Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 2 in 2016 (January 5. No 1 1) operational programmes for the "growth and jobs" 1.2.1. specific objective "to increase private sector investment in the" P& "action support 1.2.1.1 new product and technology development centre of competence within the" first, second and fourth in the project application selection round of the implementing provisions Issued under the European Union's structural funds and the cohesion fund the 2014 – 2020 programming period management law of 6 and article 20 paragraph 13 i. General questions 1. determines: 1.1. procedures for implementing the action programme "growth and employment" 1.2.1. specific objective "to increase private sector investment in the" P& "action support 1.2.1.1 new product and technology development, in the framework of the competence centre "(hereinafter measure) the first application round project (hereinafter referred to as the first round), the second application round project (hereinafter referred to as the second round) and fourth-round draft selection of the application (hereinafter referred to as the fourth round); 1.2. the objectives of the measure; 1.3. selection rounds of funding available; 1.4. the requirements of the European regional development fund project (hereinafter the project) to the applicant and project partners (research project implementers); 1.5. the eligible cost of the action, as well as the relevance of the contract or the agreement for the implementation of a project of cooling-off unilateral conditions; 1.6. the receiving State aid related conditions. 2. The terms used in the following terms: project selection 2.1 the Council-the Council of the Centre of competence within that: 2.1.1 ensure that the research project is specified to be performed and analyzed or if the investment utility and validity, as well as commercialization potential; 2.1.2. ensure that is specified in compliance with the defined research project competence center development strategy; 2.1.3. ensure that the research project defined objectives are achieved; 2.1.4 decide on the expert Association research project evaluation; 2.1.5. Decides on the research project approval or rejection; 2.1.6. supervise research projects to meet specific intermediate results indicators; 2.1.7. the monitors to meet the competency Centre set performance and rates of return on investments; 2.1.8. If necessary, attracts experts before research project final payment project research results to gain confidence that the investments made have been appropriate and reasonable; 2.1.9. where necessary, carry out other functions that are related to the research project evaluation, selection, monitoring and results; 2.2. the parties concerned – the people who meet the 2014 the Commission 17 June of the Regulation (EU) No.  651/2014, by which certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market, applying the contract article 107 and 108 (Official Journal of the European Union by 2014 June 26, No.  L 187) (hereinafter referred to as Commission Regulation No 651/2014), laid down in annex 1 related to the definition of economic operators; 2.3. one single company-a company that meets European Commission 18 December 2013 Regulation No. 1407/2013 for the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union and article 107.108. application of the de minimis aid (hereinafter referred to as Commission Regulation No 1407/2013) article 2, paragraph 2 these criteria; 2.4. research and knowledge dissemination organization – an organization that meets the Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 83, paragraph 2; 2.5. the cooperation partner (research project implementer) – any economic operator company, recognized agricultural service cooperative society or research and knowledge dissemination organization which intends to carry out a research project within the framework of the competence center and meet this provision in paragraph 17.5. and 19 partner in these requirements. 2.6. the research project – any individual research project or a collaborative research project, approved by the Council for the selection of projects; 2.7. individual research project-research project, which implements one implementer of the study; 2.8. the cooperation research project-project, which implemented a leading implementer of the study together with one or more of the partners, ensuring effective cooperation; 2.9. effective cooperation — cooperation that complies with Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 90, paragraph 2; 2.10. the newly established merchant-a merchant that is created with the aim to commercialize the competence center within the research results generated and which are passed to the made-for-television rights to intellectual property, which it uses in its further economic activity. 3. objective of the measure is the promotion of competitiveness of economic operators, encouraging research and industrial cooperation through projects that develop new products and technologies and introducing them to the production. 4. in the event the target group is small (micro), small, medium and large businesses that develop products and technologies in a smart area of specialisation, as well as the research and dissemination of knowledge in the organization. 