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Contents
Summary 5
1. Background: participation delayed 8
1.1. The Trade and Cooperation Agreement and Joint Declaration 8
1.2. Delay in UK participation 10
Participation linked to implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol 10
The UK initiates the TCA dispute process 11
The UK Government proposes alternatives to the EU programmes 12
1.3. UK-EU talks on participation relaunched 12
Agreement on UK participation reached 13
Specialised Committee adopts Protocols 14
2. Scope and conditions for participation 15
2.1. Scope for participation 15
2.2. Specialised Committee decision and protocols on UK participation 16
2.3. Conditions for participation in programmes 17
General conditions 17
Conditions for specific programmes 18
Conditions to support mobility and to protect classified information 18
Participation in governance arrangements 19
2.4. Rules for financing UK participation in EU programmes 20
Automatic correction mechanisms 21
Programmes funded through financial instruments 22
2.5. Review of performance and financial increases 22
2.6. Sound financial management 23
2.7. Other rules for implementation of EU programmes 24
2.8. Suspension and termination of UK participation 25
Suspension 25
Termination following suspension 26
Termination following modification to programmes 26
2.9. Access of the UK to services under EU Programmes 27
2.10. Reviews 28
2.11. Dispute settlement 29
3. Horizon Europe 30
3.1. Joint declaration and protocol on participation 30
3.2. The UK's financial contribution to Horizon Europe 32
Participation fee 32
Correction mechanism 33
BEIS R&D budget allocations 34
3.3. Finalising participation 35
Stakeholder responses 35
'Pump-priming' participation 36
3.4. Funding guarantee 36
3.5. 'Plan B' 37
Stakeholder responses 39
4. Copernicus 40