14) In order to equip the Union with the computing performance needed to maintain computing performance needed to maintain its research and industrial capacities at a its research and industrial capacities at a leading edge, the Member States leading edge, the Member States investment in High Performance investment in High Performance Computing and quantum computing should Computing and quantum computing should be coordinated and the industrial and be coordinated and the industrial and market take-up of High Performance market take-up of High Performance Computing and quantum computing Computing and quantum computing technologies be reinforced both in the technologies be reinforced both in the public and private sectors. The Union public and private sectors. The Union should increase its effectiveness in turning should increase its effectiveness in turning the technology developments into demand- the technology developments into demand- oriented and application-driven European oriented and application-driven European High Performance Computing and High Performance Computing and quantum computing systems of the highest quantum computing systems of the highest quality, establishing an effective link quality, establishing an effective link between technology supply, co-design with between technology supply, co-design with users, and a joint procurement of world- users, and a joint procurement of world- class systems, and creating a world-class class systems, and creating a world-class ecosystem in High Performance ecosystem in High Performance Computing and quantum computing Computing and quantum computing technologies and applications. At the same technologies and applications. time, the Union should provide an opportunity for its supply industry to leverage on such investments, leading to their uptake in large-scale and emerging application fields such as personalised medicine, climate change, connected and automated driving or other lead markets that are underpinned by artificial intelligence, blockchain technologies,

PE691.126v01-00 14/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN edge computing or more broadly by the digitalisation of the European industry.

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Justification

Uptake of various technologies is firstly dependent on their market value, therefore the Union cannot choose winners if our economy s to remain competitive and develop. A technological neutral approach is better suited in this paragraph.

Amendment 111 Robert Roos, Evžen Tošenovský

Proposal for a regulation Recital 14

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(14) In order to equip the Union with the (14) In order to equip the Union with the computing performance needed to maintain computing performance needed to maintain its research and industrial capacities at a its research and industrial capacities at a leading edge, the Member States leading edge, the Member States investment in High Performance investment in High Performance Computing and quantum computing should Computing and quantum computing should be coordinated and the industrial and be coordinated and the industrial and market take-up of High Performance market take-up of High Performance Computing and quantum computing Computing and quantum computing technologies be reinforced both in the technologies be reinforced both in the public and private sectors. The Union public and private sectors. The Union should increase its effectiveness in turning should increase its effectiveness in turning the technology developments into demand- the technology developments into demand- oriented and application-driven European oriented and application-driven European High Performance Computing and High Performance Computing and quantum computing systems of the highest quantum computing systems of the highest quality, establishing an effective link quality and easily accessible troughout between technology supply, co-design with Europe, establishing an effective link users, and a joint procurement of world- between technology supply, co-design with class systems, and creating a world-class users, and a joint procurement of world- ecosystem in High Performance class systems, and creating a world-class Computing and quantum computing ecosystem in High Performance technologies and applications. At the same Computing and quantum computing time, the Union should provide an technologies and applications. At the same opportunity for its supply industry to time, the Union should provide an leverage on such investments, leading to opportunity for its supply industry to their uptake in large-scale and emerging leverage on such investments, leading to application fields such as personalised their uptake in large-scale and emerging medicine, climate change, connected and application fields such as personalised

AM\1227671EN.docx 15/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN automated driving or other lead markets medicine, climate change, connected and that are underpinned by artificial automated driving or other lead markets intelligence, blockchain technologies, edge that are underpinned by artificial computing or more broadly by the intelligence, blockchain technologies, edge digitalisation of the European industry. computing or more broadly by the digitalisation of the European industry.

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Amendment 112 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Recital 14

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(14) In order to equip the Union with the (14) In order to equip the Union with the computing performance needed to maintain computing performance needed to maintain its research and industrial capacities at a its research and industrial capacities at a leading edge, the Member States leading edge, the Member States investment in High Performance investment in High Performance Computing and quantum computing should Computing and quantum computing should be coordinated and the industrial and be coordinated and the industrial and market take-up of High Performance market take-up of High Performance Computing and quantum computing Computing and quantum computing technologies be reinforced both in the technologies be reinforced both in the public and private sectors. The Union public and private sectors. The Union should increase its effectiveness in turning should increase its effectiveness in turning the technology developments into demand- the technology developments into demand- oriented and application-driven European oriented and application-driven European High Performance Computing and High Performance Computing and quantum computing systems of the highest quantum computing systems of the highest quality, establishing an effective link quality, establishing an effective link between technology supply, co-design with between technology supply, co-design with users, and a joint procurement of world- users, and a joint procurement of secure class systems, and creating a world-class world-class systems, and creating a world- ecosystem in High Performance class ecosystem in High Performance Computing and quantum computing Computing and quantum computing technologies and applications. At the same technologies and applications. At the same time, the Union should provide an time, the Union should provide an opportunity for its supply industry to opportunity for its supply industry to leverage on such investments, leading to leverage on such investments, leading to their uptake in large-scale and emerging their uptake in large-scale and emerging application fields such as personalised application fields such as personalised medicine, climate change, connected and medicine, climate change, connected and automated driving or other lead markets automated driving or other lead markets

PE691.126v01-00 16/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN that are underpinned by artificial that are underpinned by artificial intelligence, blockchain technologies, edge intelligence, computer modelling and computing or more broadly by the simulation, blockchain technologies, edge digitalisation of the European industry. computing or more broadly by the digitalisation of the European industry.

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Amendment 113 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer, Nicola Danti

Proposal for a regulation Recital 14

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(14) In order to equip the Union with the (14) In order to equip the Union with the computing performance needed to maintain computing performance needed to maintain its research and industrial capacities at a its research and industrial capacities at a leading edge, the Member States leading edge, the Member States investment in High Performance investment in High Performance Computing and quantum computing should Computing and quantum computing should be coordinated and the industrial and be coordinated and the industrial and market take-up of High Performance market take-up of High Performance Computing and quantum computing Computing and quantum computing technologies be reinforced both in the technologies be reinforced both in the public and private sectors. The Union public and private sectors. The Union should increase its effectiveness in turning should increase its effectiveness in turning the technology developments into demand- the technology developments into demand- oriented and application-driven European oriented and application-driven European High Performance Computing and High Performance Computing and quantum computing systems of the highest quantum computing systems of the highest quality, establishing an effective link quality, establishing an effective link between technology supply, co-design with between technology supply, co-design with users, and a joint procurement of world- users, and a joint procurement of world- class systems, and creating a world-class class systems, and creating a world-class ecosystem in High Performance ecosystem in High Performance Computing and quantum computing Computing and quantum computing technologies and applications. At the same technologies and applications. At the same time, the Union should provide an time, the Union should provide an opportunity for its supply industry to opportunity for its supply industry to leverage on such investments, leading to leverage on such investments, leading to their uptake in large-scale and emerging their uptake in large-scale and emerging application fields such as personalised application fields such as personalised medicine, climate change, connected and medicine, climate change, connected and automated driving or other lead markets automated driving or other lead markets that are underpinned by artificial that are underpinned by artificial

AM\1227671EN.docx 17/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN intelligence, blockchain technologies, edge intelligence, blockchain technologies, computing or more broadly by the computer modelling and simulation, edge digitalisation of the European industry. computing or more broadly by the digitalisation of the European industry.

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Amendment 114 Susana Solís Pérez, Mauri Pekkarinen

Proposal for a regulation Recital 15

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(15) In order for the Union and its (15) In order for the Union and its Member States to reach technological Member States to reach digital sovereignty autonomy in key digital technologies such in a self-determined and open manner in as High Performance Computing and key digital technologies such as High quantum computing, they should invest in Performance Computing and quantum next generation low-power supercomputing computing, they should invest, regardless technologies, innovative software and of origin, in next generation low-power, advanced supercomputing systems for supercomputing technologies, innovative exascale and post-exascale computing and software and advanced supercomputing quantum computing, and for innovative systems for exascale and post-exascale supercomputing and data applications for computing and quantum computing, and medicine, the environment, manufacturing for innovative supercomputing and data and engineering. This should allow the applications for medicine, the environment, European supply industry to thrive in a manufacturing and engineering. High wide range of key technology and Performance Computing should be application areas that reach beyond High actively supported in all fields of research, Performance Computing and quantum including social sciences and humanities. computing and, in the long run, feed Investments are also needed in developing broader ICT markets with such relevant competences. This should allow technologies. It would also support the the European supply industry to thrive in a High Performance Computing and wide range of key technology and quantum computing science and user application areas that reach beyond High industry to undergo a digital transformation Performance Computing and quantum and boost its innovation potential. computing and, in the long run, feed broader ICT markets with such technologies. It would also support the High Performance Computing and quantum computing science and user industry to undergo a digital transformation and boost its innovation potential.

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PE691.126v01-00 18/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN Amendment 115 Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Ivo Hristov

Proposal for a regulation Recital 15

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(15) In order for the Union and its (15) In order for the Union and its Member States to reach technological Member States to reach technological autonomy in key digital technologies such autonomy in key digital technologies such as High Performance Computing and as High Performance Computing and quantum computing, they should invest in quantum computing, they should invest in next generation low-power supercomputing next generation low-power supercomputing technologies, innovative software and technologies, innovative software and advanced supercomputing systems for advanced supercomputing systems for exascale and post-exascale computing and exascale and post-exascale computing and quantum computing, and for innovative quantum computing, and for innovative supercomputing and data applications for supercomputing and data applications for medicine, the environment, manufacturing medicine, the environment, manufacturing and engineering. This should allow the and engineering. HPCand data European supply industry to thrive in a management must be actively supported wide range of key technology and in all fields of research,including social application areas that reach beyond High sciences and humanities. Investmentsare Performance Computing and quantum needed also to related competence computing and, in the long run, feed development policies. This should allow broader ICT markets with such the European supply industry to thrive in a technologies. It would also support the wide range of key technology and High Performance Computing and application areas that reach beyond High quantum computing science and user Performance Computing and quantum industry to undergo a digital transformation computing and, in the long run, feed and boost its innovation potential. broader ICT markets with such technologies. It would also support the High Performance Computing and quantum computing science and user industry to undergo a digital transformation and boost its innovation potential.

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Amendment 116 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Recital 15

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(15) In order for the Union and its (15) In order for the Union and its Member States to reach technological Member States to reach technological autonomy in key digital technologies such autonomy in key digital technologies such as High Performance Computing and as High Performance Computing and quantum computing, they should invest in quantum computing, they should invest in next generation low-power supercomputing next generation low-power supercomputing technologies, innovative software and technologies, innovative software and advanced supercomputing systems for advanced supercomputing systems for exascale and post-exascale computing and exascale and post-exascale computing and quantum computing, and for innovative quantum computing, including supercomputing and data applications for technologies for privacy-preserving medicine, the environment, manufacturing computation and for innovative and engineering. This should allow the supercomputing and data applications for European supply industry to thrive in a medicine, the environment, manufacturing wide range of key technology and and engineering. This should allow the application areas that reach beyond High European supply industry to thrive in a Performance Computing and quantum wide range of key technology and computing and, in the long run, feed application areas that reach beyond High broader ICT markets with such Performance Computing and quantum technologies. It would also support the computing and, in the long run, feed High Performance Computing and broader ICT markets with such quantum computing science and user technologies. It would also support the industry to undergo a digital transformation High Performance Computing and and boost its innovation potential. quantum computing science and user industry to undergo a digital transformation and boost its innovation potential.

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Amendment 117 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Recital 15

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

PE691.126v01-00 20/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN advanced supercomputing systems for supercomputing technologies, innovative exascale and post-exascale computing and software and advanced supercomputing quantum computing, and for innovative systems for exascale and post-exascale supercomputing and data applications for computing and quantum computing, and medicine, the environment, manufacturing for innovative supercomputing and data and engineering. This should allow the applications for medicine, the environment, European supply industry to thrive in a manufacturing and engineering. This wide range of key technology and should allow the European supply industry application areas that reach beyond High to thrive in a wide range of key technology Performance Computing and quantum and application areas that reach beyond computing and, in the long run, feed High Performance Computing and broader ICT markets with such quantum computing and, in the long run, technologies. It would also support the feed broader ICT markets with such High Performance Computing and technologies. It would also support the quantum computing science and user High Performance Computing and industry to undergo a digital transformation quantum computing science and user and boost its innovation potential. industry to undergo a digital transformation and boost its innovation potential.

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Justification

Investing in tools that can bring environmental and economic efficiency needs to be done right from the beginning.

Amendment 118 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Recital 15

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

AM\1227671EN.docx 21/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN wide range of key technology and European supply industry to thrive in a application areas that reach beyond High wide range of key technology and Performance Computing and quantum application areas that reach beyond High computing and, in the long run, feed Performance Computing and quantum broader ICT markets with such computing and, in the long run, feed technologies. It would also support the broader ICT markets with such High Performance Computing and technologies. It would also support the quantum computing science and user High Performance Computing and industry to undergo a digital transformation quantum computing science and user and boost its innovation potential. industry to undergo a digital transformation and boost its innovation potential.

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Amendment 119 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Recital 15 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(15 a) In order to establish a robust quantum computing ecosystem within the Union, we need to invest in developing hardware-aware algorithms, standardization for encoding input/output data and facilitate access to and-users enabled by cloud services.

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Amendment 120 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Recital 16

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

PE691.126v01-00 22/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN States’ ambition to ensure a leading role integrating HPC in a full continuum of IT and strategic autonomy in the digital infrastructure, including other ecosystems economy. The objective would be to such as big data, AI and Internet of establish in Europe a world leading hyper- Things, is essential for realising the connected, federated and secure High Union’s and its Member States’ ambition Performance Computing and quantum to ensure a leading role and strategic computing service and data infrastructure autonomy in the digital economy. The ecosystem, and be in a position to produce objective would be to establish in Europe a innovative and competitive High world leading hyper-connected, federated Performance Computing and quantum and secure High Performance Computing computing systems based on a supply and quantum computing service and data chain that will ensure components, infrastructure ecosystem, and be in a technologies and knowledge limiting the position to produce innovative and risk of disruptions. competitive High Performance Computing and quantum computing systems based on a supply chain that will ensure components, technologies and knowledge limiting the risk of disruptions.

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Amendment 121 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Recital 16

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(16) Pursuing a common strategic EU (16) Pursuing a common strategic EU vision in High Performance Computing vision in High Performance Computing and quantum computing is essential for and quantum computing is essential for realising the Union’s and its Member realising the Union’s and its Member States’ ambition to ensure a leading role States’ ambition to ensure a leading role and strategic autonomy in the digital and strategic autonomy in the digital economy. The objective would be to economy. The objective would be to establish in Europe a world leading hyper- establish in Europe a world leading hyper- connected, federated and secure High connected, federated and secure High Performance Computing and quantum Performance Computing and quantum computing service and data infrastructure computing service and data infrastructure ecosystem, and be in a position to produce ecosystem, and be in a position to produce innovative and competitive High innovative and competitive High Performance Computing and quantum Performance Computing and quantum computing systems based on a supply computing systems based on a responsible chain that will ensure components, supply chain that will ensure components, technologies and knowledge limiting the technologies and knowledge limiting the risk of disruptions while protecting the

AM\1227671EN.docx 23/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN risk of disruptions. people and the environment.

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Justification

The supply chain vulnerabilities need to be treated in a manner that will result in human and environmental positive outcomes

Amendment 122 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen

Proposal for a regulation Recital 16

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(16) Pursuing a common strategic EU (16) Pursuing a common strategic EU vision in High Performance Computing vision in High Performance Computing and quantum computing is essential for and quantum computing is essential for realising the Union’s and its Member realising the Union’s and its Member States’ ambition to ensure a leading role States’ ambition to ensure a leading role and strategic autonomy in the digital and digital sovereignty in a self- economy. The objective would be to determined and open manner in the digital establish in Europe a world leading hyper- economy. The objective would be to connected, federated and secure High establish in Europe a world leading hyper- Performance Computing and quantum connected, federated and secure High computing service and data infrastructure Performance Computing and quantum ecosystem, and be in a position to produce computing service and data infrastructure innovative and competitive High ecosystem, and be in a position to produce Performance Computing and quantum innovative and competitive High computing systems based on a supply Performance Computing and quantum chain that will ensure components, computing systems based on a supply technologies and knowledge limiting the chain that will ensure components, risk of disruptions. technologies and knowledge limiting the risk of disruptions.

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Amendment 123 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen

Proposal for a regulation Recital 17

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(17) A Joint Undertaking represents the (17) A Joint Undertaking represents the best instrument capable to implement the best instrument capable to implement the strategic EU vision in High Performance strategic EU vision in High Performance Computing and quantum computing, Computing and quantum computing, ensuring that the Union enjoys world-class ensuring that the Union enjoys world-class supercomputing, quantum computing and supercomputing, quantum computing and data capabilities according to its economic data capabilities according to its economic potential, matching the needs of European potential, matching the needs of European users, and with the required strategic users, and with the required digital autonomy in critical High Performance sovereignty in a self-determined and open Computing and quantum computing manner in critical High Performance technologies. The Joint Undertaking is the Computing and quantum computing best instrument to overcome the present technologies, while preserving an open limitations, as described in the Staff economy. The Joint Undertaking is the best Working Document accompanying this instrument to overcome the present Regulation, while offering the highest limitations, as described in the Staff economic, societal, and environmental Working Document accompanying this impact and best safeguarding the Union’s Regulation, while offering the highest interests in High Performance Computing economic, societal, and environmental and quantum computing. It can pool impact and best safeguarding the Union’s resources from the Union, the Member interests in High Performance Computing States and countries associated to Horizon and quantum computing. It can pool Europe and the Digital Europe Programme resources from the Union, the Member or the Connecting Europe Facility and the States and countries associated to Horizon private sector. It can implement a Europe and the Digital Europe Programme procurement framework and operate or the Connecting Europe Facility and the world-class High Performance Computing private sector. It can implement a and quantum computing systems. It can procurement framework and operate launch research and innovation world-class High Performance Computing programmes for developing European and quantum computing systems. It can technologies and their subsequent launch research and innovation integration in world-class supercomputing programmes for developing European systems. technologies and their subsequent integration in world-class supercomputing systems.

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Amendment 124 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Recital 17

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(17) A Joint Undertaking represents the (17) A Joint Undertaking represents the best instrument capable to implement the best instrument capable to implement the strategic EU vision in High Performance strategic EU vision in High Performance Computing and quantum computing, Computing and quantum computing, ensuring that the Union enjoys world-class ensuring that the Union enjoys world-class supercomputing, quantum computing and supercomputing, quantum computing and data capabilities according to its economic data capabilities according to its economic potential, matching the needs of European potential, matching the needs of European users, and with the required strategic users, and with the required strategic autonomy in critical High Performance autonomy in critical High Performance Computing and quantum computing Computing and quantum computing technologies. The Joint Undertaking is the technologies. The Joint Undertaking one of best instrument to overcome the present the instruments that contribute to limitations, as described in the Staff overcoming the present limitations, as Working Document accompanying this described in the Staff Working Document Regulation, while offering the highest accompanying this Regulation, while economic, societal, and environmental offering a high economic, societal, and impact and best safeguarding the Union’s environmental impact and safeguarding the interests in High Performance Computing Union’s interests in High Performance and quantum computing. It can pool Computing and quantum computing when resources from the Union, the Member properly funded, developed and States and countries associated to Horizon implemented. It can pool resources from Europe and the Digital Europe Programme the Union, the Member States and or the Connecting Europe Facility and the countries associated to Horizon Europe and private sector. It can implement a the Digital Europe Programme or the procurement framework and operate Connecting Europe Facility and the private world-class High Performance Computing sector. It can implement a procurement and quantum computing systems. It can framework and operate world-class High launch research and innovation Performance Computing and quantum programmes for developing European computing systems. It can launch research technologies and their subsequent and innovation programmes for developing integration in world-class supercomputing European technologies and their systems. subsequent integration in world-class supercomputing systems.

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Justification

The text has been updated to better reflect the status quo and the realities of project implementation

Amendment 125 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation

PE691.126v01-00 26/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN Recital 17

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(17) A Joint Undertaking represents the (17) A Joint Undertaking represents the best instrument capable to implement the best available instrument capable to strategic EU vision in High Performance implement the strategic EU vision in High Computing and quantum computing, Performance Computing and quantum ensuring that the Union enjoys world-class computing, ensuring that the Union enjoys supercomputing, quantum computing and world-class supercomputing, quantum data capabilities according to its economic computing and data capabilities according potential, matching the needs of European to its economic potential, matching the users, and with the required strategic needs of European users, and with the autonomy in critical High Performance required strategic autonomy in critical Computing and quantum computing High Performance Computing and technologies. The Joint Undertaking is the quantum computing technologies. The best instrument to overcome the present Joint Undertaking is the best instrument to limitations, as described in the Staff overcome the present limitations, as Working Document accompanying this described in the Staff Working Document Regulation, while offering the highest accompanying this Regulation, while economic, societal, and environmental offering the highest economic, societal, and impact and best safeguarding the Union’s environmental impact and best interests in High Performance Computing safeguarding the Union’s interests in High and quantum computing. It can pool Performance Computing and quantum resources from the Union, the Member computing. It can pool resources from the States and countries associated to Horizon Union, the Member States and countries Europe and the Digital Europe Programme associated to Horizon Europe and the or the Connecting Europe Facility and the Digital Europe Programme or the private sector. It can implement a Connecting Europe Facility and the private procurement framework and operate sector. It can implement a procurement world-class High Performance Computing framework and operate world-class High and quantum computing systems. It can Performance Computing and quantum launch research and innovation computing systems. It can launch research programmes for developing European and innovation programmes for developing technologies and their subsequent European technologies and their integration in world-class supercomputing subsequent integration in world-class systems. supercomputing systems.

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Amendment 126 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen

Proposal for a regulation Recital 18

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

AM\1227671EN.docx 27/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN (18) The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking is (18) The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking is part of the Institutionalised Partnerships part of the Institutionalised Partnerships portfolio under Horizon Europe which portfolio under Horizon Europe which should strive to strengthen EU scientific should strive to strengthen EU scientific capacities to deal with emerging threats capacities to deal with emerging threats and future challenges in a reinforced and future challenges in a reinforced European Research Area; secure European Research Area; secure sustainability-driven EU value chains and sustainability-driven EU value chains and EU strategic autonomy in key technologies EU digital sovereignty in a self- and industries; and enhance the uptake of determined and open manner in key innovative solutions addressing climate, technologies and industries; and enhance environmental, health and other global the uptake of innovative solutions societal challenges in line with Union addressing climate, environmental, health strategic priorities, including to reach and other global societal challenges in line climate neutrality in the Union in 2050. with Union strategic priorities, including to reach climate neutrality in the Union in 2050.