5. measures for the first, second and fourth round planned within the total eligible funding is 65 125 000 euro, including the European regional development fund – 52 300 000 euro and private financing-12 825 000 euro. The second and the fourth rounds of private financing in the context of at least 20% of the planned total eligible funding. The European regional development fund, the financing available for: 5.1 first round – the Ministry of Economic Affairs in the amount of eur 1 000 000 this rule 24.3. the activities referred to in subparagraph; 5.2. the second round of the competence centres – 25 650 000 eur 24.1 and 24.2 these rules. in the above activities; 5.3. the fourth round of the competence centres – 25 650 000 eur 24.1 and 24.2 these rules. in the above activities. 6. the measure is achievable the following monitoring indicators: outcome indicators: 6.1 6.1.1. until 2018 31 December: 6.1.1.1. the number of traders who have received aid,-35; 6.1.1.2. the supported number of operators who receive grants, 35; 6.1.1.3. the number of operators who receive aid to launch new products,-35; 6.1.2. to 2023 December 31:6.1.2.1. the number of traders who have received aid, 100; 6.1.2.2. the supported number of operators who receive grants, 100; 6.1.2.3. the number of operators who receive aid to launch new products,-100; 6.2. result indicators – up to 2023 December 31 linked to private investment in research and development – 12 825 000 euro; 6.3. financial indicators: 6.3.1. the first and second rounds until 2018 under the December 31 certified expenditure of eur 13 643 805; 6.3.2. in the framework of the fourth round until 2021 December 31 certified expenditure 13 643 805. 7. Once a year the competence center shall submit the following to the cooperation body in addition to the uzskaitāmo outcome indicators that the liaison body shall send to the responsible authority for the compilation: 7.1. private investment, which complements the State aid for innovation or research and development projects; 7.2. Merchant investments in research and development in the first full financial year following that in which the year that finished at least one research project; 7.3. the linked foreign funding (from the international research programmes from foreign partners) studies the business sector; 7.4. the number of economic operators who, after completion of the research project successfully implemented the business jaunradīto products or technologies; 7.5. the supported number of new operators; 7.6. the merchant concluded a license agreement for the implementation of the research project into intellectual property commercialization; 7.7. the operator's turnover after the implementation of the results of research in economic activity or commercialization; 7.8. supported employment growth in komersanto; 7.9. the number of research projects that involve cooperation between economic operators and research and knowledge dissemination; 7.10. research projects (the euro), including cooperation between economic operators and research and knowledge dissemination; 7.11. PhD involved research projects; 7.12. the operator and the research and knowledge dissemination organization koppublikācij of researchers; 7.13. the number of traders who cooperate with research institutions. 8. the implementation of the measure is: 8.1 limited project application selection first round; 8.2. open project application selection in the second and fourth rounds. 9. the implementation of the measure is gravel. 10. the implementation of measures to ensure cooperation between the Office and the Ministry of economy as a responsible authority (hereinafter referred to as the responsible authority). 11. the measure creates at least one competency Center in each of the following smart specialisation areas or sub-sets: 11.1 the knowledge intensive bio-economy – the innovative solution for the forestry and wood processing; 11.2. the knowledge intensive bio-economy – innovative solutions in agriculture and food production; 11.3. biomedicine, medical technology, biopharmaceutical and biotechnology; 11.4. smart materials, technology and inženiersistēm-intelligent materials; 11.5. smart materials, technology and inženiersistēm-modern production technologies and inženiersistēm; 11.6. information and communication technologies-aparātbūv (electronics); 7.3. information and communication technologies, information and communication technologies; 11.8. the intelligent energy. 12. The second and fourth rounds within the competence center develop new or substantial improvements to existing products and technologies in intelligent areas of specialisation. 13. The first round within the Ministry of economy take second, third and fourth round of projects implemented under surveillance, organized an annual Conference of research and innovation, as well as other ways to disseminate research results, if necessary.
II. applicant and Project partners (research project implementers) requirements 14. Measure project applicant is: 14.1. first round – the Ministry of economy; 14.2. the second and fourth rounds – competence centre. 15. the applicant shall prepare Draft project submissions under the project application selection rules. 16. in the event the beneficiary are: 16.1. the second and fourth rounds – competence centres and partners (personal research and collaborative research project implementers) this provision and 24.1 24.2. the activities mentioned in points; 16.2. first round – Ministry of economics that rule 24.3. the activities mentioned in points. 17. The competence center is a legal person, which meet the following conditions: 17.1. it is a limited liability company, or association; 17.2. It combines at least five unrelated trades or industry recognised agricultural services cooperative society. If the owner is the competence centre society are counted also business operators and agricultural service cooperatives, which combines in a particular society; 17.3. it has received support from a registered society in Latvia which: 17.3.1. representing the economic sector in which workers will be implemented in the project; 17.3.2. combines industry economic operator whose total turnover last year concluded at least 150 000 000 eur; 17.3.3. The company is registered in the register of associations and foundations register for at least five years prior to the application of the project collaboration; 17.3.4. has supported no more than one competence center project submissions; more than 51% of the 17.4. competence centre share capital or voting rights belongs to business operators or recognized agricultural service cooperatives or associations, which combines the business operator or a recognised agricultural service cooperatives; 17.5. the competence centre and its partners (research project implementers) does not have a judicial decision recognised as insolvent, including not in the bailout process, the economic activity is not terminated, it is not in the process of liquidation and does not meet national statutory criteria to them at the request of the creditor could apply to insolvency proceedings; 10.9. at least 25 percent of the competence center project total funding is intended for experimental design. 18. The competence centre is right in the project also attract partners (research project implementer), not the competence center of capital holders. 19. the cooperation partner (research project implementer) research project involvement with its owned or owned property, intellectual property, finance or human resources. This investment results in the recipient with funding partners (research project implementer) can not occur in the legal relationship from which would follow that this business meets the public procurement contract signs according to the public procurement Act or the public service act or that the purchase transaction must apply laws on the procurement procedure and the application of a Subscriber-funded projects. 20. the funding will not be eligible if: 20.1. project applicant meets the European Union's structural funds and the cohesion fund the 2014 – 2020 programming period management laid down in article 23 of the law project applicant off; 20.2. the project applicant or its partners (research project implementers) meet the ailing merchant status, in accordance with Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 18 definition. 21. Project selection round of the applicant may submit, within one project submission. 22. The competence centre together with the application of the project authority shall provide for cooperation between centres of competence development strategy (Latvian language) for the period up to December 31, 2023. 23. in order to develop science and research staff employed in the understanding of the industrial sector's needs and promote mobility between industry and research sectors, industrial study involves implementing partners (research project implementer), participating in the implementation of industrial research with scientists (PhD), or outsourcing, research and knowledge transfer organisations or other legal entities, which employ scientists (PhD)-research project application, from where will attract scientists (PhD). If the research project scientists (PhD) is not linked to the research and dissemination of knowledge of the Organization, then it is explained in the application for the project.
III. eligible and ineligible activities funding 24:24.1. individual study and collaborative research project implementers: 24.1.1. competence centre project selection in Council approved industrial research under Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 85, paragraph 2, definition; 24.1.2. competence centre project selection in Council approved experimental developments pursuant to Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 86, paragraph 2, definition; 24.1.3. competence centre project selection in Council approved a technical economic feasibility studies research projects that total was more than 250 000 euro, in accordance with Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 87, paragraph 2, definition; 24.2. the competence centre: 24.2.1. coordination of research projects, including the promotion of cooperation, information and knowledge sharing, and networking and the promotion of international cooperation, as well as competence center project management costs; 24.2.2. promotion of cooperation, to engage in international research projects; 24.3. the Ministry of the economy: 24.3.1. monitoring of the implementation of the project; 24.3.2. annual research and innovation organization of the Conference; 24.3.3. dissemination of research results in another way, if necessary. 25. Support is provided only for activities that are initiated after the submission of the project or research project to the application date. Cost starts from the project's relevance to the application or the application of the research project. 