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Amendment 127 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Recital 18

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(18) The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking is (18) The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking is part of the Institutionalised Partnerships part of the Institutionalised Partnerships portfolio under Horizon Europe which portfolio under Horizon Europe which should strive to strengthen EU scientific should strive to strengthen EU civilian capacities to deal with emerging threats scientific capacities to deal with emerging and future challenges in a reinforced threats and future challenges in a European Research Area; secure reinforced European Research Area; secure sustainability-driven EU value chains and environmental targets and sustainability- EU strategic autonomy in key technologies driven EU value chains and EU strategic and industries; and enhance the uptake of autonomy in key technologies and innovative solutions addressing climate, industries; and enhance the uptake of environmental, health and other global innovative solutions addressing climate, societal challenges in line with Union environmental, health and other global strategic priorities, including to reach societal challenges in line with Union climate neutrality in the Union in 2050. strategic priorities, including to reach climate neutrality in the Union in 2050.

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PE691.126v01-00 28/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN Justification

Better reflecting Horizon Europe civilian character and targets

Amendment 128 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Recital 18

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(18) The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking is (18) The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking is part of the Institutionalised Partnerships part of the Institutionalised Partnerships portfolio under Horizon Europe which portfolio under Horizon Europe which should strive to strengthen EU scientific should strive to strengthen EU scientific capacities to deal with emerging threats capacities to deal with emerging threats and future challenges in a reinforced and future challenges in a reinforced European Research Area; secure European Research Area; secure sustainability-driven EU value chains and sustainability-driven EU value chains and EU strategic autonomy in key technologies EU strategic autonomy in key technologies and industries; and enhance the uptake of and industries; and enhance the uptake of innovative solutions addressing climate, innovative solutions addressing climate, environmental, health and other global environmental, health and other global societal challenges in line with Union societal challenges in line with Union strategic priorities, including to reach strategic priorities, including to reach climate neutrality in the Union in 2050. climate neutrality in the Union in 2050 at the latest.

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Amendment 129 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Pernille Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Recital 20

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

AM\1227671EN.docx 29/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Joint Undertaking should be the Union, functioning remains simple and flexible. Member States and countries associated to Therefore, the members of the Joint Horizon Europe, the Digital Europe Undertaking should be the Union, Member Programme or the Connecting Europe States and countries associated to Horizon Facility agreeing on a joint European Europe, the Digital Europe Programme or initiative in High Performance Computing the Connecting Europe Facility agreeing on and quantum computing; and associations a joint European initiative in High representing their constituent entities and Performance Computing and quantum other organisations with an explicit and computing; and associations representing active engagement to produce research and their constituent entities and other innovation results, to develop and deploy organisations with an explicit and active high performance computing or quantum engagement to produce research and computing capabilities, or contributing to innovation results, to develop and deploy address the skills gap and keep the know- high performance computing or quantum how in the field of High Performance computing capabilities, or contributing to Computing and quantum computing in address the skills gap and keep the know- Europe. The Joint Undertaking should be how in the field of High Performance open to new members. Computing and quantum computing in Europe. The Joint Undertaking should be open to new members. The Joint Undertaking should provide a favourable framework to support Participating States. In order to maximise the impact of indirect actions, the specificities of the EuroHPC JU, with its tripartite model, should be taken into consideration with regards to the management of financial contributions from Participating States.

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Amendment 130 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Recital 20

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

PE691.126v01-00 30/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN Horizon Europe, the Digital Europe Horizon Europe, the Digital Europe Programme or the Connecting Europe Programme or the Connecting Europe Facility agreeing on a joint European Facility agreeing on a joint European initiative in High Performance Computing initiative in High Performance Computing and quantum computing; and associations and quantum computing; and associations representing their constituent entities and representing their constituent entities and other organisations with an explicit and other organisations with an explicit and active engagement to produce research and active engagement to produce research and innovation results, to develop and deploy innovation results, to develop and deploy high performance computing or quantum high performance computing or quantum computing capabilities, or contributing to computing capabilities, or contributing to address the skills gap and keep the know- address the skills gap and keep the know- how in the field of High Performance how in the field of High Performance Computing and quantum computing in Computing and quantum computing in Europe. The Joint Undertaking should be Europe. The Joint Undertaking should be open to new members. open to new members. The design and development of new teaching and training scheme will be key since the technologies and software in the fields of HPC and quantum computing are undergoing continuous change.

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Amendment 131 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Recital 20

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(20) The public-private partnership in (20) The public-private partnership in the form of the Joint Undertaking should the form of the Joint Undertaking should combine the financial and technical means combine the financial and technical means that are essential to master the complexity that are essential to master the complexity of the ever escalating pace of innovation in of the ever escalating pace of innovation in this area. Therefore, the members of the this area. Therefore, the members of the Joint Undertaking should be the Union, Joint Undertaking should be the Union, Member States and countries associated to Member States and countries associated to Horizon Europe, the Digital Europe Horizon Europe, the Digital Europe Programme or the Connecting Europe Programme or the Connecting Europe Facility agreeing on a joint European Facility agreeing on a joint European initiative in High Performance Computing initiative in High Performance Computing and quantum computing; and associations and quantum computing; and associations representing their constituent entities and representing their constituent entities and other organisations with an explicit and other organisations with an explicit and

AM\1227671EN.docx 31/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN active engagement to produce research and active commitment to produce research innovation results, to develop and deploy and innovation results, to develop and high performance computing or quantum deploy high performance computing or computing capabilities, or contributing to quantum computing capabilities, or address the skills gap and keep the know- contributing to address the skills gap and how in the field of High Performance keep the know-how in the field of High Computing and quantum computing in Performance Computing and quantum Europe. The Joint Undertaking should be computing in Europe. The Joint open to new members. Undertaking should be open to new members.

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Justification

Due to the high financial value and the important objectives, commitments are necessary

Amendment 132 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Ivan Štefanec, Pernille Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Recital 25

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(25) The Joint Undertaking should (25) The Joint Undertaking should address clearly defined topics that would address clearly defined topics that would enable academia and European industries enable academia and European industries at large to design, develop and use the most at large to design, develop and use the most innovative technologies in High innovative technologies in High Performance Computing and quantum Performance Computing and quantum computing, and to establish an integrated computing, and to establish an integrated and federated, secure networked and federated, secure networked infrastructure across the Union with world- infrastructure across the Union with world- class High Performance Computing and class High Performance Computing and quantum computing capability, high-speed quantum computing capability, high-speed connectivity and leading-edge applications connectivity and leading-edge applications and data and software services for its and data and software services for its scientists and for other lead users from scientists and for other lead users from industry, including SMEs and the public industry, including SMEs and the public sector. The Joint Undertaking should aim sector. The Joint undertaking should be at the development and use of top class able to work in an agile, simple and technologies and infrastructures, flexible manner, in order to ensure that addressing the demanding requirements of the development and use of top class European scientific, industrial and public technologies and infrastructures, address sector users. the demanding requirements of European

PE691.126v01-00 32/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN scientific, industrial and public sector users. The Joint Undertaking should have in place a set of clear and simple rules, in particular for intellectual property, liability or in-kind contributions to additional activities, in order to enhance attractiveness for all stakeholders and in particular for industry and SMEs.

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Amendment 133 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Recital 25

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(25) The Joint Undertaking should (25) The Joint Undertaking should address clearly defined topics that would address clearly defined topics that would enable academia and European industries enable academia and European industries at large to design, develop and use the most at large to design, develop and use the most innovative technologies in High innovative technologies in High Performance Computing and quantum Performance Computing and quantum computing, and to establish an integrated computing, and to establish an integrated and federated, secure networked and federated, secure networked infrastructure across the Union with world- infrastructure across the Union with world- class High Performance Computing and class High Performance Computing and quantum computing capability, high-speed quantum computing capability, high-speed connectivity and leading-edge applications connectivity and leading-edge applications and data and software services for its and data and software services for its scientists and for other lead users from scientists and for other lead users from industry, including SMEs and the public industry, including SMEs, start-ups and sector. The Joint Undertaking should aim innovative businesses and the public at the development and use of top class sector. The Joint Undertaking should aim technologies and infrastructures, at the development and use of top class addressing the demanding requirements of technologies and infrastructures, European scientific, industrial and public addressing the demanding requirements of sector users. European scientific, industrial and public sector users.

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Amendment 134

AM\1227671EN.docx 33/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer, Nicola Danti

Proposal for a regulation Recital 25 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(25 a) The Joint Undertaking should like-wise consider start-ups in their R&D phase wherever SMEs are mentioned, as the HPC platforms are currently not inclusive enough. The access barriers - such as the cost of service fees, heavy administration and lack of awareness - should be significantly reduced in order to have a more open-access and distributed service.

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Amendment 135 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Recital 26

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(26) The Joint Undertaking should (26) The Joint Undertaking should contribute to reducing the specific skills contribute to reducing the specific skills gap across the Union by engaging in gap across the Union by attracting and awareness raising measures and assisting in retaining the best talents, ensuring the building of new knowledge and human funding for digital upskilling and capital. reskilling and upgrading competences combining software expertise with understanding in industry of frontier research in science and innovation, engaging in awareness raising measures, providing support in integrating HPC into the scientific and engineering curricula and assisting in the building of new knowledge and expertise in advanced digital fields, while ensuring the widest geographical coverage in the Union.

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PE691.126v01-00 34/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN Amendment 136 Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Ivo Hristov

Proposal for a regulation Recital 26

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(26) The Joint Undertaking should (26) The Joint Undertaking should contribute to reducing the specific skills contribute to reducing the specific skills gap across the Union by engaging in gap across the Union by attracting and awareness raising measures and assisting in retaining the best talents, with a special the building of new knowledge and human focus on addressing the gender gap as capital. women are under-represented at all levels in the digital sector in Europe, ensuring funding for digital upskilling and reskilling and upgrading competences combining software expertise with understanding in industry of frontier research in science and innovation, engaging in awareness raising measures and assisting in the building of new knowledge and human capital.

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Amendment 137 Robert Roos, Evžen Tošenovský

Proposal for a regulation Recital 26

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(26) The Joint Undertaking should (26) Considering that the lack of skills contribute to reducing the specific skills and experience is an obstacle to access gap across the Union by engaging in HPC and quantum computing awareness raising measures and assisting in technologies, the Joint Undertaking should the building of new knowledge and human contribute to raising the skills and capital. experience level across the Union among students, academics and experts (male and female) in the relevent domains by engaging in awareness raising measures and assisting in the building of new knowledge and human capital as world- class HPCs require world-class skilled,

AM\1227671EN.docx 35/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN trained, and well-educated engineers, physicists, mathematicians, and other beta-orientated people.

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Amendment 138 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer, Nicola Danti

Proposal for a regulation Recital 26

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(26) The Joint Undertaking should (26) The Joint Undertaking should contribute to reducing the specific skills contribute to reducing the specific skills gap across the Union by engaging in gap across the Union by engaging in awareness raising measures and assisting in awareness raising measures and assisting in the building of new knowledge and human the building of new knowledge and human capital. capital, including by building competences in procurements made in the framework of this Regulation. This should all be part of a coordinated effort on outreach to inform potential users on the possibilities that HPC and quantum computing can offer.

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Justification

To ensure that the suppliers of the EuroHPC systems are selected based on their ability to deliver best available technologies, it is necessary to foster the know-how and skills of those who are preparing the EuroHPC procurements. See also Amendment to Article 4 (1)(f).

Amendment 139 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Recital 26

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(26) The Joint Undertaking should (26) The Joint Undertaking should

PE691.126v01-00 36/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN contribute to reducing the specific skills contribute to reducing the specific skills gap across the Union by engaging in and gender gap across the Union by awareness raising measures and assisting in engaging in awareness raising measures the building of new knowledge and human and assisting in the building of new capital. knowledge and human capital while preventing all kinds of biases, especially gender and racial biases from being introduced in the algorithms, products or conclusions resulting from its work, and encourage women participation in STEM.

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Justification

Beyond awareness raising, bias prevention and women participation need to be clearly prescribed.

Amendment 140 Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Recital 26

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

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Amendment 141 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Recital 26

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(26) The Joint Undertaking should (26) The Joint Undertaking should

AM\1227671EN.docx 37/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN contribute to reducing the specific skills contribute to reducing the specific skills gap across the Union by engaging in gap across the Union by engaging in awareness raising measures and assisting in awareness raising measures and assisting in the building of new knowledge and human the building of new knowledge and human capital. capital promoting gender balanced representation, in HPC carrer paths.

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Amendment 142 Robert Roos

Proposal for a regulation Recital 26 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(26 a) To foster innovation, it is important that fresh ideas of European students become reality. It is therefore well advised to allocate a share of the Unions access time to HPCs to a dedicated board, compiled of students from the participating states. The dedicated board will ensure low-key access for applications to use time on the HPCs. The dedicated board could also showcase its selected projects convincing new students to pursue a beta-orientated career.

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Amendment 143 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer, Nicola Danti

Proposal for a regulation Recital 26 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(26 a) The Joint Undertaking should encourage the development of specific university titles and educational programmes for quantum computing,

PE691.126v01-00 38/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN given the increasing need for experts that this field is going to have, and in order to avoid creating a 'quantum bottleneck'. In this regard, the Joint Undertaking must pay special attention to gender perspective and adopt measures to promote gender balance in this field.

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Amendment 144 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Recital 30

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(30) In order to achieve its objectives to (30) In order to achieve its objectives to design, develop and use the most design, develop and use the most innovative technologies in High innovative technologies in High Performance Computing and quantum Performance Computing and quantum computing, the Joint Undertaking should computing, the Joint Undertaking should provide financial support in particular in provide financial support in particular in the form of grants and procurement the form of grants and procurement following open and competitive calls for following open, fair, transparent and proposals and calls for tenders based on competitive calls for proposals and calls annual work programmes. Such financial for tenders based on annual work support should be targeted in particular at programmes. Such financial support should proven market failures that prevent the be targeted in particular at proven market development of the programme concerned, failures that prevent the development of the should not crowd-out private investments programme concerned, should not crowd- and should have an incentive effect in that out private investments and should have an it changes the behaviour of the recipient. incentive effect in that it changes the behaviour of the recipient.

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Amendment 145 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer, Nicola Danti

Proposal for a regulation Recital 30

AM\1227671EN.docx 39/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(30) In order to achieve its objectives to (30) In order to achieve its objectives to design, develop and use the most design, develop and use the most innovative technologies in High innovative technologies in High Performance Computing and quantum Performance Computing and quantum computing, the Joint Undertaking should computing, the Joint Undertaking should provide financial support in particular in provide financial support in particular in the form of grants and procurement the form of grants and procurement following open and competitive calls for following open, transparent and proposals and calls for tenders based on competitive calls for proposals and calls annual work programmes. Such financial for tenders based on annual work support should be targeted in particular at programmes. Such financial support should proven market failures that prevent the be targeted in particular at proven market development of the programme concerned, failures that prevent the development of the should not crowd-out private investments programme concerned, should not crowd- and should have an incentive effect in that out private investments and should have an it changes the behaviour of the recipient. incentive effect in that it changes the behaviour of the recipient.

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Amendment 146 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Recital 31

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(31) In order to achieve its objectives to (31) In order to achieve its objectives to increase the innovation potential of increase the innovation potential of industry, and in particular of SMEs, to industry, and in particular of SMEs, to contribute to reducing the specific skills contribute to reducing the specific skills gap, to support the increase of knowledge gap, to support the increase of knowledge and human capital and to upraise High and human capital and to upraise High Performance Computing and quantum Performance Computing and quantum computing capabilities, the Joint computing capabilities, the Joint Undertaking should support the creation, Undertaking should support the creation, and in particular the networking and and in particular the networking and coordination of national High Performance coordination of national High Performance Computing competence centres across the Computing competence centres across the Union. These competence centres should Union. These competence centres should provide High Performance Computing and provide High Performance Computing and quantum computing services to industry, quantum computing services to industry, academia and public administrations on academia and public administrations on their demand. They should primarily their demand and provide a possibility for

PE691.126v01-00 40/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN promote and enable access to the High individuals and non-governmental Performance Computing innovation organisation to use the computing powers ecosystem, facilitate access to the for socially and environmentally supercomputers and quantum computers, beneficial goals. They should primarily address the significant shortages in skilled promote and enable access to the High technical experts by undertaking awareness Performance Computing innovation raising, training and outreach activities, ecosystem, facilitate access to the and embark on networking activities with supercomputers and quantum computers, stakeholders and other competence centres address the significant shortages in skilled to foster wider innovations, for example by technical experts by undertaking awareness exchanging and promoting best practice raising, training and outreach activities, use cases or application experiences, by and embark on networking activities with sharing their training facilities and stakeholders and other competence centres experiences, by facilitating the co- to foster wider innovations, for example by development and exchange of parallel exchanging and promoting best practice codes, or by supporting the sharing of use cases or application experiences, by innovative applications and tools for public sharing their training facilities and and private users, in particular SMEs. experiences, by facilitating the co- development and exchange of parallel codes, or by supporting the sharing of innovative applications and tools for public and private users, in particular SMEs. In order to avoid duplication, synergies and coordination should be ensured with other similar structures, such as the Digital Innovation Hubs.

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Justification

The MFF programs already contain a number of networks that promote cooperation, therefore efficiency and synergies must be found

Amendment 147 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Recital 31

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AM\1227671EN.docx 41/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN and human capital and to upraise High gap, to support the increase of knowledge Performance Computing and quantum and human capital and to upraise High computing capabilities, the Joint Performance Computing and quantum Undertaking should support the creation, computing capabilities, the Joint and in particular the networking and Undertaking should support the creation, coordination of national High Performance and in particular the networking and Computing competence centres across the coordination of national High Performance Union. These competence centres should Computing competence centres across the provide High Performance Computing and Union. These competence centres should quantum computing services to industry, provide High Performance Computing and academia and public administrations on quantum computing services to industry, their demand. They should primarily academia and public administrations on promote and enable access to the High their demand. They should primarily Performance Computing innovation promote and enable access to the High ecosystem, facilitate access to the Performance Computing innovation supercomputers and quantum computers, ecosystem, facilitate access to the address the significant shortages in skilled supercomputers and quantum computers, technical experts by undertaking awareness address the significant shortages in skilled raising, training and outreach activities, technical experts by undertaking awareness and embark on networking activities with raising, training and outreach activities, stakeholders and other competence centres and embark on networking activities with to foster wider innovations, for example by stakeholders and other competence centres exchanging and promoting best practice to foster wider innovations, for example by use cases or application experiences, by exchanging and promoting best practice sharing their training facilities and use cases or application experiences, by experiences, by facilitating the co- sharing their training facilities and development and exchange of parallel experiences, by facilitating the co- codes, or by supporting the sharing of development and exchange of parallel innovative applications and tools for public codes, or by supporting the sharing of and private users, in particular SMEs. innovative applications and tools for public and private users, in particular SMEs, start-ups and innovative businesses.

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Amendment 148 Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Recital 31

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

PE691.126v01-00 42/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN and human capital and to upraise High and human capital and to upraise High Performance Computing and quantum Performance Computing and quantum computing capabilities, the Joint computing capabilities, the Joint Undertaking should support the creation, Undertaking should support the creation, and in particular the networking and and in particular the networking and coordination of national High Performance coordination of national High Performance Computing competence centres across the Computing competence centres across the Union. These competence centres should Participating States . These competence provide High Performance Computing and centres should provide High Performance quantum computing services to industry, Computing and quantum computing academia and public administrations on services to industry, academia and public their demand. They should primarily administrations on their demand. They promote and enable access to the High should primarily promote and enable Performance Computing innovation access to the High Performance Computing ecosystem, facilitate access to the innovation ecosystem, facilitate access to supercomputers and quantum computers, the supercomputers and quantum address the significant shortages in skilled computers, address the significant technical experts by undertaking awareness shortages in skilled technical experts by raising, training and outreach activities, undertaking awareness raising, training and and embark on networking activities with outreach activities, and embark on stakeholders and other competence centres networking activities with stakeholders and to foster wider innovations, for example by other competence centres to foster wider exchanging and promoting best practice innovations, for example by exchanging use cases or application experiences, by and promoting best practice use cases or sharing their training facilities and application experiences, by sharing their experiences, by facilitating the co- training facilities and experiences, by development and exchange of parallel facilitating the co-development and codes, or by supporting the sharing of exchange of parallel codes, or by innovative applications and tools for public supporting the sharing of innovative and private users, in particular SMEs. applications and tools for public and private users, in particular SMEs.

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Amendment 149 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Recital 32

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(32) The Joint Undertaking should (32) The Joint Undertaking should provide a demand-oriented and user-driven provide a demand-oriented and user-driven framework and enable a co-design framework and enable a co-design approach for the acquisition of an approach for the acquisition of an integrated, world-class federated, secure integrated, world-class federated, secure and hyper-connected supercomputing and and hyper-connected supercomputing and

AM\1227671EN.docx 43/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN quantum computing service and data quantum computing service and data infrastructure in the Union, in order to infrastructure in the Union, in order to equip users with the strategic computation equip users with the strategic computation resource they need to develop new, resource they need to develop new, innovative solutions and to solve societal, innovative solutions and to solve societal, environmental, economic and security environmental, economic challenges. For challenges. For this purpose, the Joint this purpose, the Joint Undertaking should Undertaking should contribute to the contribute to the acquisition of world-class acquisition of world-class supercomputers. supercomputers. The supercomputers of The supercomputers of the Joint the Joint Undertaking, including quantum Undertaking, including quantum computers, should be installed in a computers, should be installed in a Participating State that is a Member State. Participating State that is a Member State.