26. funding is not granted: 26.1. commercial use of software and information systems development, if it uses a certain method or existing software tools; 26.2. the existing software and information system support; 26.3. the computer language conversion, and translation; 26.4. adding new functionality to the users; 26.5. debugging the system; 16.5. the adaptation of existing software; 16.6. user documentation preparation; 16.7. tīmekļvietņ development; 26.9. Web application development; 26.10. of ready designed not only in software development platforms. 27. the Activities of the services sectors, as well as in the field of software are recognised as eligible when one of the following conditions is met: 27.1. activities related to the research project and is carried out in cooperation with public research laboratories or purchasing outsourcing from public research laboratories; 27.2. Dr. or PhD students are employed within the framework of the research project; 27.3. the results of research published in scientific journals, organizes scientific conferences or engage in scientific studies. 28. the maximum amount of financing this provision in 24.1.3 the operations does not exceed 300 000 per year for a single competence centre. 29. the maximum amount of financing this provision and 30.1.2 30.1.3.30.1.5. actions referred to in subparagraph does not exceed 200 000 euro three-year period to one center of competence, pursuant to the Commission Regulation (EC) No 1407/2013 article 3, paragraph 2 limits. The maximum amount of financing this provision, 30.1.4.1., 30.2.1.8 30.1.2.2. the costs referred to in subparagraph together shall not exceed the amount calculated at 24 426 euros plus 0.64% of project total direct eligible costs, excluding the direct project management staff costs.
IV. Eligible and ineligible costs 30. Measure is applicable the following cost items: competence centres: 30.1.30.1.1. measures to be implemented in the framework of the research project and the technological-economic priekšizpēš of direct eligible costs of the individual studies implementers collaborative research project leading implementers and their research partners who participate in the implementation of the study with their owned or owned property or human resources (except for this provision, 30.1.1.2., 30.1.1.1., 30.1.1.4., 30.1.1.3., 30.1.1.6. or 30.1.1.5.30.1.1.8. States otherwise) (costs are attributable only to the extent that as they relate to the particular project). Funding for the activities listed in this subparagraph shall be in accordance with Commission Regulation No 651/2014:30.1.1.1. wage labour in the meaning of article 59 of this rule 24.1.) (eligible activities. Remuneration for work performance are identified in a proportionate, taking into account the volume and nature of work and direct staff costs involved professionals; 30.1.1.2. travel (travel) costs in accordance with the laws of the order in which the recoverable with missions and staff travel costs: 30.1.1.2.1. baggage; 30.1.1.2.2. spending on hotels (accommodation), including breakfast in hotel expenses; 30.1.1.2.3. travel (transportation) costs (economy class public transport expenses, local transport costs, or the cost of fuel, if you use a personal or professional car); 30.1.1.2.4. the daily allowance; 30.1.1.3. public utilities and communication services, in so far as they are used in research or technological-economic feasibility studies; 30.1.1.4. rooms, instruments, equipment and equipment rent, as long as they are used in research or technological-economic feasibility studies; 30.1.1.5. projected material (physical, biological, chemical and other material, the test animals, reagents, chemicals, laboratory utensils, medicine research), scientific literature and for low inventory acquisition costs, including the cost of delivery, as long as they are used in research or technological-economic feasibility studies; 30.1.1.6. the center of competence, the implementation of individual study, collaborative research project leading research bodies and their partners-owned space, instruments, machinery and equipment, patents and licenses depreciation costs, insofar as they are used in the study. Do not cover the space, instruments, facilities and equipment, patents and licenses depreciation costs, if the acquisition or establishment of the aid has already been granted another aid measure or project. Patents and licenses depreciation costs may be eligible only if they are purchased after the application of the project. If the time the premises, instruments, equipment, patents and licenses used in the study, does not cover all relevant spaces, tools, equipment, patents and licences, the useful life of the eligible costs only the depreciation costs corresponding to the period of the study, and are calculated in accordance with good accounting practices, but does not exceed the regulations corporate income tax in the area of asset depreciation rates (not mentioned in these regulations accelerate the write-off of fixed assets ratio); 30.1.1.7. insurance (health, life, property, vehicles, equipment, liability, etc.) costs to the research project, which need to determine the laws and regulations of the Republic of Latvia. If a research project will not cover all the relevant insurance, eligible costs include the part of the insurance costs, corresponding to the period of the research project; 30.1.1.8. other external costs of implementing the study purchased from third parties, if the services in question are used exclusively for the research activity, or technical-economic feasibility studies; 30.1.2. competence center of the direct eligible costs. Funding for the activities listed in this subparagraph shall be in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1407/2013:30.1.2.1. the cost of this provision in certain activities 24.2.2 (competence center for first year membership fee international initiatives, international project preparation costs for the implementation of individual study, collaborative research project leading research bodies and their partners (including research) the costs associated with participation in international research projects, and other costs with the merchant or the recognition of agricultural service cooperatives involved in international research projects, if they are approved by the Council for the selection of projects representative of the Ministry of the economy); 30.1.2.2. competence center for project management (project management staff remuneration cost for project activities to planning, coordination and control, including the cost of the provision of adequate documentation of the project for the European Union and national level of statutory requirements, project procurement organization and control costs). Compensation costs are considered part of the cost of project management if employees not less than one month, at least 30% of their time working on the project, and it is displayed on the timesheet system or the timesheet table; 30.1.2.3. acquisition of outsourcing – legal, accounting, filing and translation services, which require competency Center; 30.1.3. indirect eligible costs. Funding for the activities listed in this subparagraph shall be in accordance with Commission Regulation No.  1407/2013; 30.1.4. individual study and collaborative research project leading research bodies and their partners in research indirect costs related to the measures to be implemented in the framework of the research project and the technological-economic priekšizpēš. Funding for the activities listed in this subparagraph shall be in accordance with Commission Regulation No 651/2014:30.1.4.1. research project management costs (research project management personnel remuneration paid for the research project the action planning, coordination and control, including the fee for the provision of research project documentation according to the European Union and national level of statutory requirements, project procurement organization and control costs). Compensation costs are considered in the research project management costs, if employees not less than one month, at least 30% of their time working on research projects, and it is displayed on the timesheet system or the timesheet table; 30.1.4.2. stationery, Office supplies and office equipment rental or purchase; 30.1.4.3. insurance (health, life, property, vehicles, equipment, liability, etc.) costs to the research project, which need to determine the laws and regulations of the Republic of Latvia. If a research project will not cover all the relevant insurance, eligible costs include the part of the insurance costs, corresponding to the period of the research project; 30.1.5. contingencies this provision 30.1.1 30.1.2 30.1.3,.,., 30.1.4. referred to cover not more than 5% of the research projects the direct and indirect costs of research. No expenditure in excess of this 5% threshold referred to in (a), be considered as additional expenses or incidence arising in the course of project implementation, and funding recipient or research project implementer to meet from its own resources. Funding for the activities listed in this subparagraph shall be in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1407/2013; 30.2. the Ministry of the economy: 30.2.1. direct project costs this rule 24.3. the activities referred to in: 30.2.1.1. wages; 30.2.1.2. work equipment costs; 30.2.1.3. mission travel costs; 30.2.1.4. annual research and innovation of the organisation of the Conference (room rental, technical support, catering expenses, live support, translation costs, transport costs, travel costs, design costs and other organisational costs); 30.2.1.5. other dissemination costs; 30.2.1.6. the connecting costs, translation and other costs associated with the evaluation of the research project; 30.2.1.7. insurance (health, life, property, vehicles, equipment, liability, etc.) to the project cost, which is the need to determine the laws and regulations of the Republic of Latvia. If a research project will not cover all the relevant insurance, eligible costs include the part of the insurance costs, corresponding to the period of the research project; 30.2.1.8. project management (project management staff remuneration cost for project activities to planning, coordination and control, including the cost of the provision of appropriate documentation of the project for the European Union and national level of statutory requirements, project procurement management and monitoring costs). Compensation costs are considered part of the cost of project management if employees not less than one month, at least 30% of their time working on the project, and it is displayed on the timesheet system or the timesheet table; 30.2.1.9. value added tax direct costs; 30.2.2. indirect costs of project implementation that rule 24.3. the activities referred to in point. 