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Amendment 150 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Recital 33

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(33) The Joint Undertaking should (33) The Joint Undertaking should hyper-connect all the supercomputers and hyper-connect all the supercomputers and data infrastructures it will own or co-own data infrastructures it will own or co-own with state-of-the-art networking with state-of-the-art networking technologies, making them widely technologies, making them widely accessible across the Union, and should accessible across the Union, and should interconnect and federate its interconnect and federate its supercomputing and quantum computing supercomputing and quantum computing data infrastructure, as well as national, data infrastructure, as well as national, regional and other computing regional and other computing infrastructures with a common platform. infrastructures with a common platform, The Joint Undertaking should also ensure while ensuring resources are provided for the interconnection of the federated, secure interactive processing close to HPC supercomputing, and quantum computing systems and associated large-scale data service and data infrastructures with the repositories. Interactive computing common European data spaces and services are also needed to make federated, secure cloud infrastructures collaborative working easier. The Joint announced in the Communication from the Undertaking should also ensure the Commission of 19 February 2020 on ‘A interconnection of the federated, secure European Strategy for Data’, for seamless supercomputing, and quantum computing service provisioning to a wide range of service and data infrastructures with the public and private users across Europe. common European data spaces and federated, secure cloud infrastructures

PE691.126v01-00 44/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN announced in the Communication from the Commission of 19 February 2020 on ‘A European Strategy for Data’, for seamless service provisioning to a wide range of public and private users across Europe.

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Amendment 151 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Recital 33

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(33) The Joint Undertaking should (33) The Joint Undertaking should hyper-connect all the supercomputers and hyper-connect all the supercomputers and data infrastructures it will own or co-own data infrastructures it will own or co-own with state-of-the-art networking with state-of-the-art networking technologies, making them widely technologies, making them widely accessible across the Union, and should accessible across the Union, and should interconnect and federate its interconnect and federate its supercomputing and quantum computing supercomputing and quantum computing data infrastructure, as well as national, data infrastructure, as well as national, regional and other computing regional and other computing infrastructures with a common platform. infrastructures with a common platform. The Joint Undertaking should also ensure The Joint Undertaking should also ensure the interconnection of the federated, secure the interconnection of the federated, secure supercomputing, and quantum computing supercomputing, and quantum computing service and data infrastructures with the service and data infrastructures with the common European data spaces and common European data spaces and federated, secure cloud infrastructures federated, secure cloud infrastructures announced in the Communication from the announced in the Communication from the Commission of 19 February 2020 on ‘A Commission of 19 February 2020 on ‘A European Strategy for Data’, for seamless European Strategy for Data’, for seamless service provisioning to a wide range of service provisioning to a wide range of public and private users across Europe. public and private users across Europe. and support the use of open standards, open source software and hardware, open source platforms and, where appropriate, open, well-formed APIs in an effort to achieve interoperability.

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AM\1227671EN.docx 45/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Justification

Measures need to be taken in order to benefit from cooperation and value multipliers

Amendment 152 Susana Solís Pérez, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer, Nicola Danti

Proposal for a regulation Recital 33

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(33) The Joint Undertaking should (33) The Joint Undertaking should hyper-connect all the supercomputers and hyper-connect all the supercomputers and data infrastructures it will own or co-own data infrastructures it will own or co-own with state-of-the-art networking with state-of-the-art networking technologies, making them widely technologies, making them widely accessible across the Union, and should accessible across the Union, especially interconnect and federate its SMEs, start-ups in R&D phase and supercomputing and quantum computing researchers, and should interconnect and data infrastructure, as well as national, federate its supercomputing and quantum regional and other computing computing data infrastructure, as well as infrastructures with a common platform. national, regional and other computing The Joint Undertaking should also ensure infrastructures with a common platform. the interconnection of the federated, secure The Joint Undertaking should also ensure supercomputing, and quantum computing the interconnection of the federated, secure service and data infrastructures with the supercomputing, and quantum computing common European data spaces and service and data infrastructures with the federated, secure cloud infrastructures common European data spaces, European announced in the Communication from the Open Science Cloud, GAIA-X, and Commission of 19 February 2020 on ‘A federated, secure cloud infrastructures European Strategy for Data’, for seamless announced in the Communication from the service provisioning to a wide range of Commission of 19 February 2020 on ‘A public and private users across Europe. European Strategy for Data’, for seamless service provisioning to a wide range of public and private users across Europe.

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Justification

It would be important to make it visible that data, as the raw material for HPC, needs to be well connected, interoperable and easily-accessible for the end-user, when it comes to building research infrastructures. Making explicit references to EOSC and GAIA-X would consolidate the emphasis on interconnection between data and HPC.

Amendment 153

PE691.126v01-00 46/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Ivo Hristov

Proposal for a regulation Recital 33

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(33) The Joint Undertaking should (33) The Joint Undertaking should hyper-connect all the supercomputers and hyper-connect all the supercomputers and data infrastructures it will own or co-own data infrastructures it will own or co-own with state-of-the-art networking with state-of-the-art networking technologies, making them widely technologies, making them widely accessible across the Union, and should accessible across the Union, and should interconnect and federate its interconnect and federate its supercomputing and quantum computing supercomputing and quantum computing data infrastructure, as well as national, data infrastructure, as well as national, regional and other computing regional and other computing infrastructures with a common platform. infrastructures with a common platform. The Joint Undertaking should also ensure The Joint Undertaking should also ensure the interconnection of the federated, secure the interconnection of the federated, secure supercomputing, and quantum computing supercomputing, and quantum computing service and data infrastructures with the service and data infrastructures with the common European data spaces and common European data spaces, European federated, secure cloud infrastructures Open Science Cloud, GAIA-X and announced in the Communication from the federated, secure cloud infrastructures Commission of 19 February 2020 on ‘A announced in the Communication from the European Strategy for Data’, for seamless Commission of 19 February 2020 on ‘A service provisioning to a wide range of European Strategy for Data’, for seamless public and private users across Europe. service provisioning to a wide range of public and private users across Europe.

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Amendment 154 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer, Nicola Danti

Proposal for a regulation Recital 34

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(34) Horizon Europe and the Digital (34) Horizon Europe and the Digital Europe Programme should respectively Europe Programme should respectively contribute to the closing of the research contribute to the closing of the research and innovation divide within the Union and and innovation divide within the Union and to deploying wide-range supercomputing to deploying wide-range supercomputing capabilities by promoting synergies with capabilities by promoting synergies with

AM\1227671EN.docx 47/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN the European Structural and Investments the European Structural and Investments Funds (ESIF). Therefore, the Joint Funds (ESIF) and the Recovery and Undertaking should seek to develop close Resilience Facility (RRF). Therefore, the interactions with the ESIF, which can Joint Undertaking should seek to develop specifically help to strengthen local, close interactions with the ESIF and the regional and national research and RRF, which can specifically help to innovation capabilities. strengthen local, regional and national research and innovation capabilities.

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Amendment 155 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer

Proposal for a regulation Recital 35

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(35) The Joint Undertaking should (35) The Joint Undertaking should provide a favourable framework for provide a favourable framework for Participating States that are Member States Participating States that are Member States to use their ESIF for the acquisition of to use their financial contributions to High Performance Computing and ESIF and RRF for the acquisition of High quantum computing and data Performance Computing and quantum infrastructures and their interconnection. computing and data infrastructures and The use of ESIF in the Joint Undertaking their interconnection. The use of ESIF and activities is essential for developing in the RRF in the Joint Undertaking activities is Union an integrated, federated, secure and essential for developing in the Union an hyper-connected world-class High integrated, excellence-based, federated, Performance Computing, quantum secure and hyper-connected world-class computing service and data infrastructure, High Performance Computing, quantum since the benefits for such infrastructure computing service and data infrastructure, extend well beyond the users of the since the benefits for such infrastructure Member States. If Member States decide to extend well beyond the users of the use ESIF for contributing to the acquisition Member States. If Member States decide to costs of the supercomputers and quantum use ESIF and the RRF for contributing to computers of the Joint Undertaking, the the acquisition costs of the supercomputers Joint Undertaking should take into and quantum computers of the Joint consideration the Union's share of ESIF Undertaking, those contributions should of this Member State, while accounting be considered national contributions the only the national ESIF share as national budget of the Joint Undertaking provided contribution to the budget of the Joint that Article 106 and other applicable Undertaking. provisions of the Common Provisions Regulation and the fund-specific regulations are complied with..

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Amendment 156 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Recital 37

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(37) The Joint Undertaking should be (37) The Joint Undertaking should be the owner of the high-end supercomputers the owner of the high-end supercomputers and quantum computers it has acquired. and quantum computers it has acquired. The operation of each high-end The operation of each high-end supercomputer or quantum computer supercomputer or quantum computer should be entrusted to a hosting entity. The should be entrusted to a hosting entity. The hosting entity should be able to represent a hosting entity should be able to represent a single Participating State that is a Member single Participating State that is a Member State or a hosting consortium of State or a hosting consortium of Participating States. The hosting entity Participating States. The hosting entity should be in position to provide an accurate should be in position to provide an accurate estimate and to verify the operating costs estimate and to verify the operating costs of the supercomputer, by ensuring, for of the supercomputer, by ensuring, for example, the functional separation, and to example, the functional separation, and to the extent possible, the physical separation the extent possible, the physical separation of the Joint Undertaking’s high-end of the Joint Undertaking’s high-end supercomputers or quantum computers and supercomputers or quantum computers and any national or regional computing systems any national or regional computing systems it operates. The hosting entity should be it operates. The hosting entity should be selected by the Governing Board of the selected by the Governing Board of the Joint Undertaking (‘Governing Board’) Joint Undertaking (‘Governing Board’) following a call for expression of interest following a open, fair and transparent call evaluated by independent experts. Once a for expression of interest evaluated by hosting entity is selected, the Participating independent experts. Once a hosting entity State where the hosting entity is is selected, the Participating State where established or the hosting Consortium the hosting entity is established or the should be able to decide to call for other hosting Consortium should be able to Participating States to join and contribute decide to call for other Participating States to the funding of the high-end to join and contribute to the funding of the supercomputer or quantum computer to be high-end supercomputer or quantum installed in the selected hosting entity. If computer to be installed in the selected additional Participating States join the hosting entity. If additional Participating selected hosting Consortium, this should be States join the selected hosting without prejudice to the Union’s access Consortium, this should be without time to the supercomputers. The prejudice to the Union’s access time to the contributions of the Participating States in supercomputers. The contributions of the a hosting Consortium to the supercomputer Participating States in a hosting or quantum computer should be translated Consortium to the supercomputer or

AM\1227671EN.docx 49/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN into shares of access time to that quantum computer should be translated supercomputer or quantum computer. The into shares of access time to that Participating States should agree among supercomputer or quantum computer. The themselves the distribution of their share of Participating States should agree among access time to the supercomputer or the themselves the distribution of their share of quantum computer. access time to the supercomputer or the quantum computer.

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Amendment 157 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Recital 39

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(39) The Joint Undertaking should (39) The Joint Undertaking should jointly with Participating States acquire the jointly with Participating States acquire the mid-range supercomputers. The operation mid-range supercomputers. The operation of each mid-range supercomputer should of each mid-range supercomputer should be entrusted to a hosting entity. The be entrusted to a hosting entity. The hosting entity should be able to represent a hosting entity should be able to represent a single Participating State that is a Member single Participating State that is a Member State or a hosting consortium of State or a hosting consortium of Participating States. The Joint Undertaking Participating States. The Joint Undertaking should own the part that corresponds to the should own the part that corresponds to the Union's share of financial contribution to Union's share of financial contribution to the acquisition costs from Digital Europe the acquisition costs from Digital Europe Programme funds. The hosting entity Programme funds. The hosting entity should be selected by the Governing Board should be selected by the Governing Board following a call for expression of interest following a open, fair and transparent call evaluated by independent experts. The for expression of interest evaluated by share of the Union's access time to each independent experts. The share of the mid-range supercomputer should be Union's access time to each mid-range directly proportional to the financial supercomputer should be directly contribution of the Union from Digital proportional to the financial contribution of Europe Programme funds to the acquisition the Union from Digital Europe Programme costs of that mid-range supercomputer. The funds to the acquisition costs of that mid- Joint Undertaking should be able to range supercomputer. The Joint transfer its ownership to the hosting entity Undertaking should be able to transfer its or when it is being wound up. The hosting ownership to the hosting entity or when it entity should reimburse the Joint is being wound up. The hosting entity Undertaking the residual value of the should reimburse the Joint Undertaking the supercomputer. residual value of the supercomputer.

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PE691.126v01-00 50/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN Amendment 158 Robert Roos, Evžen Tošenovský

Proposal for a regulation Recital 39 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(39 a) To promate an easy acces across the Union of EuroHCO supercomputers, the Joint Undertaking should create a federated infrastructure ecosystem approach with easy access in all participating states.

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Amendment 159 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer

Proposal for a regulation Recital 40

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(40) The Joint Undertaking should be (40) The Joint Undertaking should be able to acquire together with the Private able to acquire together with the Private Members or a consortium of private Members or a consortium of private partners industrial-grade supercomputers. partners industrial-grade supercomputers, The operation of each such supercomputer that are at least mid-range. The operation should be entrusted to an existing hosting of each such supercomputer should be entity. The hosting entity should be able to entrusted to an existing hosting entity. The associate itself with the Private Members hosting entity should be able to associate or the consortium of private partners for itself with the Private Members or the the acquisition and operation of such consortium of private partners for the supercomputer. The Joint Undertaking acquisition and operation of such should own the part that corresponds to the supercomputer. The Joint Undertaking Union's share of financial contribution to should own the part that corresponds to the the acquisition costs from Digital Europe Union's share of financial contribution to Programme funds. The hosting entity and the acquisition costs from Digital Europe its associated Private Members or Programme funds. The hosting entity and consortium of private partners should be its associated Private Members or selected by the Governing Board following consortium of private partners should be a call for expression of interest evaluated selected by the Governing Board following by independent experts. The share of the a call for expression of interest evaluated

AM\1227671EN.docx 51/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Union's access time to such supercomputer by independent experts. The share of the should be directly proportional to the Union's access time to such supercomputer financial contribution of the Union from should be directly proportional to the Digital Europe Programme funds to the financial contribution of the Union from acquisition costs of that industrial-grade Digital Europe Programme funds to the supercomputer. The Joint Undertaking acquisition costs of that industrial-grade should be able to reach an agreement with supercomputer. The Joint Undertaking the Private Members or the consortium of should be able to reach an agreement with private partners to sell such supercomputer the Private Members or the consortium of to another entity or decommission it. private partners to sell such supercomputer Alternatively, the Joint Undertaking should to another entity or decommission it. be able to transfer the ownership of such Alternatively, the Joint Undertaking should supercomputer to the Private Members or be able to transfer the ownership of such the consortium of private partners. In this supercomputer to the Private Members or case or when the Joint Undertaking is the consortium of private partners. In this being would-up, the Private Members or case or when the Joint Undertaking is the consortium of private partners should being would-up, the Private Members or reimburse the Joint Undertaking the the consortium of private partners should residual value of the Union’s share of the reimburse the Joint Undertaking the supercomputer. In the case the Joint residual value of the Union’s share of the Undertaking and the Private Members or supercomputer. In the case the Joint the consortium of private partners decide to Undertaking and the Private Members or proceed to the decommissioning of the the consortium of private partners decide to supercomputer after the full depreciation of proceed to the decommissioning of the its operation, such costs should be covered supercomputer after the full depreciation of by the Private Members or the consortium its operation, such costs should be covered of private partners. by the Private Members or the consortium of private partners.

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Amendment 160 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Recital 40

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

PE691.126v01-00 52/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN the acquisition and operation of such the acquisition and operation of such supercomputer. The Joint Undertaking supercomputer. The Joint Undertaking should own the part that corresponds to the should own the part that corresponds to the Union's share of financial contribution to Union's share of financial contribution to the acquisition costs from Digital Europe the acquisition costs from Digital Europe Programme funds. The hosting entity and Programme funds. The hosting entity and its associated Private Members or its associated Private Members or consortium of private partners should be consortium of private partners should be selected by the Governing Board following selected by the Governing Board following a call for expression of interest evaluated a open, fair and transparent call for by independent experts. The share of the expression of interest evaluated by Union's access time to such supercomputer independent experts. The share of the should be directly proportional to the Union's access time to such supercomputer financial contribution of the Union from should be directly proportional to the Digital Europe Programme funds to the financial contribution of the Union from acquisition costs of that industrial-grade Digital Europe Programme funds to the supercomputer. The Joint Undertaking acquisition costs of that industrial-grade should be able to reach an agreement with supercomputer. The Joint Undertaking the Private Members or the consortium of should be able to reach an agreement with private partners to sell such supercomputer the Private Members or the consortium of to another entity or decommission it. private partners to sell such supercomputer Alternatively, the Joint Undertaking should to another entity or decommission it. be able to transfer the ownership of such Alternatively, the Joint Undertaking should supercomputer to the Private Members or be able to transfer the ownership of such the consortium of private partners. In this supercomputer to the Private Members or case or when the Joint Undertaking is the consortium of private partners. In this being would-up, the Private Members or case or when the Joint Undertaking is the consortium of private partners should being would-up, the Private Members or reimburse the Joint Undertaking the the consortium of private partners should residual value of the Union’s share of the reimburse the Joint Undertaking the supercomputer. In the case the Joint residual value of the Union’s share of the Undertaking and the Private Members or supercomputer. In the case the Joint the consortium of private partners decide to Undertaking and the Private Members or proceed to the decommissioning of the the consortium of private partners decide to supercomputer after the full depreciation of proceed to the decommissioning of the its operation, such costs should be covered supercomputer after the full depreciation of by the Private Members or the consortium its operation, such costs should be covered of private partners. by the Private Members or the consortium of private partners.

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Amendment 161 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Recital 42

AM\1227671EN.docx 53/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(42) The design and operation of the (42) The current environmental supercomputers supported by the Joint footprint of the ICT sector is estimated to Undertaking should take into be between 5 to 9% of the world 's total consideration energy efficiency and electricity use and more 2% of all environmental sustainability, using for emissions, a large part of which is due example low-power technology, dynamic data centres cloud services and power-saving and re-use techniques like connectivity. Therefore, it is of paramount advanced cooling and heat recycling. importance that the design and operation of the supercomputers supported by the Joint Undertaking are in line with energy efficiency first principle, environmental sustainability and circularity, using for example electricity produced from renewable sources, low-power technology, dynamic power-saving and re-use techniques like advanced cooling and heat recycling.

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Amendment 162 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Recital 42

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(42) The design and operation of the (42) The design and operation of the supercomputers supported by the Joint supercomputers supported by the Joint Undertaking should take into consideration Undertaking should take into consideration energy efficiency and environmental energy efficiency and environmental sustainability, using for example low- sustainability, using for example low- power technology, dynamic power-saving power technology, dynamic power-saving and re-use techniques like advanced and re-use techniques like advanced cooling and heat recycling. cooling and heat recycling. By combining power-efficient servers with sophisticated workload management tools, EuroHPC will improve efficiency both on-premises and in the cloud, reducing cost as well as the data centres' carbon footprint.

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PE691.126v01-00 54/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN Amendment 163 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Recital 42

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(42) The design and operation of the (42) The design and operation of the supercomputers supported by the Joint supercomputers supported by the Joint Undertaking should take into Undertaking should include at least energy consideration energy efficiency and efficiency and environmental environmental sustainability, using for sustainability, including renewable power example low-power technology, dynamic purchasing agreements, using at least power-saving and re-use techniques like low-power technologies, dynamic power- advanced cooling and heat recycling. saving and re-use techniques like advanced cooling and heat recycling.

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Justification

In order to achieve Green Deal targets energy efficiency and environmental sustainability need to be compulsory.

Amendment 164 Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Ivo Hristov

Proposal for a regulation Recital 42

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(42) The design and operation of the (42) The design and operation of the supercomputers supported by the Joint supercomputers supported by the Joint Undertaking should take into consideration Undertaking should take into consideration energy efficiency and environmental energy efficiency and environmental sustainability, using for example low- sustainability, aiming at carbon-neutrality, power technology, dynamic power-saving using for example low-power technology, and re-use techniques like advanced dynamic power-saving and re-use cooling and heat recycling. techniques like advanced cooling and heat recycling.

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AM\1227671EN.docx 55/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Amendment 165 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Pernille Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Recital 42 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(42 a) The Joint undertaking should address the growing demand for energy caused by the increased use of HPC infrastructure, by streamlining the EuroHPC JU’s objectives with relevant strategies, policy and legislation in the energy sector.

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Amendment 166 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Recital 43

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(43) The use of the supercomputers of (43) The use of the supercomputers of the Joint Undertaking should be primarily the Joint Undertaking should be only for for civilian applications for public and civilian applications for public and private private users residing, established or users residing, established or located in a located in a Member State or in a country Member State or in a country associated to associated to the Digital Europe the Digital Europe Programme and to Programme and to Horizon Europe. Users Horizon Europe. Users should be granted should be granted access time according to access time according to access policy access policy rules defined by the rules defined by the Governing Board. The Governing Board. The use of these use of these supercomputers should also supercomputers should also respect respect international agreements concluded international agreements concluded by the by the Union. Union.

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Amendment 167 Ville Niinistö

PE691.126v01-00 56/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Recital 43

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(43) The use of the supercomputers of (43) The use of the supercomputers of the Joint Undertaking should be primarily the Joint Undertaking should be for civilian for civilian applications for public and applications for public and private users private users residing, established or residing, established or located in a located in a Member State or in a country Member State or in a country associated to associated to the Digital Europe the Digital Europe Programme and to Programme and to Horizon Europe. Users Horizon Europe. Users should be granted should be granted access time according to access time according to access policy access policy rules defined by the rules defined by the Governing Board. The Governing Board. The use of these use of these supercomputers should also supercomputers should also respect respect international agreements concluded international agreements concluded by the by the Union. Union.

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Justification

Given the civilian nature of the EU founding treaties, and in order to have a better focus the current initiative should have a civilian focus only.

Amendment 168 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Recital 44

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

AM\1227671EN.docx 57/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN be based on open calls for expression of primarily be based on periodic, peer- interest launched by the Joint Undertaking reviewed and open calls for expression of and evaluated by independent experts. interest launched by the Joint Undertaking With the exception of SME users and evaluated by independent experts with undertaking private innovation activities, a view to ensuring balanced and all users benefiting from free-of-charge appropriate allocation of offered HPC access time to the supercomputers of the resources between its whole community of Joint Undertaking should adopt an open users. With the exception of SME and science approach and disseminate start-ups users undertaking private knowledge gained through this access, in innovation activities, all users benefiting accordance with the Horizon Europe from free-of-charge access time to the Regulation. User allocation of access time supercomputers of the Joint Undertaking for economic activities other than private should adopt an open science approach and innovation activities of SMEs (which face disseminate knowledge gained through this particular market failures), should be access, in accordance with the Horizon granted on a pay-per-use basis, based on Europe Regulation. User allocation of market prices. Allocation of access time for access time for economic activities other such economic activities should be allowed than private innovation activities of SMEs but limited and the level of the fee to be and start-ups (which face particular market paid should be established by the failures), should be granted on a pay-per- Governing Board. The access rights should use basis, based on market prices. be allocated in a transparent manner. The Allocation of access time for such Governing Board should define specific economic activities should be allowed but rules to grant access time free of charge, limited and the level of the fee to be paid where appropriate, and without a call for should be established by the Governing expression of interest to initiatives that are Board. The access rights should be considered strategic either by the Union or allocated in open and transparent manner. by the Governing Board. Representative The Governing Board should define examples of strategic initiatives of the specific rules to grant access time free of Union include: Destination Earth, the charge, where appropriate, and without a Human Brain Project Flagship, the “1+ call for expression of interest to initiatives Million Genomes” initiative, the common that are considered strategic either by the European data spaces operating in domains Union or by the Governing Board. of public interest, and in particular the Representative examples of strategic health data space, the High Performance initiatives of the Union include: Computing Centres of Excellence and Destination Earth, the Human Brain Competence Centres, the Digital Project Flagship, the “1+ Million Innovation Hubs, etc. Upon Union’s Genomes” initiative, the common request, the Joint Undertaking should grant European data spaces operating in domains direct access time on a temporary or of public interest, and in particular the permanent basis to strategic initiatives and health data space, the High Performance existing or future application platforms that Computing Centres of Excellence and it considers essential for providing health- Competence Centres, the Digital related or other crucial emergency support Innovation Hubs, etc. Upon Union’s services for the public good, to emergency request, the Joint Undertaking should grant and crisis management situations or to direct access time on a temporary or cases that the Union considers essential for permanent basis to strategic initiatives and its security and defence. The Joint existing or future application platforms that Undertaking should be allowed to carry out it considers essential for providing health- some limited economic activities for related or other crucial emergency support

PE691.126v01-00 58/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN commercial purposes. Access should be services for the public good, to emergency granted to users residing, established or and crisis management situations or to located in an EU Member State or a cases that the Union considers essential for country associated to the Digital Europe its security and defence. The Joint Programme and to Horizon Europe. The Undertaking should be allowed to carry out access rights should be equitable to any some limited economic activities for user and allocated in a transparent manner. commercial purposes. Access should be The Governing Board should define and granted to users residing, established or monitor the access rights to the Union's located in an EU Member State or a share of access time for each country associated to the Digital Europe supercomputer. Programme and to Horizon Europe. The access rights should be equitable to any user and allocated in open and transparent manner. The Governing Board should define and monitor the access rights to the Union's share of access time for each supercomputer.

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Amendment 169 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Recital 44

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

AM\1227671EN.docx 59/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN science approach and disseminate open science approach and disseminate knowledge gained through this access, in knowledge gained through this access, in accordance with the Horizon Europe accordance with the Horizon Europe Regulation. User allocation of access time Regulation. User allocation of access time for economic activities other than private for economic activities other than private innovation activities of SMEs (which face innovation activities of SMEs which face particular market failures), should be particular market failures, should be granted on a pay-per-use basis, based on granted on a transparent pay-per-use basis, market prices. Allocation of access time for based on market prices. Allocation of such economic activities should be allowed access time for such economic activities but limited and the level of the fee to be should be allowed but limited and the level paid should be established by the of the fee to be paid should be established Governing Board. The access rights should by the Governing Board in a transparent be allocated in a transparent manner. The manner. The access rights should be Governing Board should define specific allocated in a transparent manner. The rules to grant access time free of charge, Governing Board should define specific where appropriate, and without a call for rules to grant access time free of charge, expression of interest to initiatives that are where appropriate, to initiatives that are considered strategic either by the Union or considered strategic either by the Union or by the Governing Board. Representative by the Governing Board. Representative examples of strategic initiatives of the examples of strategic initiatives of the Union include: Destination Earth, the Union include: Destination Earth, the Human Brain Project Flagship, the “1+ Human Brain Project Flagship, the “1+ Million Genomes” initiative, the common Million Genomes” initiative, the common European data spaces operating in domains European data spaces operating in domains of public interest, and in particular the of public interest, and in particular the health data space, the High Performance health data space, the High Performance Computing Centres of Excellence and Computing Centres of Excellence and Competence Centres, the Digital Competence Centres, the Digital Innovation Hubs, etc. Upon Union’s Innovation Hubs, etc. Upon Union’s request, the Joint Undertaking should grant request, the Joint Undertaking should grant direct access time on a temporary or direct access time on a temporary or permanent basis to strategic initiatives and permanent basis to strategic initiatives and existing or future application platforms that existing or future application platforms that it considers essential for providing health- it considers essential for providing health- related or other crucial emergency support related or other crucial emergency support services for the public good, to emergency services for the public good, to civilian and crisis management situations or to emergency and crisis management cases that the Union considers essential situations. The Joint Undertaking should be for its security and defence. The Joint allowed to carry out some limited Undertaking should be allowed to carry out economic activities for commercial some limited economic activities for purposes. Access should be granted to commercial purposes. Access should be users residing, established or located in an granted to users residing, established or EU Member State or a country associated located in an EU Member State or a to the Digital Europe Programme and to country associated to the Digital Europe Horizon Europe. The access rights should Programme and to Horizon Europe. The be equitable to any user and allocated in a access rights should be equitable to any transparent manner. The Governing Board user and allocated in a transparent manner. should define and monitor the access rights The Governing Board should define and to the Union's share of access time for each

PE691.126v01-00 60/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN monitor the access rights to the Union's supercomputer. share of access time for each supercomputer.

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Justification

The changes enforce the open nature of the research and take into consideration that the strategic initiatives are competing for limited resources and some prioritisation might be needed.

Amendment 170 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer

Proposal for a regulation Recital 44

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

AM\1227671EN.docx 61/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN market prices. Allocation of access time for but limited and the level of the fee to be such economic activities should be allowed paid should be established by the but limited and the level of the fee to be Governing Board. The access rights should paid should be established by the be allocated in a transparent manner. The Governing Board. The access rights should Governing Board should define specific be allocated in a transparent manner. The rules to grant access time free of charge, Governing Board should define specific where appropriate, and without a call for rules to grant access time free of charge, expression of interest to initiatives that are where appropriate, and without a call for considered strategic either by the Union or expression of interest to initiatives that are by the Governing Board. Representative considered strategic either by the Union or examples of strategic initiatives of the by the Governing Board. Representative Union include: Destination Earth, the examples of strategic initiatives of the Human Brain Project Flagship, the “1+ Union include: Destination Earth, the Million Genomes” initiative, the common Human Brain Project Flagship, the “1+ European data spaces operating in domains Million Genomes” initiative, the common of public interest, and in particular the European data spaces operating in domains health data space, the High Performance of public interest, and in particular the Computing Centres of Excellence and health data space, the High Performance Competence Centres, the Digital Computing Centres of Excellence and Innovation Hubs, etc. Upon Union’s Competence Centres, the Digital request, the Joint Undertaking should grant Innovation Hubs, etc. Upon Union’s direct access time on a temporary or request, the Joint Undertaking should grant permanent basis to strategic initiatives and direct access time on a temporary or existing or future application platforms that permanent basis to strategic initiatives and it considers essential for providing health- existing or future application platforms that related or other crucial emergency support it considers essential for providing health- services for the public good, to emergency related or other crucial emergency support and crisis management situations or to services for the public good, to emergency cases that the Union considers essential for and crisis management situations or to its security and defence. The Joint cases that the Union considers essential for Undertaking should be allowed to carry out its security and defence. The Joint some limited economic activities for Undertaking should be allowed to carry out commercial purposes. Access should be some limited economic activities for granted to users residing, established or commercial purposes. Access should be located in an EU Member State or a granted to users residing, established or country associated to the Digital Europe located in an EU Member State or a Programme and to Horizon Europe. The country associated to the Digital Europe access rights should be equitable to any Programme and to Horizon Europe. The user and allocated in a transparent manner. access rights should be equitable to any The Governing Board should define and user and allocated in a transparent manner. monitor the access rights to the Union's The Governing Board should define and share of access time for each monitor the access rights to the Union's supercomputer. share of access time for each supercomputer.

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PE691.126v01-00 62/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN Amendment 171 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Recital 44

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(44) User allocation of access time to (44) User allocation of access time to the supercomputers of the Joint the supercomputers of the Joint Undertaking should be free of charge for Undertaking should be free of charge for public users. It should also be free of public users. It should also be free of charge for private users for their charge for private users for their applications related to research and applications related to research and innovation activities funded by Horizon innovation activities funded by Horizon Europe or the Digital Europe Programme, Europe or the Digital Europe Programme, as well as for private innovation activities as well as for private innovation activities of SMEs, where appropriate. Such of SMEs, where appropriate. Such allocation of access time should primarily allocation of access time should primarily be based on open calls for expression of be based on open and transparent calls for interest launched by the Joint Undertaking expression of interest launched by the Joint and evaluated by independent experts. Undertaking and evaluated by independent With the exception of SME users experts. With the exception of SME users undertaking private innovation activities, undertaking private innovation activities, all users benefiting from free-of-charge all users benefiting from free-of-charge access time to the supercomputers of the access time to the supercomputers of the Joint Undertaking should adopt an open Joint Undertaking should adopt an open science approach and disseminate science approach and disseminate knowledge gained through this access, in knowledge gained through this access, in accordance with the Horizon Europe accordance with the Horizon Europe Regulation. User allocation of access time Regulation. User allocation of access time for economic activities other than private for economic activities other than private innovation activities of SMEs (which face innovation activities of SMEs (which face particular market failures), should be particular market failures), should be granted on a pay-per-use basis, based on granted on a pay-per-use basis, based on market prices. Allocation of access time for market prices. Allocation of access time for such economic activities should be allowed such economic activities should be allowed but limited and the level of the fee to be but limited and the level of the fee to be paid should be established by the paid should be established by the Governing Board. The access rights should Governing Board. The access rights should be allocated in a transparent manner. The be allocated in a transparent manner. The Governing Board should define specific Governing Board should define specific rules to grant access time free of charge, rules to grant access time free of charge, where appropriate, and without a call for where appropriate, and without a call for expression of interest to initiatives that are expression of interest to initiatives that are considered strategic either by the Union or considered strategic either by the Union or by the Governing Board. Representative by the Governing Board. Representative examples of strategic initiatives of the examples of strategic initiatives of the Union include: Destination Earth, the Union include: Destination Earth, the Human Brain Project Flagship, the “1+ Human Brain Project Flagship, the “1+

AM\1227671EN.docx 63/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Million Genomes” initiative, the common Million Genomes” initiative, the common European data spaces operating in domains European data spaces operating in domains of public interest, and in particular the of public interest, and in particular the health data space, the High Performance health data space, the High Performance Computing Centres of Excellence and Computing Centres of Excellence and Competence Centres, the Digital Competence Centres, the Digital Innovation Hubs, etc. Upon Union’s Innovation Hubs, etc. Upon Union’s request, the Joint Undertaking should grant request, the Joint Undertaking should grant direct access time on a temporary or direct access time on a temporary or permanent basis to strategic initiatives and permanent basis to strategic initiatives and existing or future application platforms that existing or future application platforms that it considers essential for providing health- it considers essential for providing health- related or other crucial emergency support related or other crucial emergency support services for the public good, to emergency services for the public good, to emergency and crisis management situations or to and crisis management situations or to cases that the Union considers essential for cases that the Union considers essential for its security and defence. The Joint its security and defence. The Joint Undertaking should be allowed to carry out Undertaking should be allowed to carry out some limited economic activities for some limited economic activities for commercial purposes. Access should be commercial purposes. Access should be granted to users residing, established or granted to users residing, established or located in an EU Member State or a located in an EU Member State or a country associated to the Digital Europe country associated to the Digital Europe Programme and to Horizon Europe. The Programme and to Horizon Europe. The access rights should be equitable to any access rights should be equitable to any user and allocated in a transparent manner. user and allocated in a transparent manner. The Governing Board should define and The Governing Board should define and monitor the access rights to the Union's monitor the access rights to the Union's share of access time for each share of access time for each supercomputer. supercomputer.

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Amendment 172 Robert Roos, Evžen Tošenovský

Proposal for a regulation Recital 44

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

PE691.126v01-00 64/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN Europe or the Digital Europe Programme, Europe or the Digital Europe Programme, as well as for private innovation activities as well as for private innovation activities of SMEs, where appropriate. Such of SMEs, where appropriate. Such allocation of access time should primarily allocation of access time should primarily be based on open calls for expression of be based on open calls for expression of interest launched by the Joint Undertaking interest launched by the Joint Undertaking and evaluated by independent experts. and evaluated by independent experts. With the exception of SME users With the exception of SME users undertaking private innovation activities, undertaking private innovation activities, all users benefiting from free-of-charge all users benefiting from free-of-charge access time to the supercomputers of the access time to the supercomputers of the Joint Undertaking should adopt an open Joint Undertaking should adopt an open science approach and disseminate science approach and disseminate knowledge gained through this access, in knowledge gained through this access, in accordance with the Horizon Europe accordance with the Horizon Europe Regulation. User allocation of access time Regulation. User allocation of access time for economic activities other than private for economic activities other than private innovation activities of SMEs (which face innovation activities of SMEs (which face particular market failures), should be particular market failures), should be granted on a pay-per-use basis, based on granted on a pay-per-use basis on cost- market prices. Allocation of access time based prices. Allocation of access time for for such economic activities should be such economic activities should be allowed allowed but limited and the level of the fee but limited and the level of the fee to be to be paid should be established by the paid should be established by the Governing Board. The access rights should Governing Board. The access rights should be allocated in a transparent manner. The be allocated in a transparent manner. The Governing Board should define specific Governing Board should define specific rules to grant access time free of charge, rules to grant access time free of charge, where appropriate, and without a call for where appropriate, and without a call for expression of interest to initiatives that are expression of interest to initiatives that are considered strategic either by the Union or considered strategic either by the Union or by the Governing Board. Representative by the Governing Board. Representative examples of strategic initiatives of the examples of strategic initiatives of the Union include: Destination Earth, the Union include: Destination Earth, the Human Brain Project Flagship, the “1+ Human Brain Project Flagship, the “1+ Million Genomes” initiative, the common Million Genomes” initiative, the common European data spaces operating in domains European data spaces operating in domains of public interest, and in particular the of public interest, and in particular the health data space, the High Performance health data space, the High Performance Computing Centres of Excellence and Computing Centres of Excellence and Competence Centres, the Digital Competence Centres, the Digital Innovation Hubs, etc. Upon Union’s Innovation Hubs, etc. Upon Union’s request, the Joint Undertaking should grant request, the Joint Undertaking should grant direct access time on a temporary or direct access time on a temporary or permanent basis to strategic initiatives and permanent basis to strategic initiatives and existing or future application platforms that existing or future application platforms that it considers essential for providing health- it considers essential for providing health- related or other crucial emergency support related or other crucial emergency support services for the public good, to emergency services for the public good, to emergency and crisis management situations or to and crisis management situations or to

AM\1227671EN.docx 65/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN cases that the Union considers essential for cases that the Union considers essential for its security and defence. The Joint its security and defence. The Joint Undertaking should be allowed to carry out Undertaking should be allowed to carry out some limited economic activities for some limited economic activities for commercial purposes. Access should be commercial purposes. Access should be granted to users residing, established or granted to users residing, established or located in an EU Member State or a located in an EU Member State or a country associated to the Digital Europe country associated to the Digital Europe Programme and to Horizon Europe. The Programme and to Horizon Europe. The access rights should be equitable to any access rights should be equitable to any user and allocated in a transparent manner. user and allocated in a transparent manner. The Governing Board should define and The Governing Board should define and monitor the access rights to the Union's monitor the access rights to the Union's share of access time for each share of access time for each supercomputer. supercomputer.

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Amendment 173 Robert Roos, Evžen Tošenovský

Proposal for a regulation Recital 47 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(47 a) Since the supercomputers are demand-oriented and user-driven, the EuroHPC would benifit from a permanent dialogue with users of HPC infrastructures. The continuous involvement of industry, SMEs, and innovative companies and start-ups can have a high added value and multiplier effect. The user-side input should be actively sought through a regular consultation process. For that purpose, a working group (the ‘User Forum’) should be set up by the Governing Board to assist in the identification of the enhanced quality of service, usability, trust, and security requirements of users. The User Forum should should include representatives of industrial and public users.

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PE691.126v01-00 66/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN Amendment 174 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Pernille Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Recital 49

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(49) The Union's financial contribution (49) The Union's financial contribution should be managed in accordance with the should be managed in accordance with the principle of sound financial management principle of sound financial management and with the relevant rules on indirect and administrative simplification and with management set out in Regulation (EU, the relevant rules on indirect management Euratom) 2018/1046. Rules applicable for set out in Regulation (EU, Euratom) the Joint Undertaking to enter into public 2018/1046. Rules applicable for the Joint procurement procedures should be set in its Undertaking to enter into public financial rules. procurement procedures should be set in its financial rules.

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Amendment 175 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer, Nicola Danti

Proposal for a regulation Recital 50

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(50) To foster an innovative and (50) To foster an innovative, competitive European High Performance competitive, and resilient European High Computing and quantum computing Performance Computing and quantum ecosystem of recognised excellence, the computing ecosystem of recognised Joint Undertaking should make appropriate excellence, the Joint Undertaking should use of the procurement and grant make appropriate use of the procurement instruments, including joint procurement, and grant instruments, including joint pre-commercial procurement and public procurement, pre-commercial procurement procurement of innovative solutions. and public procurement of innovative solutions. The Joint Undertaking will take into consideration the possibility of upgrading existing facilities to guarantee state-of-the-art technologies and a world- class ecosystem in High Performance

AM\1227671EN.docx 67/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Computing and quantum computing technologies and applications

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Amendment 176 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer

Proposal for a regulation Recital 53 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(53 a) The Joint Undertaking should allow a differentiation of reimbursements rates as part of making the access more open and prone to diverse participation. SME's, start-ups and non-profit legal entities should benefit from this differentiation and their application should not increase bureaucracy. The reimbursement rates shall be indicated in the work programme.

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Amendment 177 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Pernille Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Recital 56

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(56) The financial interests of the Union (56) The financial interests of the Union and of the other members of the Joint and of the other members of the Joint Undertaking should be protected by Undertaking should be protected by proportionate measures throughout the proportionate and simple measures expenditure cycle, including the throughout the expenditure cycle, including prevention, detection and investigation of the prevention, detection and investigation irregularities, the recovery of lost, wrongly of irregularities, the recovery of lost, paid or incorrectly used funds and, where wrongly paid or incorrectly used funds and, appropriate, the application of where appropriate, the application of

PE691.126v01-00 68/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN administrative and financial penalties in administrative and financial penalties in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046. 2018/1046.

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Amendment 178 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Pernille Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Recital 57

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(57) The Joint Undertaking should (57) The Joint Undertaking should operate in an open and transparent way operate in a simple, flexible, open and providing all relevant information in a transparent way providing all relevant timely manner as well as promoting its information in a timely manner as well as activities, including information and promoting its activities, including dissemination activities, to the wider information and dissemination activities, to public. The rules of procedure of the the wider public. The rules of procedure of bodies of the Joint Undertaking should be the bodies of the Joint Undertaking should made publicly available. be made publicly available.

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Amendment 179 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Pernille Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Recital 58

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(58) For the purpose of simplification, (58) For the purpose of simplification, the administrative burden should be the administrative burden should be reduced for all parties. Double audits and reduced for all parties. Double audits and disproportionate amounts of documentation disproportionate amounts of documentation and reporting should be avoided. and reporting should be avoided. The Joint Undertaking should provide a favourable framework to support Participating States. In order to maximise the impact of

AM\1227671EN.docx 69/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN indirect actions, the specificities of the EuroHPC JU, with its tripartite model, should be taken into consideration with regards to the management of financial contributions from Participating States.

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Amendment 180 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Pernille Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Recital 58

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(58) For the purpose of simplification, (58) For the purpose of simplification, the administrative burden should be the administrative burden should be reduced for all parties. Double audits and reduced for all parties in particular for the disproportionate amounts of documentation beneficiaries and the Joint Undertaking. and reporting should be avoided. Double audits and disproportionate amounts of documentation and reporting should be avoided.

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Amendment 181 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Pernille Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Recital 61

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(61) The Commission’s internal auditor (61) The Commission’s internal auditor should exercise the same powers over the should exercise the same powers over the Joint Undertaking as those exercised in Joint Undertaking as those exercised in respect of the Commission. respect of the Commission, while avoiding to increase administrative burden over the Joint Undertaking and its beneficiaries.

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PE691.126v01-00 70/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN Amendment 182 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Pernille Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Recital 62

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(62) The Commission, the Joint (62) The Commission, the Joint Undertaking, the Court of Auditors and the Undertaking, the Court of Auditors and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) should get access to all necessary (EPPO) should get access to all necessary information and the premises to conduct information and the premises to conduct audits and investigations on the grants, audits and investigations on the grants, contracts and agreements signed by the contracts and agreements signed by the Joint Undertaking. Joint Undertaking, while seeking maximum administrative simplification for the beneficiaries and a decrease of their administrative burden.