31. in the second and fourth round funding recipient project eligible indirect costs in accordance with the single rate of 15% of the cost of this provision in the abovementioned 30.1.2.2 direct eligible costs of the staff. 32. The first round of funding is the recipient of the eligible project costs under the joint cost rate 15% of 30.2.1.1 these provisions and referred to in subparagraph 30.2.1.8. direct eligible costs of the staff. 33. the cooperation research project implementer – the merchant and agricultural service cooperatives – cost of services calculated in accordance with the arrangements for recording the financial statements for State, local, foreign, European Union, other international organisations and institutions, financial aid (financial assistance), gifts and donations, whether in cash or in kind. Collaborative research project of implementing the cost of the services provided pursuant to this rule shall compensate the imputability condition. Outsourcing providers, research or knowledge transfer organizations – for their services receives a fee, which is equivalent to the market price of their service. The study requires the purchase of a purchase of outsourcing according to laws on the procurement procedure. 34. The competence center or individual study, implementing is entitled not to apply the laws and regulations on the procurement procedure and the application of a Subscriber-funded projects, for technical, artistic, or with the protection of exclusive rights related reasons the contract can be concluded only with certain suppliers, as well as when information about potential material (physical, biological, chemical and other material, the test animals, reagents, chemicals, laboratory utensils, medicine research) , scientific literature and vendor proposed catchpenny inventory prices are available to the public (for example, Exchange, websites) and you select a supplier who offers the lowest price. In this case, the competence center or individual research implementing the obligation is to prepare and store a written justification for the lowest prices. 35. the research and dissemination of knowledge in organizations, if they engage in the study of cooperation as the cooperation partner will compensate for the costs according to the conditions, the eligible cost and shall make a clear distinction between financial flows associated with the implementation of the study of financial flows related to other research and dissemination of the Organization's physical operations and activities which are not economic activities. 36. When buying services from a Latvian research and knowledge dissemination, research customers must receive assurance that the research and dissemination of the Organization's accounting policy is to incorporate the values of scientific services (market price). 37. This provision cost referred to in 30.1.1. incidence conditions: 37.1. If research or technical-economic feasibility studies in scientific research in the employee is remunerated by the employment contract, the timesheet tables indicates how many hours dedicated to work on the study, specifying separately the capacity of industrial research, experimental development and technical-economic feasibility studies, and how many hours dedicated to work that is not associated with the study. Hours of work are determined in accordance with the labour relations regulatory laws; 37.2. If the employee works in a scientific study and perform other functions, which receive remuneration by another contract or contracts, work study is carried out at a time when according to the contract concluded by a person conducting the study related tasks. If the work of the study carried out during the reference of the number of hours worked will reduce the load; 37.3. the research project implementer to ensure that employment or other contracts specified duties to be duplicated with the study tasks. 38. the proposal does not apply to the following costs: 38.1. costs not associated with the research project specified research or technological-economic feasibility studies; 38.2. the General costs associated with the preparation of the application projects, including advisory services; 23.8. value added tax (except when the beneficiary is unable to recover it from the State budget), customs duties, fees and penalty payments, except that rule 16.2. beneficiaries referred to in point a; 23.9. the payment for a loan or leasing, design and booking, interest payments, penalties, interest on arrears, charges for financial transactions; 38.5. the costs associated with the merchant or recognized agricultural cooperatives of services exports (sales network establishment and operation, as well as merchant or recognized agricultural service cooperative society administrative expenditure on export operations); 24.0. costs related to building civil design, construction, reconstruction and adaptation of the premises; 36.6. other costs of this provision in paragraph 30, as applicable. 39. the Centre of competence attributed costs include costs for only those research activities the project closing date for submission of the request for payment will be made. Eligible costs do not include costs for those research activities that are planned to be completed by the project closing date for submission of the payment request. Interim payment request include the eligible costs of the project the application actually expenses incurred. 40. the measures financed under the only eligible costs directly linked to project activities are measurable, proportionate, justified and comply with the principles of sound financial management. The second and fourth-round draft selection of the application within the applicable environmental requirements is the integration of the procurement of goods and services (the "green procurement"). 41. the membership fees in international initiatives only if membership in the competence centre will help the industry strategy and defined objectives and into new international projects and centres of competence are set new milestones, indicators of results in relation to the participation in relevant international initiatives.
V. implementation of the project and the conditions for funding the project. time 42:42.1. the first round is from the date of conclusion of the contract for the project implementation until December 31, 2021; 26.2. the second round is from the date of conclusion of the contract for the project implementation until 2018 31 December; 26.3. the fourth round is from the date of conclusion of the contract for the project implementation until December 31, 2021. 43. The implementation of the project in the first place, the second and the fourth round is the Republic of Latvia. 44. The second and fourth rounds within the competence centres and research project implementers have the following rights and obligations: 44.1. the Centre shall have the right of competence to drive a competence centre project, including coordinating the entire project of the Centre of competence in research projects; 44.2. the competence center responsibilities: 44.2.1. implement the cooperation projects approved; 44.2.2. documenting and keep decisions about research project application approval and rejection; 44.2.3. submit cooperation institution interim and final payment claims under the contract concluded with the cooperation of the authority; 44.3. the implementation of the research project is entitled to submit to the Centre of competence in research projects; 27.6. the research project implementing responsibilities: 44.4.1. where the research project, the applicant who submitted the application for research project competence center, did not prove that the ability to carry out research and development work for the same forces (for example, not research and Development Department, all employees are already overloaded, do not have adequate scientific infrastructure, not the high level of engineering or industry professional who is able to carry out scientific research in the sector needs an appropriate level or is not a strong knowledge base in the production or provision of services) It provides liaison with research and knowledge dissemination organization or other business that employs the science professionals concerned scientists (PhD) and economic activity which is associated with this service provision; 44.4.2. to implement competency Center approved research project; 44.4.3. provide competence center for information necessary for the interim and final payment request submission to the cooperation. 45. During project implementation second and fourth-round funding within the beneficiary can receive faster payments (without the bank guarantee) to 75% of the cooperative institution in the payment request, submitted before the liaison body has completed its evaluation of the payment request in question. Faster payment volume of cooperation authority determines the assessment of risk, including in the light of the statistics on the part of the beneficiary in advance payment requests submitted by the authorities of cooperation in the inspections carried out were found to be adequate and appropriate cost made. 46. in the framework of the fourth round of funding may not receive these centres of competence, which received funding under the second round and until 1 July 2018:46.1. not submit requests for payment for a total of at least 80% of the total funding awarded; 46.2. not attracted private funding for research and development at least 641 250 €; 46.3. the competence centres supported under at least five operators. 47. to individual or collaborative research or technical-economic feasibility studies, the reviewer receive funding, it competence centre research project application submitted to the Latvian language, as well as a description of the research project Latvian language and competence centre after project selection in Council request, so the English translation, if according to the provisions laid down in paragraph 50 of the proposal's evaluation is linked to foreign experts. Research projects are selected by the Centre of competence for research to develop selection criteria. Research project selection criteria requires that a higher rating is assigned when you received the stamp of excellence to European Union research and innovation programme "Horizon 2020". 