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Amendment 183 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(2) ‘access time’ means the computing (2) ‘access time’ means the computing time of a supercomputer that is made time of a supercomputer that is made available to a user or a group of users to available through a transparent and open execute their computer programmes; process to a user or a group of users to execute their computer programmes;

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Amendment 184 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez

AM\1227671EN.docx 71/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5

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(5) ‘co-design’ is a collective approach (5) ‘co-design’ is a collective approach between technology suppliers and users to reduce Europeans’ dependence on engaged in a collaborative and iterative foreign technology, particularly in critical design process for developing new infrastructure components and increase technology, application and systems; European industry’s competitiveness, between technology suppliers and users engaged in a collaborative and iterative design process for developing new technology, application and systems and protecting supply chains in critical areas;

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Amendment 185 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(6) ‘Competence Centre’ in High (6) ‘Competence Centre’ in High Performance Computing (HPC) means a Performance Computing (HPC) means a legal entity established in a Participating legal entity established in a Participating State providing users from industry, State providing users from industry, including SMEs, academia, and public including SMEs and start-ups, academia, administrations with access on demand to and public administrations with access on the supercomputers and to the latest High demand to the supercomputers and to the Performance Computing technologies, latest High Performance Computing tools, applications and services, and technologies, tools, applications and offering expertise, skills, training, services, and offering expertise, skills, networking and outreach; training, networking and outreach;

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Amendment 186 Robert Roos

PE691.126v01-00 72/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(10 a) 'EuroHPC Student Governing Board’ means a separate body, allocating 10% of the Unions access time to HPCs, with the aim of providing low-key access to students within the participating states to foster disruptive and innovative ideas and to promote the pursuance of a beta- orientated career.

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Amendment 187 Robert Roos, Evžen Tošenovský

Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(15 a) 'indirect actions' means research and innovation activities to which the Union provides financial support and which are undertaken by participants;

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Amendment 188 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer

Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16

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(16) ‘industrial-grade supercomputer’ (16) ‘industrial-grade supercomputer’ means a supercomputer specifically means an at least mid-range designed with security, confidentiality and supercomputer specifically designed with data integrity requirements for industrial security, confidentiality and data integrity users that are more demanding than for a requirements for industrial users that are scientific usage; more demanding than for a scientific

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Amendment 189 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer, Nicola Danti

Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20

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(20) ‘national High Performance (20) ‘national High Performance Computing competence centre’ means a Computing competence centre’ means a legal entity established in a Participating legal entity established in a Participating State that is a Member State, associated State that is a Member State, associated with the national supercomputing centre of with the national supercomputing centre of that Member State, providing users from that Member State, providing users from industry, including SMEs, academia, and industry, especially SMEs and start-ups, public administrations with access on academia, and public administrations with demand to the supercomputers and to the access on demand to the supercomputers latest High Performance Computing and to the latest High Performance technologies, tools, applications and Computing technologies, tools, services, and offering expertise, skills, applications and services, and offering training, networking and outreach; expertise, skills, training, networking and outreach;

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Amendment 190 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20

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PE691.126v01-00 74/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN public administrations with access on academia, and public administrations with demand to the supercomputers and to the access on demand to the supercomputers latest High Performance Computing and to the latest High Performance technologies, tools, applications and Computing technologies, tools, services, and offering expertise, skills, applications and services, and offering training, networking and outreach; expertise, skills, training, networking and outreach;

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Amendment 191 Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(20) ‘national High Performance (20) ‘national High Performance Computing competence centre’ means a Computing competence centre’ means a legal entity established in a Participating legal entity established in a Participating State that is a Member State, associated State, associated with the national with the national supercomputing centre of supercomputing centre of that that Member State, providing users from Participating State, providing users from industry, including SMEs, academia, and industry, including SMEs, academia, and public administrations with access on public administrations with access on demand to the supercomputers and to the demand to the supercomputers and to the latest High Performance Computing latest High Performance Computing technologies, tools, applications and technologies, tools, applications and services, and offering expertise, skills, services, and offering expertise, skills, training, networking and outreach; training, networking and outreach;

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Amendment 192 Robert Roos, Evžen Tošenovský

Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27 a (new)

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(27 a) 'single grant agreement' means a financial agreement for indirect actions between the Joint Undertaking, combining two or more financing sources,

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Amendment 193 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1

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(1) The mission of the Joint (1) The mission of the Joint Undertaking shall be to develop, deploy, Undertaking shall be to develop, deploy, extend and maintain in the Union a world extend and maintain in the Union a world leading federated, secure and hyper- leading federated, secure and hyper- connected supercomputing, quantum connected supercomputing, quantum computing, service and data infrastructure computing, service and data infrastructure ecosystem; support the production of ecosystem; support the development, innovative and competitive deployment and operation of innovative supercomputing systems based on a supply and competitive supercomputing systems chain that will ensure components, based on a supply chain that will ensure technologies and knowledge limiting the state of the art components, technologies risk of disruptions and the development of and knowledge limiting the risk of a wide range of applications optimised for disruptions and the development of a wide these systems; and, widen the use of this range of applications optimised for these supercomputing infrastructure to a large systems based on the principles of trust, number of public and private users, and openness, security, interoperability and support the development of key skills for portability; and, widen the use of this European science and industry. supercomputing infrastructure to a large number of public and private users, and support the Green Deal, development of key skills for European society, science and industry.

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The changes align the text with the desired political goals

Amendment 194 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer

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(1) The mission of the Joint (1) The mission of the Joint Undertaking shall be to develop, deploy, Undertaking shall be to develop, deploy, extend and maintain in the Union a world extend and maintain in the Union a world leading federated, secure and hyper- leading federated, secure and hyper- connected supercomputing, quantum connected supercomputing, quantum computing, service and data infrastructure computing, service and data infrastructure ecosystem; support the production of ecosystem; support the production of innovative and competitive innovative and competitive supercomputing systems based on a supply supercomputing systems ideally within the chain that will ensure components, European Union, based on a supply chain technologies and knowledge limiting the that will ensure components, technologies risk of disruptions and the development of and knowledge limiting the risk of a wide range of applications optimised for disruptions and the development of a wide these systems; and, widen the use of this range of applications optimised for these supercomputing infrastructure to a large systems; and, widen the use of this number of public and private users, and supercomputing infrastructure to a large support the development of key skills for number of public and private users, European science and industry. including SMEs and start-ups in R&D phase, and support the development of key skills for European science and industry.

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Amendment 195 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1

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AM\1227671EN.docx 77/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN risk of disruptions and the development of risk of disruptions and the development of a wide range of applications optimised for a wide range of applications optimised for these systems; and, widen the use of this these systems; and, widen the use of this supercomputing infrastructure to a large supercomputing infrastructure to a large number of public and private users, and number of public and private users, and support the development of key skills for support the development of advanced European science and industry. digital skills, competences and knowledge for European science and industry.

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Amendment 196 Paolo Borchia

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(1) The mission of the Joint (1) The mission of the Joint Undertaking shall be to develop, deploy, Undertaking shall be to develop, deploy, extend and maintain in the Union a world extend and maintain in the Union a world leading federated, secure and hyper- leading federated, secure and hyper- connected supercomputing, quantum connected supercomputing, quantum computing, service and data infrastructure computing, service and data infrastructure ecosystem; support the production of ecosystem; support the innovative and competitive domestic production of innovative and supercomputing systems based on a supply competitive supercomputing systems based chain that will ensure components, on a supply chain that will ensure technologies and knowledge limiting the components, technologies and knowledge risk of disruptions and the development of limiting the risk of disruptions and the a wide range of applications optimised for development of a wide range of these systems; and, widen the use of this applications optimised for these systems; supercomputing infrastructure to a large and, widen the use of this supercomputing number of public and private users, and infrastructure to a large number of public support the development of key skills for and private users, and support the European science and industry. development of key skills for European science and industry.

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Amendment 197 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a

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(a) to contribute to the implementation (a) to contribute to the implementation of Regulation (EU) No xxx establishing of Regulation (EU) No xxx establishing Horizon Europe and in particular Article 3 Horizon Europe and in particular Article 3 thereof, to deliver scientific, economic, thereof, to deliver scientific, economic, environmental, technological and societal environmental, technological and societal impact from the Union's investments in impact from the Union's investments in research and innovation, so as to strengthen research and innovation, so as to strengthen the scientific and technological bases of the the scientific and technological bases of the Union, deliver on the Union strategic Union; priorities, contribute to the realisation of EU objectives and policies, and contribute to tackling global challenges, including the Sustainable Development Goals by following the principles of the Agenda 2030 and the Paris Agreement;

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Amendment 198 Paolo Borchia

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(a) to contribute to the implementation (a) to contribute to the implementation of Regulation (EU) No xxx establishing of Regulation (EU) No xxx establishing Horizon Europe and in particular Article 3 Horizon Europe and in particular Article 3 thereof, to deliver scientific, economic, thereof, to deliver scientific, economic, environmental, technological and societal environmental, technological and societal impact from the Union's investments in impact from the Union's investments in research and innovation, so as to strengthen research and innovation, so as to strengthen the scientific and technological bases of the the scientific and technological bases of the Union, deliver on the Union strategic Union, deliver on the Union strategic priorities, contribute to the realisation of priorities, contribute to the realisation of EU objectives and policies, and contribute EU objectives and policies, and contribute to tackling global challenges, including the to tackling global challenges; Sustainable Development Goals by following the principles of the Agenda 2030 and the Paris Agreement;

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AM\1227671EN.docx 79/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Amendment 199 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(a a) to contribute to tackling global challenges, including the Sustainable Development Goals by following the principles of the Agenda 2030 and the Paris Agreement and to accelerate the social, ecological and economic transitions in areas and sectors of strategic importance for Union priorities, in particular to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 in accordance with the targets set in line with European Green Deal;

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Amendment 200 Robert Roos, Evžen Tošenovský

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(b) to develop close cooperation and (b) to develop close cooperation and ensure coordination with other European ensure coordination with other European Partnerships, including through joint calls, Partnerships, including through joint calls, as well as seek synergies with relevant as well as seek synergies with relevant activities and programmes at Union, activities and programmes at Union, national, and regional level, in particular national, and regional level, in particular with those supporting the deployment of with those supporting the deployment of innovative solutions, education and innovative solutions and modelling regional development, where relevant; platforms, education and regional development, where relevant;

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Amendment 201 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez

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Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b

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(b) to develop close cooperation and (b) to develop close cooperation and ensure coordination with other European ensure coordination with other European Partnerships, including through joint calls, Partnerships, including through joint calls, as well as seek synergies with relevant as well as seek synergies with relevant activities and programmes at Union, activities and programmes at Union, national, and regional level, in particular national, regional and local level, in with those supporting the deployment of particular with those supporting the innovative solutions, education and deployment of innovative solutions, regional development, where relevant; education and regional development, where relevant;

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Amendment 202 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(b) to develop close cooperation and (b) to develop close cooperation and ensure coordination with other European ensure coordination with other European Partnerships, including through joint calls, Partnerships, including through joint calls, as well as seek synergies with relevant as well as seek synergies with relevant activities and programmes at Union, activities and programmes at Union, national, and regional level, in particular national, and regional level, in particular with those supporting the deployment of with those supporting the deployment of innovative solutions, education and innovative solutions, education and regional development, where relevant; regional development;

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Amendment 203 Paolo Borchia

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c

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(c) to develop, deploy, extend and (c) to develop, deploy, extend and maintain in the Union an integrated, maintain in the Union an integrated, demand-oriented and user-driven hyper- strategically independent, demand- connected world-class supercomputing and oriented and user-driven hyper-connected data infrastructure; world-class supercomputing and data infrastructure;

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Amendment 204 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(d) to federate the hyper-connected (d) to federate the hyper-connected supercomputing and data infrastructure and supercomputing and data infrastructure and interconnect it with the European data interconnect it with the European data spaces and cloud ecosystem for providing spaces and cloud ecosystem for providing computing and data services to a wide computing and data services to a wide range of public and private users in range of public and private users in Europe; Europe, while ensuring an appropriate high-bandwidth network infrastructure in all European countries;

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Amendment 205 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

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Justification

The new infrastructure needs to be built on sound principles in order to promote cooperation and competition in the market

Amendment 206 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(d) to federate the hyper-connected (d) to federate the hyper-connected supercomputing and data infrastructure and supercomputing and data infrastructure and interconnect it with the European data interconnect it with the European data spaces and cloud ecosystem for providing spaces and cloud ecosystem for providing computing and data services to a wide computing and data services to a wide and range of public and private users in geographically balanced range of public Europe; and private users in Europe;

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Amendment 207 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d – point i (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

i) to develop the interconnection and interoperability of High Performance Computing infrastructures with the European Health Data Space to ensure the availability of large, high-quality health data sets which are critically important for research and treatment of pathologies, especially rare diseases and

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Amendment 208 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(e) to further develop and support a (e) to further develop and support a highly competitive and innovative highly competitive, innovative and secure supercomputing and data ecosystem in supercomputing and data ecosystem in Europe contributing to the standing and Europe contributing to the standing and technological autonomy of the Union in digital sovereignty in a self-determined the digital economy, capable to and open manner of the Union in the autonomously produce computing digital economy, capable to autonomously technologies and architectures and their produce world-class computing integration on leading computing systems, technologies and architectures and their and advanced applications optimised for integration on leading computing systems, these systems; and advanced applications optimised for these systems;

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Amendment 209 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

PE691.126v01-00 84/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN produce computing technologies and leadership in HPC applications, capable architectures and their integration on to autonomously produce computing leading computing systems, and advanced technologies and architectures and their applications optimised for these systems; integration on leading computing systems, and advanced applications optimised for these systems;

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Amendment 210 Paolo Borchia

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(e) to further develop and support a (e) to further develop and support a highly competitive and innovative highly competitive and innovative supercomputing and data ecosystem in supercomputing and data ecosystem in Europe contributing to the standing and Europe contributing to the standing and technological autonomy of the Union in the technological autonomy of the Union in the digital economy, capable to autonomously digital economy, capable to autonomously produce computing technologies and produce globally competitive, world-class architectures and their integration on forerunning computing technologies and leading computing systems, and advanced architectures and their integration on applications optimised for these systems; leading computing systems, and advanced applications optimised for these systems;

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Amendment 211 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

AM\1227671EN.docx 85/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN produce computing technologies and digital economy, capable to autonomously architectures and their integration on produce computing technologies and leading computing systems, and advanced architectures and their integration on applications optimised for these systems; leading computing systems, and advanced applications optimised for these systems;

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Justification

Especially interoperability will be key for unlocking the benefits of the economy of scale.

Amendment 212 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(e) to further develop and support a (e) to further develop and support a highly competitive and innovative highly competitive, innovative and climate supercomputing and data ecosystem in friendly supercomputing and data Europe contributing to the standing and ecosystem in Europe contributing to the technological autonomy of the Union in the standing and technological autonomy of digital economy, capable to autonomously the Union in the digital economy, capable produce computing technologies and to autonomously produce computing architectures and their integration on technologies and architectures and their leading computing systems, and advanced integration on leading computing systems, applications optimised for these systems; and advanced applications optimised for these systems;

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Amendment 213 Eva Kaili, Ivo Hristov

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(e) to further develop and support a (e) to further develop and support a highly competitive and innovative highly competitive, social and innovative supercomputing and data ecosystem in supercomputing and data ecosystem in Europe contributing to the standing and Europe contributing to the standing and

PE691.126v01-00 86/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN technological autonomy of the Union in the technological autonomy of the Union in the digital economy, capable to autonomously just digital economy, capable to produce computing technologies and autonomously produce computing architectures and their integration on technologies and architectures and their leading computing systems, and advanced integration on leading computing systems, applications optimised for these systems; and advanced applications optimised for these systems;

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Amendment 214 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(f) to widen the use of supercomputing (f) to widen the use of supercomputing services and the development of key skills services and the development of key skills that European science and industry need. that European science and industry need with emphasis on enhancing women and girls participation in STEM through involvement and employment and reducing the gender gap in the digital sector.

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Justification

The gender gap is significat in the digital sector, wasting potential that can be unlocked and used to advance faster

Amendment 215 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer, Nicola Danti

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(f) to widen the use of supercomputing (f) to promote, facilitate and widen services and the development of key skills the use of supercomputing services in all

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Amendment 216 Paolo Borchia

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

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Amendment 217 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(f) to widen the use of supercomputing (f) to widen the use of supercomputing services and the development of key skills services and the development of advanced that European science and industry need. digital skills, competences and knowledge that European science and industry need.

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Amendment 218 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f

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Amendment 219 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(3) The Joint Undertaking shall (3) The Joint Undertaking shall contribute to safeguarding the interests of contribute to safeguarding the interests of the Union when procuring supercomputers the Union when procuring supercomputers and supporting the development of High and supporting the development of High Performance Computing technologies, Performance Computing technologies, systems and applications. It shall enable a systems and applications. It shall enable a co-design approach for the acquisition of co-design approach for the acquisition of world-class supercomputers, while world-class supercomputers, while safeguarding the security of the supply safeguarding the security of the supply chain of procured technologies and chain of procured technologies and systems. It shall contribute to the Union’s systems. It shall contribute to the Union’s technological autonomy by supporting the technological autonomy by reducing development of technologies and Europeans’ dependence on foreign applications reinforcing the European HPC technology, particularly in critical areas, technology supply chain and promoting increasing European industry’s their integration in supercomputing competitiveness, supporting the systems that address a large number of development of technologies and societal and industrial needs. applications reinforcing the European HPC technology supply chain and promoting their integration in supercomputing systems that address a large number of societal and industrial needs and underpin Europe's global leadership in various industries, especially in high value added and technology-intensive products and services to provide critical components, technology, and skills aiming to close the technological gap with third countries.

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AM\1227671EN.docx 89/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Amendment 220 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(3) The Joint Undertaking shall (3) The Joint Undertaking shall contribute to safeguarding the interests of contribute to safeguarding the interests of the Union when procuring supercomputers the Union when procuring supercomputers and supporting the development of High and supporting the development of High Performance Computing technologies, Performance Computing technologies, systems and applications. It shall enable a systems and applications. It shall enable a co-design approach for the acquisition of co-design approach for the acquisition of world-class supercomputers, while world-class supercomputers, while safeguarding the security of the supply safeguarding the security of the supply chain of procured technologies and chain of procured technologies and systems. It shall contribute to the Union’s systems. It shall contribute to the Union’s technological autonomy by supporting the technological autonomy by supporting the development of technologies and development of technologies and applications reinforcing the European HPC applications reinforcing the European HPC technology supply chain and promoting technology supply chain and promoting their integration in supercomputing their integration in supercomputing systems that address a large number of systems that address a large number of societal and industrial needs. societal and industrial needs. The Joint Undertaking shall guarantee that High Performance Computers in the Union are accessible exclusively to entities which comply with Union law on data protection, privacy and security;

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Amendment 221 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(3) The Joint Undertaking shall (3) The Joint Undertaking shall contribute to safeguarding the interests of contribute to safeguarding the interests and the Union when procuring supercomputers digital sovereignty in a self-determined and supporting the development of High and open manner of the Union when

PE691.126v01-00 90/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN Performance Computing technologies, procuring supercomputers and supporting systems and applications. It shall enable a the development of High Performance co-design approach for the acquisition of Computing technologies, systems and world-class supercomputers, while applications. It shall enable a co-design safeguarding the security of the supply approach for the acquisition of world-class chain of procured technologies and supercomputers, while safeguarding the systems. It shall contribute to the Union’s security of the supply chain of critical raw technological autonomy by supporting the materials, procured technologies and development of technologies and systems. It shall contribute to the Union’s applications reinforcing the European HPC technological autonomy by supporting the technology supply chain and promoting development of technologies and their integration in supercomputing applications reinforcing the European HPC systems that address a large number of technology supply chain and promoting societal and industrial needs. their integration in supercomputing systems that address a large number of societal and industrial needs.

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Amendment 222 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Pernille Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(3) The Joint Undertaking shall (3) The Joint Undertaking shall contribute to safeguarding the interests of contribute to safeguarding the interests of the Union when procuring supercomputers the Union when procuring supercomputers and supporting the development of High and supporting the development of High Performance Computing technologies, Performance Computing technologies, systems and applications. It shall enable a systems and applications. It shall enable a co-design approach for the acquisition of co-design approach for the acquisition of world-class supercomputers, while world-class supercomputers, while safeguarding the security of the supply safeguarding the security of the supply chain of procured technologies and chain of procured technologies and systems systems. It shall contribute to the Union’s and ensure the highest standards of technological autonomy by supporting the cybersecurity applicable to development of technologies and supercomputers. It shall contribute to the applications reinforcing the European HPC Union’s technological autonomy by technology supply chain and promoting supporting the development of their integration in supercomputing technologies and applications reinforcing systems that address a large number of the European HPC technology supply societal and industrial needs. chain and promoting their integration in supercomputing systems that address a

AM\1227671EN.docx 91/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN large number of societal and industrial needs.

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Amendment 223 Eva Kaili, Ivo Hristov

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(3 a) Special attention should be paid on how to store and process personal data on the computing infrastructure in compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and how to best monitor any dual use concerns (e.g., software developed on supercomputers). Strict usage agreements and procedures should be put in place to minimize any risk involved in handling personal data, and a Data Protection Officer (DPO) should be appointed to oversee the compliance with the GDPR. Standardized security, privacy, and operating procedures should be developed especially for cases when receiving data sets are provided by third parties, which may contain sensitive information. The Governing Board in cooperation with the European Commission should develop data processing management systems and collaborative tools, a commonly agreed vocabulary for data obligations, a common interpretation of security standards, standard operating procedures and workflows, a reference architecture and training procedures. Such a data protection framework can be used to protect and log storage, transport and processing of sensitive data, including privacy-protected, proprietary information, and critical infrastructure information. Such a data governance

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Amendment 224 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Ivan Štefanec, Pernille Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(3 a) The Joint Undertaking shall implement its mission and objectives in a clear, simple and flexible way in order to increase attractiveness towards industry, SMEs and all relevant stakeholders.

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Amendment 225 Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Ivo Hristov

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(b) Infrastructure pillar, encompassing (b) Infrastructure pillar, encompassing the activities for the acquisition, the activities for the acquisition, deployment, and operation of the secure, deployment, and operation of the secure, hyper-connected world-class hyper-connected world-class supercomputing, quantum computing and supercomputing, quantum computing and data infrastructure, including the promotion data infrastructure, including upgrading of of the uptake and systematic use of previously acquired infrastructures as research and innovation results generated well as the promotion of the uptake and in the Union. systematic use of research and innovation results generated in the Union.

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Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(b) Infrastructure pillar, encompassing (b) Infrastructure pillar, encompassing the activities for the acquisition, the activities for the acquisition, deployment, and operation of the secure, deployment, and operation of the secure, hyper-connected world-class hyper-connected world-class supercomputing, quantum computing and supercomputing, quantum computing and data infrastructure, including the promotion European data infrastructure, including of the uptake and systematic use of upgrading the existing infrastructure and research and innovation results generated the promotion of the uptake and systematic in the Union. use of research and innovation results generated within the Union.

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Amendment 227 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Pernille Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(b) Infrastructure pillar, encompassing (b) Infrastructure pillar, encompassing the activities for the acquisition, the activities for the acquisition, upgrades, deployment, and operation of the secure, deployment, and operation of the secure, hyper-connected world-class hyper-connected world-class supercomputing, quantum computing and supercomputing, quantum computing and data infrastructure, including the promotion data infrastructure, including the promotion of the uptake and systematic use of of the uptake and systematic use of research and innovation results generated research and innovation results generated in the Union. in the Union.

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PE691.126v01-00 94/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN Amendment 228 Eva Kaili

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(b a) The promotion, uptake and use should take place by taking into account a series of factors including how we power these systems in a sustainable, environmentally conscious, and cost- effective way, make them inclusive and beneficial for all regions and citizens, avoid unintended consequences including a new arms race.

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Amendment 229 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(ii) support to the interconnection of (ii) support to the interconnection and the supercomputing, and quantum interoperability of the supercomputing, computing data infrastructures with the and quantum computing data Union's common European data spaces and infrastructures with the Union's common federated, secure cloud infrastructures; European data spaces and federated, secure cloud infrastructures while including specific requirements for cybersecurity, open data and data portability and the use of open source software and hardware;

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Justification

Especially for the new data spaces and European cloud, interoperability is key

Amendment 230

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Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(ii) support to the interconnection of (ii) support to the interconnection of the supercomputing, and quantum the supercomputing, and quantum computing data infrastructures with the computing data infrastructures with the Union's common European data spaces and Union's common European data spaces and federated, secure cloud infrastructures; federated, secure cloud infrastructures without jeopardising data protection and privacy;

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Amendment 231 Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Ivo Hristov

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

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Amendment 232 Eva Kaili, Ivo Hristov

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(ii a) Establish an effective vulnerability management program, controlling user and administrative access to the environment, auditing and logging and a

PE691.126v01-00 96/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN data sharing resource that will enable users of the Joint Undertaking’s high- performance computing resources to easily transfer, share and discuss their data within their research teams and beyond.

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Amendment 233 Eva Kaili, Ivo Hristov

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(d) Technology pillar, addressing the (d) Technology pillar, addressing the activities for supporting an ambitious activities for supporting an ambitious research and innovation agenda for research and innovation agenda for developing a world-class, competitive and developing a world-class, competitive innovative supercomputing ecosystem trustworthy and innovative addressing hardware and software supercomputing ecosystem addressing technologies, and their integration into hardware and software technologies, and computing systems, covering the whole their integration into computing systems, scientific and industrial value chain, for covering the whole scientific and industrial ensuring technological autonomy of the value chain, for ensuring technological Union. Focus shall be on energy-efficient autonomy of the Union and strengthening High Performance Computing Union’s research capacities. Focus shall technologies. Activities shall address inter be on energy-efficient High Performance alia: Computing technologies. Activities shall address inter alia: Trustworthy supercomputing should, among others 1) consider how the embedding of bias into the foundational level of high-performance computing could be prevented. 2) consider the need for open source ecosystems, the democratization of this type of computing including the embedding of distributive computing and the creation of mandatory safety, legal, ethical, robust security and interoperability standards.

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AM\1227671EN.docx 97/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Amendment 234 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(d) Technology pillar, addressing the (d) Technology pillar, addressing the activities for supporting an ambitious activities for supporting an ambitious research and innovation agenda for research and innovation agenda for developing a world-class, competitive and developing a world-class, competitive and innovative supercomputing ecosystem innovative supercomputing ecosystem addressing hardware and software addressing hardware and software technologies, and their integration into technologies, and their integration into computing systems, covering the whole computing systems, covering the whole scientific and industrial value chain, for scientific and industrial value chain from ensuring technological autonomy of the research to prototyping, piloting and Union. Focus shall be on energy-efficient demonstration, for ensuring technological High Performance Computing autonomy of the Union. EuroHPC JU technologies. Activities shall address inter shall contribute to the development of the alia: relevant European industrial sectors so that they can cover the entire production chain (design, manufacturing, implementation and application).Focus shall be on energy-efficient High Performance Computing technologies. Activities shall address inter alia:

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Amendment 235 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – introductory part

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PE691.126v01-00 98/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN scientific and industrial value chain, for scientific and industrial value chain, for ensuring technological autonomy of the ensuring the digital sovereignty in a self- Union. Focus shall be on energy-efficient determined and open manner of the High Performance Computing Union. Focus shall be on energy-efficient technologies. Activities shall address inter High Performance Computing alia: technologies. Activities shall address inter alia:

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Amendment 236 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment i) low-power micro-processing i) low-power micro-processing components, and related technologies such components, power-efficient as novel algorithms, software codes, tools, nanoelectronics and related technologies and environments; such as novel algorithms, software, scientific and industrial codes, tools, middleware solutions, parallel programming and computing resource optimisation solutions and environments;

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Amendment 237 Robert Roos, Evžen Tošenovský

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment i) low-power micro-processing i) low-power micro-processing components, and related technologies such components as long as they enhance the as novel algorithms, software codes, tools, computing power of a supercomputer, and and environments; related technologies such as novel algorithms, software codes, tools, and environments;

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AM\1227671EN.docx 99/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Amendment 238 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

iii) technologies and systems for the iii) technologies and systems for the interconnection and operation of classical interconnection and operation of classical supercomputing systems with other, often supercomputing systems with other, often complementary computing technologies, complementary computing technologies, such as neuromorphic or quantum such as neuromorphic or quantum computing and ensure their effective computing and ensure their effective, operation. secure and reliable operation.

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Amendment 239 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Pernille Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

iii a) research and innovation activities for the technological development of low- power supercomputing hardware systems and the development of the next generation of chip technology.

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Amendment 240 Paolo Borchia

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

PE691.126v01-00 100/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN iii a) research and development aimed at the constant improvement of the supercomputing hardware system's capacity and reaction speed.

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Amendment 241 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(e) Application pillar, addressing (e) Application pillar, addressing activities for achieving and maintaining activities for achieving and maintaining European excellence in key computing and European excellence in key computing and data applications and codes for science, data applications and codes for science, industry (including SMEs) and the public industry (including SMEs and start-ups) sector, including; and the public sector, including;

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Amendment 242 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment i) applications for public and private i) applications for public and private users that exploit the capabilities of high- users that exploit the capabilities of high- end supercomputers and their convergence end supercomputers and their convergence with advanced digital technologies such as with advanced digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, high performance artificial intelligence, high performance data analytics, cloud technologies, etc. data analytics, privacy enhancing through the co-design, development and applications, cloud technologies, etc. optimisation of High Performance through the co-design, development and Computing-enabled large-scale and optimisation of High Performance emerging lead-market codes and Computing-enabled large-scale and applications; emerging lead-market codes and applications, potentially benefiting from

AM\1227671EN.docx 101/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN open cooperation models like open source;

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Justification

High end computers can help also to enhance privacy, as much as they can also harm it.

Amendment 243 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

i) applications for public and private i) applications for public and private users that exploit the capabilities of high- users that exploit the capabilities of high- end supercomputers and their convergence end supercomputers and their convergence with advanced digital technologies such as with advanced digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, high performance artificial intelligence, computer modelling data analytics, cloud technologies, etc. and simulation, high performance data through the co-design, development and analytics, cloud technologies, etc. through optimisation of High Performance the co-design, development and Computing-enabled large-scale and optimisation of High Performance emerging lead-market codes and Computing-enabled large-scale and applications; emerging lead-market codes and applications;

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Amendment 244 Robert Roos, Evžen Tošenovský

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

PE691.126v01-00 102/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN data analytics, cloud technologies, etc. and simulation, high performance data through the co-design, development and analytics, cloud technologies, etc. through optimisation of High Performance the co-design, development and Computing-enabled large-scale and optimisation of High Performance emerging lead-market codes and Computing-enabled large-scale and applications; emerging lead-market codes and applications;

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Amendment 245 Eva Kaili, Ivo Hristov

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment i) applications for public and private i) applications for public and private users that exploit the capabilities of high- users that exploit the capabilities of high- end supercomputers and their convergence end supercomputers and their convergence with advanced digital technologies such as with advanced digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, high performance artificial intelligence, high performance data analytics, cloud technologies, etc. data analytics, cloud technologies, through the co-design, development and disruptive computing etc. through the co- optimisation of High Performance design, development and optimisation of Computing-enabled large-scale and High Performance Computing-enabled emerging lead-market codes and large-scale and emerging lead-market applications; codes and applications;

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Amendment 246 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point ii

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment ii) support, among others, to Centres ii) support, among others, to Centres of Excellence in High Performance of Excellence in High Performance Computing applications and large-scale Computing applications and large-scale High Performance Computing-enabled High Performance Computing-enabled pilot demonstrators and test-beds for big pilot demonstrators and test-beds for big

AM\1227671EN.docx 103/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN data applications and services in a wide data applications and services in a wide range of scientific and industrial sectors. range of scientific and industrial sectors, while excluding personal data and activities that lead to deanonymization of personal data.

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Justification

In order to unlock the industrial data which by default should have a non personal character, the exclusion helps to increase the focus

Amendment 247 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point ii

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

ii) support, among others, to Centres ii) support, among others, to Centres of Excellence in High Performance of Excellence in High Performance Computing applications and large-scale Computing applications and large-scale High Performance Computing-enabled High Performance Computing-enabled pilot demonstrators and test-beds for big pilot demonstrators and test-beds for big data applications and services in a wide data applications and services in a wide range of scientific and industrial sectors. range of scientific, environmental and industrial sectors.

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Amendment 248 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer, Nicola Danti

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

PE691.126v01-00 104/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN instruments, in particular Digital Europe this regulation, taking into account Program, widening the scientific and synergies with other programs and industrial use of supercomputing resources instruments, in particular Digital Europe and data applications and fostering the Program, widening the scientific and industrial access and use of industrial use of supercomputing resources supercomputing and data infrastructures and data applications and fostering the for innovation adapted to industrial needs; industrial access and use of and providing Europe with a supercomputing and data infrastructures knowledgeable leading scientific for innovation adapted to industrial needs; community and a skilled workforce for and providing Europe with a scientific leadership and digital knowledgeable leading scientific transformation of industry, including the community and a skilled workforce, for support and networking of national High scientific leadership and digital Performance Computing Competence transformation of industry, including the Centres and High Performance Computing support and networking of national High Centres of Excellence Performance Computing Competence Centres and High Performance Computing Centres of Excellence. Special attention should be paid to the existing gender gap in the ICT sector, especially in HPC and quantum computing, and encourages the creation of specific programmes to promote the presence of women and reduce the additional barriers they face.

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Amendment 249 Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

AM\1227671EN.docx 105/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN knowledgeable leading scientific for innovation adapted to industrial needs; community and a skilled workforce for and providing Europe with a scientific leadership and digital knowledgeable leading scientific transformation of industry, including the community and a skilled workforce for support and networking of national High scientific leadership and digital Performance Computing Competence transformation of industry, including the Centres and High Performance Computing support and networking of national High Centres of Excellence Performance Computing Competence Centres and High Performance Computing Centres of Excellence

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Amendment 250 Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Ivo Hristov

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(f) Widening usage and skills pillar, (f) Widening usage and skills pillar, aiming at fostering excellence in aiming at fostering excellence in supercomputing, quantum computing, and supercomputing, quantum computing, and data use and skills taking into account data use and skills taking into account synergies with other programs and synergies with other programs and instruments, in particular Digital Europe instruments, in particular Digital Europe Program, widening the scientific and Program, widening the scientific and industrial use of supercomputing resources industrial use of supercomputing resources and data applications and fostering the and data applications and fostering the industrial access and use of industrial access and use of supercomputing and data infrastructures supercomputing and data infrastructures for innovation adapted to industrial needs; for innovation adapted to industrial needs; and providing Europe with a and providing Europe with a knowledgeable leading scientific knowledgeable leading scientific community and a skilled workforce for community and a skilled workforce for scientific leadership and digital scientific leadership and digital transformation of industry, including the transformation of industry, including the support and networking of national High support and networking of national High Performance Computing Competence Performance Computing Competence Centres and High Performance Computing Centres and High Performance Computing Centres of Excellence Centres of Excellence, while ensuring that application knowledge and expertise has the widest geographical coverage and gender diversity in the Union. Specific actions on the activities above may include:

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Amendment 251 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(f) Widening usage and skills pillar, (f) Widening usage and skills pillar, aiming at fostering excellence in aiming at fostering excellence in supercomputing, quantum computing, and supercomputing, quantum computing, and data use and skills taking into account data use and skills taking into account synergies with other programs and synergies with other programs and instruments, in particular Digital Europe instruments, in particular Digital Europe Program, widening the scientific and Program, widening the scientific and industrial use of supercomputing resources industrial use of supercomputing resources and data applications and fostering the and data applications and fostering the industrial access and use of industrial access and use of supercomputing and data infrastructures supercomputing and data infrastructures for innovation adapted to industrial needs; for innovation adapted to industrial needs; and providing Europe with a and providing Europe with a knowledgeable leading scientific knowledgeable leading scientific community and a skilled workforce for community and a skilled workforce for scientific leadership and digital scientific leadership and digital transformation of industry, including the transformation of industry, including the support and networking of national High support and networking of national High Performance Computing Competence Performance Computing Competence Centres and High Performance Computing Centres and High Performance Computing Centres of Excellence Centres of Excellence, while ensuring that application knowledge and expertise has the widest geographical coverage in the Union. Specific actions on the activities above may include:

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Amendment 252 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f – point i (new)

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i) Defining a set of career paths, job placements involving the use of HPC in real environment, HPC hackathons and skillsets required to leverage EuroHPC to promote sustainable growth in Europe, by providing relevant, mission-driven research and application problems, funding for internships and scholarships, such as Master’s programmes in HPC and computational science and partnerships with industry and academia.

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Amendment 253 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f – point ii (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

ii) Working with academia and business sector leaders to describe and develop curricula that will produce new experts in supercomputing and quantum computing with the necessary skillsets and engineering knowledge.

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Amendment 254 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f – point iii (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

iii) Working with front-runners in the computing and education communities to adapt and test new, more flexible methods

PE691.126v01-00 108/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN of education and workforce development that enable rapid knowledge advancement and in-career transitions to HPC-related positions.

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Amendment 255 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f – point iv (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

iv) Industry-specific training, including hands on training and solving real use cases, and SME-tailored courses and support offerings like staff exchange programmes with research and academia.

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Amendment 256 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer

Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(1) The Union financial contribution to (1) The Union financial contribution to the Joint Undertaking including EFTA the Joint Undertaking including EFTA appropriations shall be up to EUR appropriations shall be up to EUR [XXXXX], including up to EUR [XXXXX], including up to EUR [XXXXX] for administrative costs, [XXXXX] including up to 4% for distributed as follows: administrative costs and technical assitance, distributed as follows:

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Amendment 257

AM\1227671EN.docx 109/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer

Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(3) Additional Union funds (3) Additional Union funds complementing the contribution referred to complementing the contribution referred to in paragraph 1 may be allocated to the in paragraph 1 may be allocated to the Joint Undertaking to support activities for Joint Undertaking to support activities for the research and innovation and the research and innovation and deployment of innovative solutions. deployment of innovative solutions within the Union.

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Amendment 258 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer, Nicola Danti

Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 6

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(6) The Union's financial contribution (6) The Union's financial contribution referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 shall referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 shall be used for the Joint Undertaking to be used for the Joint Undertaking to provide financial support to indirect actions provide financial support to indirect actions as defined in Article xxx of the Horizon as defined in Article xxx of the Horizon Europe Regulation, corresponding to the Europe Regulation, corresponding to the research and innovation agenda. research and innovation agenda and through an open and transparent procedure.

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Amendment 259 Paolo Borchia

Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 7

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(7) The Union's financial contribution (7) The Union's financial contribution referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 shall referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 shall be used for capability building across the be used for capability building across the whole Union, including the acquisition, whole Union, including the acquisition, and operation of High Performance and operation of High Performance Computers, quantum computers or Computers, quantum computers or quantum simulators, the federation of the quantum simulators, the federation of the High Performance Computing and High Performance Computing and quantum computing service and data quantum computing service and data infrastructure and the widening of its use, infrastructure and the widening of its use, and the development of advanced skills and the development of advanced skills and training. and training accessible also to citizens living in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas.

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Amendment 260 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer, Nicola Danti

Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 7

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(7) The Union's financial contribution (7) The Union's financial contribution referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 shall referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 shall be used for capability building across the be used for capability building across the whole Union, including the acquisition, whole Union, including the acquisition, and operation of High Performance operation and upgrades of High Computers, quantum computers or Performance Computers, quantum quantum simulators, the federation of the computers or quantum simulators, the High Performance Computing and federation of the High Performance quantum computing service and data Computing and quantum computing infrastructure and the widening of its use, service and data infrastructure and the and the development of advanced skills widening of its use, and the development and training. of advanced skills and training.

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Amendment 261 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Pernille

AM\1227671EN.docx 111/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 7

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(7) The Union's financial contribution (7) The Union's financial contribution referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 shall referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 shall be used for capability building across the be used for capability building across the whole Union, including the acquisition, whole Union, including the acquisition, and operation of High Performance upgrades and operation of High Computers, quantum computers or Performance Computers, quantum quantum simulators, the federation of the computers or quantum simulators, the High Performance Computing and federation of the High Performance quantum computing service and data Computing and quantum computing infrastructure and the widening of its use, service and data infrastructure and the and the development of advanced skills widening of its use, and the development and training. of advanced skills and training.

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Amendment 262 Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Ivo Hristov

Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 7

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(7) The Union's financial contribution (7) The Union's financial contribution referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 shall referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 shall be used for capability building across the be used for capability building across the whole Union, including the acquisition, whole Union, including the acquisition, and operation of High Performance operation and upgrades of High Computers, quantum computers or Performance Computers, quantum quantum simulators, the federation of the computers or quantum simulators, the High Performance Computing and federation of the High Performance quantum computing service and data Computing and quantum computing infrastructure and the widening of its use, service and data infrastructure and the and the development of advanced skills widening of its use, and the development and training. of advanced skills and training.

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Amendment 263

PE691.126v01-00 112/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer

Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(1) The Participating States shall make (1) The Participating States shall make a total contribution of at least equal to the a total contribution of at least equal to the amount of the Union contribution referred amount of the Union contribution referred to in Article 5 of this Regulation, including to in Article 5 of this Regulation, including up to EUR [XXXXX] contribution for up to 4% for administrative costs[equal to administrative costs[equal to the amount of the amount of the Union contribution for the Union contribution for administrative administrative costs referred to in Article 5 costs referred to in Article 5 of this of this Regulation] and technical Regulation]. The Participating States shall assistance. The Participating States shall arrange among them how they will deliver arrange among them how they will deliver their collective contribution. their collective contribution.

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Amendment 264 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Pernille Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(1 a) The Joint Undertaking shall provide a favourable framework to support Participating States. In order to maximise the impact of the indirect actions, the specificities of the EuroHPC JU, with its tripartite model, shall be taken into consideration with regards to the management of financial contributions from Participating States.

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Amendment 265 Marisa Matias

AM\1227671EN.docx 113/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 5 – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(5) Following a call for expression of (5) Following an open, fair and interest, the hosting entity referred to in transparent call for expression of interest, paragraph 2 of this Article and the the hosting entity referred to in paragraph 2 corresponding Participating State where of this Article and the corresponding the hosting entity is established or the Participating State where the hosting entity corresponding hosting consortium shall be is established or the corresponding hosting selected by the Governing Board through a consortium shall be selected by the fair and transparent process based, inter Governing Board through a fair and alia, on the following criteria: transparent process based, inter alia, on the following criteria:

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Amendment 266 Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 5 – point d

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(d) quality of the hosting facility's (d) quality of the hosting facility's physical and IT infrastructure, its security physical and IT infrastructure, its carbon and its connectivity with the rest of the footprint, its security and its connectivity Union; with the rest of the Union;

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Amendment 267 Mauri Pekkarinen

Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 5 – point d

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

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Justification

It is important to pay attention to the carbon footprint of High Performance Computing, and to aim for the lowest possible environmental footprint of energy-intensive infrastructures such as data centres and supercomputers.

Amendment 268 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 5 – point d

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(d) quality of the hosting facility's (d) quality of the hosting facility's physical and IT infrastructure, its security physical, energy and IT infrastructure, its and its connectivity with the rest of the security and its connectivity with the rest Union; of the Union;

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Justification

Energy security and source is an important criteria to be taken into account

Amendment 269 Eva Kaili, Ivo Hristov

Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 5 – point d a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(d a) Special attention should be paid to the environmental footprint of high- performance computing, that should include an environmental assessment of the involvement of hundreds of machines, storage systems, facilities that house these systems, and production and shipping of the hardware components.

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AM\1227671EN.docx 115/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Amendment 270 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 5 – point d a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(d a) provision of an energy management plan including a strategy to increase energy-efficiency of the installation and access to renewable energy through renewable power purchase agreements;

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Justification

Building up on EU policies on renewables, there is a need to include this reference here.

Amendment 271 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 5 – point f – indent 1 (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

- Geographical balance;

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Amendment 272 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point d

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(d) the plans regarding the (d) the plans ensuring the supercomputer's energy efficiency and supercomputer's energy efficiency and

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Amendment 273 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point k

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(k) the obligation of the hosting entity (k) the obligation of the hosting entity to submit by 31 January of each year to the to submit by 31 January of each year to the Governing Board an audit report and data Governing Board an audit report and data on the use of access time in the previous on the use of access time in the previous financial year; financial year; the audit report shall be made publicly available within 3 months of approval of the Governing Board;

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Justification

There is need to ensure greater transparency.

Amendment 274 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer

Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(3) The selection of the supplier of the (3) The selection of the supplier of the high-end supercomputer shall address the high-end supercomputer shall assess security of the supply chain. compliance with the general system specifications, uphold the concept of excellence, and ensure that user needs in Europe are met and the security of the supply chain is given.

Or. en

AM\1227671EN.docx 117/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Amendment 275 Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(3) The selection of the supplier of the (3) The selection of the supplier of the high-end supercomputer shall address the high-end supercomputer shall ensure security of the supply chain. excellence in European research and innovation and address the security of the supply chain.

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Amendment 276 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer

Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(3) The selection of the supplier of the (3) The selection of the supplier of the quantum computers and quantum quantum computers and quantum simulators shall address the security of the simulators shall assess compliance with supply chain. the general system specifications, uphold the concept of excellence, and ensure that user needs in Europe are met and the security of the supply chain is given.

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Amendment 277 Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(3) The selection of the supplier of the (3) The selection of the supplier of the quantum computers and quantum quantum computers and quantum

PE691.126v01-00 118/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN simulators shall address the security of the simulators shall ensure excellence in supply chain. European research and innovation and address the security of the supply chain.

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Amendment 278 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer

Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(1) The Joint Undertaking shall acquire (1) The Joint Undertaking shall acquire together with the Private Members, or a together with the Private Members, or a consortium of private partners, consortium of private partners, at least supercomputers, or partitions of EuroHPC mid-range supercomputers, or partitions of supercomputers, primarily destined for use EuroHPC supercomputers, primarily by industry, and shall own them or co-own destined for use by industry, and shall own them with the Private Members or a them or co-own them with the Private consortium of private partners. Members or a consortium of private partners.

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Amendment 279 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer

Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(3) The selection of the supplier of an (3) The selection of the supplier of an industrial-grade EuroHPC supercomputer industrial-grade EuroHPC supercomputer shall address the security of the supply shall assess compliance with the general chain. system specifications, uphold the concept of excellence, and ensure that user needs in Europe are met and the security of the supply chain is given.

Or. en

AM\1227671EN.docx 119/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Amendment 280 Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(3) The selection of the supplier of an (3) The selection of the supplier of an industrial-grade EuroHPC supercomputer industrial-grade EuroHPC supercomputer shall address the security of the supply shall ensure excellence in European chain. research and innovation and address the security of the supply chain.

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Amendment 281 Evžen Tošenovský, Grzegorz Tobiszowski, Beata Szydło

Proposal for a regulation Article 13 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(2) The Union financial contribution (2) The Union financial contribution referred to in Article 5(1) shall cover up to referred to in Article 5(1) shall cover up to 35% of the acquisition costs of the mid- 50% of the acquisition costs plus up to range supercomputers. The remaining total 50% of the operating costs of the mid- cost of ownership of the mid-range range supercomputers. The remaining total supercomputers shall be covered by the cost of ownership of the mid-range Participating State where the hosting entity supercomputers shall be covered by the is established or the Participating States in Participating State where the hosting entity the hosting consortium, possibly is established or the Participating States in supplemented by the contributions referred the hosting consortium, possibly to in Article 6. supplemented by the contributions referred to in Article 6.

Or. en

Justification

Justification: Alignment with Articles 10(2) and 11(2) to ensure equal and fair treatment of acquisition and operation of all EuroHPC supported national facilities contributing to EU’s supercomputing capacities - high-end, mid-range or quantum computers.

PE691.126v01-00 120/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN Amendment 282 Ivo Hristov, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 13 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(2) The Union financial contribution (2) The Union financial contribution referred to in Article 5(1) shall cover up to referred to in Article 5(1) shall cover up to 35% of the acquisition costs of the mid- 50% of the acquisition costs and up to range supercomputers. The remaining total 50% of the operating costs of the mid- cost of ownership of the mid-range range supercomputers. The remaining total supercomputers shall be covered by the cost of ownership of the mid-range Participating State where the hosting entity supercomputers shall be covered by the is established or the Participating States in Participating State where the hosting entity the hosting consortium, possibly is established or the Participating States in supplemented by the contributions referred the hosting consortium, possibly to in Article 6. supplemented by the contributions referred to in Article 6.

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Amendment 283 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer

Proposal for a regulation Article 13 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(3) The selection of the supplier of the (3) The selection of the supplier of the mid-range supercomputer shall address the mid-range supercomputer shall assess security of the supply chain. compliance with the general system specifications, uphold the concept of excellence, and ensure that user needs in Europe are met and the security of the supply chain is given.

Or. en

Amendment 284 Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

AM\1227671EN.docx 121/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Proposal for a regulation Article 13 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(3) The selection of the supplier of the (3) The selection of the supplier of the mid-range supercomputer shall address the mid-range supercomputer shall ensure security of the supply chain. excellence in European research and innovation and address the security of the supply chain.

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Amendment 285 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(1) The use of EuroHPC (1) The use of EuroHPC supercomputers shall be open to users from supercomputers shall be open to users from the public and private sectors and shall the public and private sectors and primarily focus on civilian applications. shall only focus on civilian applications. Except for the industrial-grade EuroHPC Except for the industrial-grade EuroHPC supercomputers, their use shall be supercomputers, their use shall be primarily for research and innovation primarily for research and innovation purposes falling under public funding purposes falling under public funding programmes, for public sector applications programmes, for public sector applications and for private innovation activities of and for private innovation activities of SMEs, where appropriate. SMEs, where appropriate.

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Amendment 286 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(1) The use of EuroHPC (1) The use of EuroHPC supercomputers shall be open to users from supercomputers shall be open to users from

PE691.126v01-00 122/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN the public and private sectors and shall the public and private sectors for civilian primarily focus on civilian applications. applications. Except for the industrial- Except for the industrial-grade EuroHPC grade EuroHPC supercomputers, their use supercomputers, their use shall be shall be primarily for research and primarily for research and innovation innovation purposes falling under public purposes falling under public funding funding programmes, for public sector programmes, for public sector applications applications and for private innovation and for private innovation activities of activities of SMEs, where appropriate. SMEs, where appropriate.

Or. en

Justification

The text was aligned with Horizon Europe provisions

Amendment 287 Evžen Tošenovský, Grzegorz Tobiszowski, Beata Szydło

Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(2) The share of the Union's access deleted time to each mid-range supercomputer shall be directly proportional to the financial contribution of the Union referred to in Article 5(1) to the acquisition cost of the supercomputer and shall not exceed 35% of the total access time of the supercomputer.

Or. en

Justification

Paragraph 1 should cover all EuroHPC supported national facilities (high-end, mid-range or quantum computers) to ensure equal and fair treatment.

Amendment 288 Evžen Tošenovský, Grzegorz Tobiszowski, Beata Szydło

Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 3

AM\1227671EN.docx 123/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(3) The share of the Union's access (3) By way of derogation from time to each industrial-grade EuroHPC paragraph 1 of this Article, the share of supercomputer shall be directly the Union's access time to each industrial- proportional to the financial contribution of grade EuroHPC supercomputer shall be the Union referred to in Article 5(1) to the directly proportional to the financial acquisition cost of the supercomputer and contribution of the Union referred to in shall not exceed 35% of the total access Article 5(1) to the acquisition cost of the time of the supercomputer. supercomputer and shall not exceed 35% of the total access time of the supercomputer.

Or. en

Amendment 289 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 5

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(5) The Governing Board shall define (5) The Governing Board shall define the access rights to the Union's share of and make publicly available the access access time to the EuroHPC rights to the Union's share of access time to supercomputers. the EuroHPC supercomputers.

Or. en

Justification

This change serves the goal of increased transparency

Amendment 290 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 6

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

PE691.126v01-00 124/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN public sector referred to in Article 14(4) of users from the public sector referred to in this Regulation. It will also be free of Article 14(4) of this Regulation. It will also charge for industrial users for applications be free of charge for industrial users for related to research and innovation activities applications related to research and funded by Horizon Europe or the Digital innovation activities funded by Horizon Europe Programme and for private Europe or the Digital Europe Programme innovation activities of SMEs, where and for private innovation activities of appropriate. As a guiding principle, SMEs, where appropriate. Resources allocation of access time for such activities provided by the EuroHPC are open to all shall be based on a fair and transparent scientists, irrespective of their nationality, peer review process defined by the provided the projects comply with EU Governing Board following continuously legislation. As a guiding open calls for expression of interest principle,allocation of access time for such launched by the Joint Undertaking. activities shall be based on a fair and transparent peer review process defined by the Governing Board following continuously open calls for expression of interest launched by the Joint Undertaking.

Or. en

Amendment 291 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 6

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(6) Use of the Union's share of access (6) Use of the Union's share of access time to the EuroHPC supercomputers shall time to the EuroHPC supercomputers shall be free of charge for the users from the be free of charge for the users from the public sector referred to in Article 14(4) of public sector referred to in Article 14(4) of this Regulation. It will also be free of this Regulation. It will also be free of charge for industrial users for applications charge for industrial users, NGOs and related to research and innovation individuals, for applications in research activities funded by Horizon Europe or the and innovation projects funded by Horizon Digital Europe Programme and for private Europe or the Digital Europe Programme innovation activities of SMEs, where and for private innovation activities of appropriate. As a guiding principle, SMEs which face particular market allocation of access time for such activities failures, where appropriate. As a guiding shall be based on a fair and transparent principle, allocation of access time for such peer review process defined by the activities shall be based on a fair and Governing Board following continuously transparent peer review process defined by open calls for expression of interest the Governing Board following launched by the Joint Undertaking. continuously open calls for expression of

AM\1227671EN.docx 125/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN interest launched by the Joint Undertaking.

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Justification

Based on the limited resources, the changes indicate possible prioritisation criteria.

Amendment 292 Ivo Hristov, Eva Kaili, Carlos Zorrinho, Patrizia Toia, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 8

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(8) The Governing Board shall define (8) The Governing Board shall define specific rules for access conditions that specific and transparent rules for access depart from the guiding principles referred conditions that depart from the guiding to in paragraph 6 of this Article. These principles referred to in paragraph 6 of this concern the allocation of access time for Article. These concern the allocation of projects and activities considered as access time for projects and activities strategic either by the Union or by the considered as strategic either by the Union Governing Board. or by the Governing Board.

Or. en

Amendment 293 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 9

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(9) Upon request of the Union, the (9) Upon request of the Union, the Executive Director shall grant direct access Executive Director shall grant direct access to the EuroHPC supercomputers to to the EuroHPC supercomputers to initiatives that the Union considers initiatives that the Union considers essential for providing health-related or essential for providing environment, other crucial emergency support services health-related or other crucial emergency for the public good, to emergency and support services for the public good in crisis management situations or to cases civilian emergency and crisis management that the Union considers essential for its situations. The modalities and conditions

PE691.126v01-00 126/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN security and defence. The modalities and for the implementation of such access shall conditions for the implementation of such be defined in the access conditions adopted access shall be defined in the access by the Governing Board. conditions adopted by the Governing Board.

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Justification

In line with Horizon Europe, the use of funds must have a civilian purpose.

Amendment 294 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 11 – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(11) The Governing Board shall (11) The Governing Board shall regularly monitor the Union's access time regularly monitor the Union's and Member granted per Participating State and per user States access time granted per Participating category, including for commercial State and per user category, including for purposes. It may decide to: commercial purposes and report annually on the use of the supercomputers per categories and geographic scope of users. It may decide to:

Or. en

Justification

Change required for increase transparency

Amendment 295 Robert Roos

Proposal for a regulation Article 15 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

Article 15 a Student Governing Board

AM\1227671EN.docx 127/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN 1. Apart from the Governing Board a separate governing board will be established; every participating state shall have the right to nominate each year one student for the EuroHPC Student Governing Board; Members of the EuroHPC Student Governing Board exercise their duties for a period of maximum two years; 2. The EuroHPC Student Governing Board shall allocate 10% of the Unions access time to the EuroHPC supercomputers; 3. The EuroHPC Student Governing Board allocates access time to the EuroHPC supercomputers at its own discretion; 4. The EuroHPC Student Governing Board shall elect a President and a Vice President among their midst; 5. The President shall chair the EuroHPC Student Governing Board for one year, after that period the President will be succeeded by the Vice President; 6. Every bachelor or master student in a participating state shall have the right to file an application for access time to the EuroHPC supercomputers with the EuroHPC Student Governing Board; 7. The EuroHPC Student Governing Board allocates access time by consensus;

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Amendment 296 Evžen Tošenovský, Grzegorz Tobiszowski, Beata Szydło

Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(2) The fees generated by the (2) The fees generated by the commercial use of the Union's access time commercial use of the Union's access time shall constitute revenue to the Joint shall constitute revenue to the Joint

PE691.126v01-00 128/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN Undertaking budget and shall be used to Undertaking budget and shall be used to cover operational costs of the Joint cover operational costs of the Joint Undertaking. Undertaking and the operating costs of the EuroHPC supercomputers.

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Amendment 297 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer

Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(3) The access time allocated to (3) The access time allocated to commercial services shall not exceed 20% commercial services shall in principle not of the Union's total access time of each exceed 20% of the Union's total access EuroHPC supercomputer. The Governing time of each EuroHPC supercomputer. The Board shall decide on the allocation of the Governing Board shall decide on the Union's access time for the users of maximum allocation of the Union's access commercial services, taking into account time for the users of commercial services, the outcome of the monitoring referred to taking into account the outcome of the in Article 15(10). monitoring referred to in Article 15(10).

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Amendment 298 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Pernille Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 6

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(6) The staff resources shall be set out (6) The staff resources shall be set out in the staff establishment plan of the Joint in the staff establishment plan of the Joint Undertaking, indicating the number of Undertaking and shall adequately reflect temporary posts by function group and by the numbers and grades needed to ensure grade, as well as by the number of contract the highest standards of recruitments in staff expressed in full-time equivalents, in the field, indicating the number of accordance with its annual budget. temporary posts by function group and by grade, as well as by the number of contract

AM\1227671EN.docx 129/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN staff expressed in full-time equivalents, in accordance with its annual budget.

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Amendment 299 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(2) The Governing Board shall adopt a (2) The Governing Board shall adopt a decision laying down rules on the decision laying down rules on the secondment of national experts to the Joint secondment of national experts to the Joint Undertaking and on the use of trainees. Undertaking and on the use of trainees. All seconded national experts will be paid by the Joint Undertaking according to Union regulations and no cost employment is forbidden.

Or. en

Justification

In order to ensure that the best staff is available especially in this highly competitive field, competitive pay needs to be guaranteed

Amendment 300 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Pernille Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(1) The activities of the Joint (1) The activities of the Joint Undertaking shall be subject to continuous Undertaking shall be subject to continuous monitoring and periodic reviews in monitoring and periodic reviews in accordance with its financial rules, to accordance with its financial rules, to ensure the highest impact and excellence, ensure the highest impact and excellence, as well as the most efficient use of as well as the most efficient use of

PE691.126v01-00 130/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN resources. The outcomes of monitoring and resources. Such monitoring and reviews periodic reviews shall feed into the shall not cause additional administrative evaluations of the Joint Undertaking as part burden neither to the Joint Undertaking of Horizon Europe evaluations. nor to its beneficiaries. The outcomes of monitoring and periodic reviews shall feed into the evaluations of the Joint Undertaking as part of Horizon Europe evaluations.

Or. en

Amendment 301 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Pernille Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(3) Evaluations of the Joint (3) Evaluations of the Joint Undertakings’ operations shall be carried Undertakings’ operations shall be carried out in a timely manner to feed into the out in a timely manner and without overall interim and final evaluations of increasing the administrative burden Horizon Europe and the related decision- neither for the Joint Undertakings nor for making process as specified in Article 47 its beneficiaries, to feed into the overall of Regulation (EU) No xxx establishing interim and final evaluations of Horizon Horizon Europe. Europe and the related decision-making process as specified in Article 47 of Regulation (EU) No xxx establishing Horizon Europe.

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Amendment 302 Eva Kaili

Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 4

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

AM\1227671EN.docx 131/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN interim evaluation, as specified in Article interim evaluation, as specified in Article 47 of Regulation (EU) No xxx establishing 47 of Regulation (EU) No xxx establishing Horizon Europe. This evaluation shall be Horizon Europe. This evaluation shall be performed with the assistance of performed with the assistance of independent experts on the basis of a independent experts on the basis of a transparent process once there is sufficient transparent process once there is sufficient information available about the information available about the implementation of Horizon Europe, but no implementation of Horizon Europe, but no later than four years after the start of later than four years after the start of Horizon Europe implementation. The Horizon Europe implementation. The evaluations shall examine how the Joint evaluations shall examine how the Joint Undertaking fulfils its mission according to Undertaking fulfils its mission according to its economic, technological, scientific, its economic, technological, scientific, societal and policy objectives, including societal and policy objectives, including climate-related objectives, and evaluate the climate-related and health-related effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, objectives, and evaluate the effectiveness, coherence, and Union added value of its efficiency, relevance, coherence, integrity activities as part of Horizon Europe, its and Union added value of its activities as synergies and complementarities with part of Horizon Europe, its synergies and relevant European, national and, where complementarities with relevant European, relevant, regional initiatives, including national and, where relevant, regional synergies with other parts of Horizon initiatives, including synergies with other Europe (such as missions, clusters or parts of Horizon Europe (such as missions, thematic/specific programmes). Impacts clusters or thematic/specific programmes). achieved at Union and national level, Impacts achieved at Union and national taking into account the component of level, taking into account the component of synergies and policy retrofitting will be synergies and policy retrofitting will be given particular attention. The evaluations given particular attention. The evaluations shall, where relevant, also include an shall, where relevant, also include a assessment of the long-term scientific, thorough assessment of the long-term societal, economic and policy-relevant scientific, societal, economic and policy- impact of the Joint Undertaking and shall relevant impact of the Joint Undertaking include an assessment of the most effective and shall include an assessment of the most policy intervention mode for any future effective policy intervention mode for any action, as well as the positioning of any future action, as well as the positioning of possible renewal of the Joint Undertaking any possible renewal of the Joint in the overall European Partnerships Undertaking in the overall European landscape and its policy priorities. Partnerships landscape and its policy priorities. Appropriate reporting systems shall be put in place to support a continuous and transparent reporting. Reporting should be in line with the standard Horizon Europe reporting requirements. The development of the reporting systems in the context of the strategic coordinating process shall also involve Member States and partnership representatives in order to ensure synchronization and

PE691.126v01-00 132/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN coordination of reporting and monitoring efforts, including on the division of data collection and reporting tasks. The reporting system at project level shall include detailed information on the projects funded, their results, their diffusion and use by key target groups, and the overall difference this is making for science, the economy, society and/or the environment, in line with the projects’ objectives and targeted impacts. Appropriate data sharing mechanism with common Horizon Europe monitoring and reporting databases needs to be ensured.

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Amendment 303 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer, Nicola Danti

Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 4

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(4) The Commission shall carry out an (4) The Commission shall carry out an interim evaluation of each Joint interim evaluation of each Joint Undertaking as part of the Horizon Europe Undertaking as part of the Horizon Europe interim evaluation, as specified in Article interim evaluation, as specified in Article 47 of Regulation (EU) No xxx establishing 47 of Regulation (EU) No xxx establishing Horizon Europe. This evaluation shall be Horizon Europe. This evaluation shall be performed with the assistance of performed with the assistance of independent experts on the basis of a independent experts on the basis of a transparent process once there is sufficient transparent process once there is sufficient information available about the information available about the implementation of Horizon Europe, but no implementation of Horizon Europe, but no later than four years after the start of later than four years after the start of Horizon Europe implementation. The Horizon Europe implementation. The evaluations shall examine how the Joint evaluations shall examine how the Joint Undertaking fulfils its mission according to Undertaking fulfils its mission according to its economic, technological, scientific, its economic, technological, scientific, societal and policy objectives, including societal and policy objectives, including climate-related objectives, and evaluate the climate-related objectives, and evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence, and Union added value of its coherence, and Union added value of its activities as part of Horizon Europe, its activities as part of Horizon Europe, its synergies and complementarities with synergies and complementarities with

AM\1227671EN.docx 133/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN relevant European, national and, where relevant European, national and, where relevant, regional initiatives, including relevant, regional initiatives, including synergies with other parts of Horizon synergies with other parts of Horizon Europe (such as missions, clusters or Europe (such as missions, clusters or thematic/specific programmes). Impacts thematic/specific programmes). Impacts achieved at Union and national level, achieved at Union and national level, taking into account the component of taking into account the component of synergies and policy retrofitting will be synergies and policy retrofitting will be given particular attention. The evaluations given particular attention. The evaluations shall, where relevant, also include an shall, where relevant, also include an assessment of the long-term scientific, assessment of the long-term scientific, societal, economic and policy-relevant societal, economic and policy-relevant impact of the Joint Undertaking and shall impact of the Joint Undertaking, an include an assessment of the most effective assessment of the outreach and awareness policy intervention mode for any future raising progress (such as number of action, as well as the positioning of any users) and shall include an assessment of possible renewal of the Joint Undertaking the most effective policy intervention mode in the overall European Partnerships for any future action, as well as the landscape and its policy priorities. positioning of any possible renewal of the Joint Undertaking in the overall European Partnerships landscape and its policy priorities.

Or. en

Amendment 304 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Pernille Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 4

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

PE691.126v01-00 134/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN evaluations shall examine how the Joint later than four years after the start of Undertaking fulfils its mission according to Horizon Europe implementation. The its economic, technological, scientific, evaluations shall examine how the Joint societal and policy objectives, including Undertaking fulfils its mission according to climate-related objectives, and evaluate the its economic, technological, scientific, effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, societal and policy objectives, including coherence, and Union added value of its climate-related objectives, and evaluate the activities as part of Horizon Europe, its effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, synergies and complementarities with coherence, and Union added value of its relevant European, national and, where activities as part of Horizon Europe, its relevant, regional initiatives, including synergies and complementarities with synergies with other parts of Horizon relevant European, national and, where Europe (such as missions, clusters or relevant, regional initiatives, including thematic/specific programmes). Impacts synergies with other parts of Horizon achieved at Union and national level, Europe (such as missions, clusters or taking into account the component of thematic/specific programmes). Impacts synergies and policy retrofitting will be achieved at Union and national level, given particular attention. The evaluations taking into account the component of shall, where relevant, also include an synergies and policy retrofitting will be assessment of the long-term scientific, given particular attention. The evaluations societal, economic and policy-relevant shall, where relevant, also include an impact of the Joint Undertaking and shall assessment of the long-term scientific, include an assessment of the most effective societal, economic and policy-relevant policy intervention mode for any future impact of the Joint Undertaking and shall action, as well as the positioning of any include an assessment of the most effective possible renewal of the Joint Undertaking policy intervention mode for any future in the overall European Partnerships action, as well as the positioning of any landscape and its policy priorities. possible renewal of the Joint Undertaking in the overall European Partnerships landscape and its policy priorities.

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Amendment 305 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 4

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

AM\1227671EN.docx 135/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN independent experts on the basis of a independent experts on the basis of a transparent process once there is sufficient transparent process once there is sufficient information available about the information available about the implementation of Horizon Europe, but no implementation of Horizon Europe, but no later than four years after the start of later than four years after the start of Horizon Europe implementation. The Horizon Europe implementation. The evaluations shall examine how the Joint evaluations shall examine how the Joint Undertaking fulfils its mission according to Undertaking fulfils its mission according to its economic, technological, scientific, its economic, technological, scientific, societal and policy objectives, including societal and policy objectives, including climate-related objectives, and evaluate the climate-related objectives, and evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence, and Union added value of its coherence, and Union added value of its activities as part of Horizon Europe, its activities as part of Horizon Europe, its synergies and complementarities with synergies and complementarities with relevant European, national and, where relevant European, national and, where relevant, regional initiatives, including relevant, regional initiatives, including synergies with other parts of Horizon synergies with other parts of Horizon Europe (such as missions, clusters or Europe (such as missions, clusters or thematic/specific programmes). Impacts thematic/specific programmes). Impacts achieved at Union and national level, achieved at Union and national level, taking into account the component of taking into account the component of synergies and policy retrofitting will be synergies and policy retrofitting will be given particular attention. The evaluations given particular attention. The evaluations shall, where relevant, also include an shall, where relevant, also include an assessment of the long-term scientific, assessment of the long-term scientific, societal, economic and policy-relevant societal, economic, environmental and impact of the Joint Undertaking and shall policy-relevant impact of the Joint include an assessment of the most effective Undertaking and shall include an policy intervention mode for any future assessment of the most effective policy action, as well as the positioning of any intervention mode for any future action, as possible renewal of the Joint Undertaking well as the positioning of any possible in the overall European Partnerships renewal of the Joint Undertaking in the landscape and its policy priorities. overall European Partnerships landscape and its policy priorities.

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Amendment 306 Paolo Borchia

Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 4

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(4) The Commission shall carry out an (4) The Commission shall carry out an interim evaluation of each Joint interim evaluation of each Joint

PE691.126v01-00 136/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN Undertaking as part of the Horizon Europe Undertaking as part of the Horizon Europe interim evaluation, as specified in Article interim evaluation, as specified in Article 47 of Regulation (EU) No xxx establishing 47 of Regulation (EU) No xxx establishing Horizon Europe. This evaluation shall be Horizon Europe. This evaluation shall be performed with the assistance of performed with the assistance of independent experts on the basis of a independent experts on the basis of a transparent process once there is sufficient transparent process once there is sufficient information available about the information available about the implementation of Horizon Europe, but no implementation of Horizon Europe, but no later than four years after the start of later than four years after the start of Horizon Europe implementation. The Horizon Europe implementation. The evaluations shall examine how the Joint evaluations shall examine how the Joint Undertaking fulfils its mission according to Undertaking fulfils its mission according to its economic, technological, scientific, its economic, technological, scientific, societal and policy objectives, including societal and policy objectives, and evaluate climate-related objectives, and evaluate the the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence, and Union added value of its coherence, and Union added value of its activities as part of Horizon Europe, its activities as part of Horizon Europe, its synergies and complementarities with synergies and complementarities with relevant European, national and, where relevant European, national and, where relevant, regional initiatives, including relevant, regional initiatives, including synergies with other parts of Horizon synergies with other parts of Horizon Europe (such as missions, clusters or Europe (such as missions, clusters or thematic/specific programmes). Impacts thematic/specific programmes). Impacts achieved at Union and national level, achieved at Union and national level, taking into account the component of taking into account the component of synergies and policy retrofitting will be synergies and policy retrofitting will be given particular attention. The evaluations given particular attention. The evaluations shall, where relevant, also include an shall, where relevant, also include an assessment of the long-term scientific, assessment of the long-term scientific, societal, economic and policy-relevant societal, economic and policy-relevant impact of the Joint Undertaking and shall impact of the Joint Undertaking and shall include an assessment of the most effective include an assessment of the most effective policy intervention mode for any future policy intervention mode for any future action, as well as the positioning of any action, as well as the positioning of any possible renewal of the Joint Undertaking possible renewal of the Joint Undertaking in the overall European Partnerships in the overall European Partnerships landscape and its policy priorities. landscape and its policy priorities.

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Amendment 307 Eva Kaili, Ivo Hristov

Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 6

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(6) The Commission may carry out (6) The Commission may carry out further evaluations of themes or topics of further evaluations of themes or topics of strategic relevance, with the assistance of strategic and social relevance, with the external independent experts selected on assistance of external independent experts the basis of a transparent process, to selected on the basis of a transparent examine the progress made by the Joint process, to examine the progress made by Undertaking towards the objectives set, the Joint Undertaking towards the identify the factors contributing to the objectives set, identify implementation implementation of the activities and challenges and the factors contributing to identify best practices. By carrying out the implementation of the activities, those further evaluations, the Commission identify best practices and develop shall fully consider the administrative strategic guidance. By carrying out those impact on the Joint Undertaking. further evaluations, the Commission shall fully consider the administrative impact on the Joint Undertaking. Any evaluations in the area needs to be based on a sound assessment of policy options from the perspective of governance, including in particular the possibility to set adequate safeguards to ensure that the public interests are duly respected in all operations. The evaluations should focus on how and to what extent the Joint Undertaking can handle the memory challenge that is very critical in determining the size of the problem to be solved; the resiliency challenge that is the ability of a system to continue operation in the presence of faults; programming challenge that require the creation of new programming environments.

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Amendment 308 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Pernille Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 6

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(6) The Commission may carry out (6) Without causing additional

PE691.126v01-00 138/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN further evaluations of themes or topics of administrative burden to the Joint strategic relevance, with the assistance of Undertaking, the Commission may carry external independent experts selected on out further evaluations of themes or topics the basis of a transparent process, to of strategic relevance, with the assistance examine the progress made by the Joint of external independent experts selected on Undertaking towards the objectives set, the basis of a transparent process, to identify the factors contributing to the examine the progress made by the Joint implementation of the activities and Undertaking towards the objectives set, identify best practices. By carrying out identify the factors contributing to the those further evaluations, the Commission implementation of the activities and shall fully consider the administrative identify best practices. By carrying out impact on the Joint Undertaking. those further evaluations, the Commission shall fully consider the administrative impact on the Joint Undertaking.

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Amendment 309 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Pernille Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 7

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(7) The Joint Undertaking shall (7) The Joint Undertaking shall perform periodic reviews of its activities to perform periodic reviews of its activities inform the interim and final evaluations of with the minimum burden for the the Joint Undertaking as part of Horizon beneficiaries to inform the interim and Europe evaluations referred to in Article 47 final evaluations of the Joint Undertaking of Regulation (EU) No xxx establishing as part of Horizon Europe evaluations Horizon Europe. referred to in Article 47 of Regulation (EU) No xxx establishing Horizon Europe.

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Amendment 310 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Pernille Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Article 25 – paragraph 1

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(1) Ex-post audits of expenditure on (1) Ex-post audits of expenditure on actions funded by the Horizon Europe actions funded by the Horizon Europe budget shall be carried out in accordance budget shall be carried out without with in accordance with Article 48 of increasing administrative burden neither Regulation (EU) No xxx establishing for the Joint Undertaking nor for its Horizon Europe as part of the Horizon beneficiaries in accordance with in Europe indirect actions, in particular in line accordance with Article 48 of Regulation with the audit strategy referred to in Article (EU) No xxx establishing Horizon Europe 48(2) of that Regulation. as part of the Horizon Europe indirect actions, in particular in line with the audit strategy referred to in Article 48(2) of that Regulation.

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Amendment 311 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Pernille Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Article 25 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(2) Ex-post audits of expenditure on (2) Ex-post audits of expenditure on activities funded by the Digital Europe activities funded by the Digital Europe budget shall be carried out by the Joint budget shall be carried out by the Joint Undertaking in accordance with Article Undertaking in accordance with Article xxx of Regulation (EU) No xxx xxx of Regulation (EU) No xxx establishing Digital Europe Programme. establishing Digital Europe Programme, without increasing administrative burden neither for the Joint Undertaking nor for its beneficiaries.

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Amendment 312 Maria da Graça Carvalho, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Angelika Winzig, Aldo Patriciello, Henna Virkkunen, Markus Pieper, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Pernille Weiss, Angelika Niebler, Christian Ehler

Proposal for a regulation Article 25 – paragraph 3

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(3) Ex-post audits of expenditure on (3) Ex-post audits of expenditure on activities funded by the Connecting Europe activities funded by the Connecting Europe Facility budget shall be carried out by the Facility budget shall be carried out by the Joint Undertaking in accordance with Joint Undertaking in accordance with Article xxx of Regulation (EU) No xxx Article xxx of Regulation (EU) No xxx establishing Connecting Europe Facility as establishing Connecting Europe Facility as part of the Connecting Europe Facility part of the Connecting Europe Facility actions. actions, without increasing administrative burden neither for the Joint Undertaking nor for its beneficiaries.

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Amendment 313 Eva Kaili

Proposal for a regulation Article 27 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

The evaluations by independent experts should be based on published selection criteria together with appeal mechanisms and full declarations of any interests, The Governing Board should adopt rules for the prevention, avoidance and management of conflicts of interest in the Joint Undertaking in accordance with the financial rules of the Joint Undertaking and with the Staff Regulations in respect of staff Ethical and organisational values should be established and safeguarded by the Joint Undertaking, and monitored by the Commission.

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Amendment 314 Ville Niinistö on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Proposal for a regulation

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Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(1) The Joint Undertaking shall provide (1) The Joint Undertaking shall provide the Union institutions and Union bodies, the Union institutions and Union bodies, offices or agencies access to all offices or agencies access to all information related to the indirect actions it information related to the indirect actions it funds. Such information shall include funds. Such information shall include results of beneficiaries participating in results of beneficiaries participating in indirect actions of the Joint Undertaking or indirect actions of the Joint Undertaking or any other information deemed necessary any other information deemed necessary for developing, implementing, monitoring for developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating Union policies or and evaluating Union policies or programmes. Such access rights are programmes. limited to non-commercial and non- competitive use and shall comply with applicable confidentiality rules.

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Justification

For the purpose of budget implementation, and considering the scope of this proposal no information can be sheltered from assessment.

Amendment 315 Evžen Tošenovský, Grzegorz Tobiszowski, Beata Szydło

Proposal for a regulation Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

As regards the actions initiated under As regards the actions initiated under Articles 10, 11, 13 and 14 of Regulation Articles 10, 11, 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) No 2018/1488, as well as Articles 6 (EU) No 2018/1488, as well as Articles 6 and 7 of the Statutes annexed to that and 7 of the Statutes annexed to that Regulation shall continue to apply until Regulation shall continue to apply until their completion and to the extent their completion and to the extent necessary. necessary. In order to ensure equal treatment of all supercomputers under Regulation (EC) No 2018/1488 and under this new regulation, the Union financial contribution referred to in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2018/1488 shall cover up to 50 % of the acquisition costs

PE691.126v01-00 142/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN plus up to 50 % of the operating costs. The rules on allocation of Union's access time referred to in Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2018/1488 shall be adjusted accordingly.

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Justification

Pursuant to Article 11(2) of the current regulation, the operating costs of the petascale supercomputers (mid-range under this new regulation), unlike those of the pre-exascale supercomputers (high-end), are not covered, thus the operating costs related to Union's access time are de-facto subsidised by the Participating State. This amendment aims to ensure equal and fair rules for all supercomputers.

Amendment 316 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(c) initiate and manage the calls for (c) initiate and manage the calls for expression of interest for hosting EuroHPC expression of interest for hosting EuroHPC supercomputers and evaluate the offers supercomputers and evaluate the offers received, with the support of independent received, in an open and transparent external experts; manner with the support of independent external experts;

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Amendment 317 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point h

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(h) initiate open calls for proposals and (h) initiate open calls for proposals and award funding in accordance with award funding in accordance with Regulation (EU) xxx establishing Horizon Regulation (EU) xxx establishing Horizon Europe, and within the limits of available Europe, and within the limits of available funds, to indirect actions, mainly in the funds, to indirect actions, mainly in the

AM\1227671EN.docx 143/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN form of grants; form of grants, promoting a balanced gender participation;

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Amendment 318 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point k

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(k) ensure the efficiency of the (k) ensure the energy efficiency and European High Performance Computing environmental sustainability of the initiative, based on a set of appropriate European High Performance Computing measures; initiative, based on a set of appropriate measures;

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Amendment 319 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point k – indent 1 (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

- consider the 'Do No Significant Harm Principle' pursuant to Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 and take into account the provisions of that Regulation to improve access to sustainable finance, where relevant;

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Amendment 320 Eva Kaili, Ivo Hristov

Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point n a (new)

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(n a) ensuring joint activities with other relevant research and innovation initiatives at EU, national and regional level, will be crucial in achieving greater impact, ensuring the uptake of results and securing an optimum level of interconnections.

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Amendment 321 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point o – indent 1 (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

- promote the involvement of SME's in their activities and take measures ensuring information to SME's , in line with the objectives of Horizon Europe;

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Amendment 322 Robert Roos, Evžen Tošenovský

Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – point 2

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(2) The Union shall hold 50% of the (2) The Union shall hold 25% of the voting rights. The voting rights of the voting rights. The voting rights of the Union shall be indivisible. Union shall be indivisible.

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Justification

The Commission should not have a de facto veto right on the decisions of the Governing Board.

AM\1227671EN.docx 145/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Amendment 323 Robert Roos, Evžen Tošenovský

Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – point 3 – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(3) For the tasks referred to in Article (3) For the tasks referred to in Article 7(3) of these Statutes, the remaining 50% 7(3) of these Statutes, the remaining 75% of the voting rights shall be distributed of the voting rights shall be distributed equally among all Participating States. equally among all Participating States.

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Amendment 324 Robert Roos, Evžen Tošenovský

Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – point 4 – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(4) For the tasks referred to in Article (4) For the tasks referred to in Article 7(4) of these Statutes, except points (f), (g) 7(4) of these Statutes, except points (f), (g) and (h), the remaining 50% of the voting and (h), the remaining 75% of the voting rights shall be held by the Participating rights shall be held by the Participating States that are Member States. States that are Member States.

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Amendment 325 Eva Kaili

Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – point 5 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(5 a) The Commission should monitor the risk of non-compliance through the reporting system that needs to be developed, as well as by following the results of ex post audits on the recipients of EU funds as part of ex post audits

PE691.126v01-00 146/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN covering the whole of the Horizon Europe. There is a need for a stronger commitment from industry, more targeted and ambitious objectives, more clearly defined impact and expected measurable results and closer monitoring and evaluation of the activities that will facilitate the auditability of the procedures.

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Amendment 326 Robert Roos, Evžen Tošenovský

Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – point 6 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

At the first stage, the remaining 50% of the At the first stage, the remaining 75% of the voting rights shall be distributed equally voting rights shall be distributed equally among all Participating States. Decisions among all Participating States. Decisions of the Governing Board shall be taken by a of the Governing Board shall be taken by a majority consisting of the Union's vote and majority consisting of the Union's vote and at least 55% of all votes of the at least 55% of all votes of the Participating States, including the votes of Participating States, including the votes of the members who are absent. the members who are absent.

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Amendment 327 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – point 3 – point i

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(i) where appropriate, lay down rules (i) where appropriate, lay down rules on the secondment of national experts to on the secondment of national experts, the Joint Undertaking and on the use of including their remuneration to the Joint trainees in accordance with Article 19(2) of Undertaking and on the use of trainees in this Regulation; accordance with Article 19(2) of this Regulation;

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Amendment 328 Eva Kaili, Ivo Hristov

Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – point 3 – point j a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(j a) These groups should constantly examine new processors, memory hierarchy, and interconnects have to be taken into consideration when designing large-scale high performance systems and redesign algorithms, programming models, data access, analysis, and visualization tools.

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Amendment 329 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – point 1 – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(1) The Commission shall propose a (1) The Commission shall propose a list of candidates for Executive Director list of candidates for Executive Director after consultation of the members other after consultation of the members other than the Union of the Joint Undertaking. than the Union of the Joint Undertaking. For the purpose of such consultation the For the purpose of such consultation the members other than the Union of the Joint members other than the Union of the Joint Undertaking shall appoint by common Undertaking shall appoint by common accord their representatives as well as an accord their representatives as well as an observer on behalf of the Governing Board. observer on behalf of the Governing Board. The list shall ensure equal representation and opportunities for men and women.

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Amendment 330

PE691.126v01-00 148/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – point 2

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(2) The Research and Innovation (2) The Research and Innovation Advisory Group shall consist of no more Advisory Group shall consist of no more than ten members, which shall be than twelve members, whereof no more appointed by the Private Members taking than six shall be appointed by the Private into account their commitments to the Joint Members taking into account their Undertaking. commitments to the Joint Undertaking and no more than six shall be appointed by the Governing Board. The Governing Board shall establish the specific criteria and selection process for the members it appoints

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Amendment 331 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer

Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – point 2

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(2) The Research and Innovation (2) The Research and Innovation Advisory Group shall consist of no more Advisory Group shall consist of no more than ten members, which shall be than twelve members, whereas no more appointed by the Private Members taking than half which shall be appointed by the into account their commitments to the Joint Private Members taking into account their Undertaking. commitments to the Joint Undertaking and no more than half shall be appointed by the Governing Board.

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Justification

The topics to cover by both the Research and Innovation Advisory Group and the Infrastructure Advisory group are diverse, requiring experts in various subjects. At the same time, it is necessary that for each topic, you can have at least two experts with deep knowledge to be able to contrast different opinions, if any. Having twelve members would ensure having enough experts to properly assess each topic, but not too many that would

AM\1227671EN.docx 149/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN hamper the functioning of the groups.

Amendment 332 Marisa Matias

Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – point 2

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(2) The Research and Innovation (2) The Research and Innovation Advisory Group shall consist of no more Advisory Group and the Infrastructure than ten members, which shall be Advisory Group shall each consist of ten appointed by the Private Members taking members; . into account their commitments to the Joint Undertaking.

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Amendment 333 Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – point 3

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(3) The Infrastructure Advisory Group (3) The Infrastructure Advisory Group shall consist of ten members. The shall consist of twelve members. The Governing Board shall establish the Governing Board shall establish the specific criteria that will be considered for specific criteria and selection process and selecting the members of the shall appoint its members Infrastructure Advisory Group. The Chair and Vice Chair of the Governing Board shall appoint the members of the Infrastructure Advisory Group, following inputs received from the Governing Board and the Executive Director.

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Amendment 334 Marisa Matias

PE691.126v01-00 150/153 AM\1227671EN.docx EN Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – point 3

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(3) The Infrastructure Advisory (3) The Governing Board shall Group shall consist of ten members. The establish the specific criteria that will be Governing Board shall establish the considered for selecting the members of specific criteria that will be considered for these Groups. The Chair and Vice Chair of selecting the members of the the Governing Board shall appoint the Infrastructure Advisory Group. The Chair members of these Groups, following and Vice Chair of the Governing Board inputs received from the Governing Board shall appoint the members of the and the Executive Director and in case of Infrastructure Advisory Group, following The Research and Innovation Advisory inputs received from the Governing Board Group, taking into account the and the Executive Director. recommendations from Private Members;

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Amendment 335 Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, Mauri Pekkarinen, Christophe Grudler, Valérie Hayer

Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – point 3

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(3) The Infrastructure Advisory Group (3) The Infrastructure Advisory Group shall consist of ten members. The shall consist of twelve members. The Governing Board shall establish the Governing Board shall establish the specific criteria that will be considered for specific criteria that will be considered for selecting the members of the Infrastructure selecting the members of the Infrastructure Advisory Group. The Chair and Vice Chair Advisory Group. The Chair and Vice Chair of the Governing Board shall appoint the of the Governing Board shall appoint the members of the Infrastructure Advisory members of the Infrastructure Advisory Group, following inputs received from the Group, following inputs received from the Governing Board and the Executive Governing Board and the Executive Director. Director.

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Justification

Same justification as for the Research and Innovation Advisory Group.

AM\1227671EN.docx 151/153 PE691.126v01-00 EN Amendment 336 Eva Kaili, Ivo Hristov

Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

(a a) Consider the development of a federation of systems and functions with a consistent communication and management mechanism that will create a “continuum” of computing.

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Amendment 337 Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – point 2 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

The contribution of each Participating State The contribution of each Participating State to the administrative costs of the Joint to the administrative costs of the Joint Undertaking shall be proportional to their Undertaking shall be proportional to their Gross Domestic Product. Each year the Gross Domestic Product. Each year the contributions shall be calculated based on contributions shall be calculated based on the GDP of the previous calendar year as the GDP of the previous calendar year as determined by EUROSTAT. determined by EUROSTAT. Any contribution by a Participating State to the costs of a procurement project of a Euro HPC supercomputer shall be accepted as a contribution to the administrative costs of the Joint Undertaking.

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Amendment 338 Robert Roos, Evžen Tošenovský

Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – point 1

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(1) Participating States shall entrust (1) Participating States shall co- the Joint Undertaking with the finance the participants of their country in implementation of their contributions to indirect actions as referred to in Article the participants of their country in indirect 15(3)(f) of these Statutes through the actions as referred to in Article 15(3)(f) of single grant agreement concluded by the these Statutes through the grant Joint Undertaking. They shall also entrust agreements concluded by the Joint the Joint Undertaking with the payment of Undertaking. They shall also entrust the their contributions to the participants. They Joint Undertaking with the payment of shall specify the amounts dedicated to their contributions to the participants. They indirect actions. shall specify the amounts dedicated to indirect actions.

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