48. In assessing applications for research projects and research projects, the center of competence for implementing the project is the responsibility of the selection board to make sure that they meet all the conditions of these rules (including the provisions laid down in point 2.1.) and all of the second and the fourth rounds of project evaluation criteria (where applicable). If the Council approves the selection of the research project, it shall forward to the liaison body of the project's evaluation of compliance with the conditions of these rules and criteria for the evaluation of the project. The order in which you perform the assessment referred to in this paragraph, develop competence center jointly with the responsible institution and liaison body. 49. The research project, if it is a term of more than six months, divided into stages, and each stage establish objectives and results. 50. evaluation of research projects can be linked to international or local experts. If the contract is concluded on the European Commission's scientific expert database or other scientific experts registered in the database of expert services in the field of research and development related to research and development project submission or the initial scientific assessment of such projects the intermediate or the results achieved, is then applied to the laws and regulations in the area of public procurement in certain exceptional procedure. The expert Association decided to evaluate the research project competence center of each project the selection board. If the selection board members ' views on the Association of the experts of the research project evaluation differ, an expert at raising economic Ministry spokesman project selection in Council. After receipt of the expert's assessment of research projects is repeatedly viewed the project selection in Council and the Council shall decide on the approval or rejection of the project. 51. the experts participating in the evaluation of research projects is not considered a conflict of interest, unless the expert valued research project, which itself is the beneficiary. 52. The project selection in Council include: 52.1. the business operator or a recognised agricultural service cooperatives, which representatives of the higher education sector, or higher education and at least three years of work experience in the sector concerned; 52.2. the dissemination of research and knowledge organisations holding a master's or doctorate degree in the sector concerned; 52.3. direction of scientific directors; 52.4. The Ministry of the economy; 52.5. other organisations if necessary. 53. the representative of the Ministry of the economy, acting project selection in Council, make sure that: 53.1. research project contains and analyze the or if the investment utility and validity, as well as commercialization potential; 53.2. is specified in compliance with the defined research project competence center development strategy; 53.3. the defined objectives are achieved; 53.4. the project for the knowledge not available elsewhere or is protected, this knowledge increases the amount of knowledge of the industry; 13. a research project of the applicant to demonstrate understanding and vision of the potential application of knowledge and influence, and demonstrate, the impact and benefits of higher than expected costs of the research project; 53.6. research project application shows the stages of the research project after the completion of which is a continuation of the research project overestimated the utility. The research project also includes application management plan that provides for the termination in the research project or continuation is meant often enough to ensure reasonable use of funding. The requirements referred to in this subparagraph are applied if the planned research project implementation term is longer than six months; 53.7. research project application that is displayed in the highlighted area of knowledge competence center complements the strategy's areas of research or does it have a significant indirect impact on the ability to use the innovation strategy put forward in the areas of research knowledge; 53.8. research project application is intended and is verifiable real trader's financial participation in the research project funding in accordance with the intensity. The representative of the Ministry of the economy in the project selection in Council can familiarize themselves with the research project interim evaluation to determine whether the research project implementer and centres of competence is evaluated (if expected) research project, interim results and that decisions on the continuation of the research project or termination are documented and justified by the facts. The representative of the Ministry of Economic Affairs has the right to require other information in connection with the project of the Centre of competence within the research projects, which can be useful for economic policy making and complementary aid instruments. The use and application of data respects trade secrets, and merchants are entitled, based on giving, not to issue data containing trade secrets or which acquisition is justified by economic policymaking or supervisory needs. 54. Project selection in Council voting rights is the business operator or a recognised agricultural services cooperative society representatives, representatives of the Ministry of the economy (have a voting right, but not the right to veto) and direction of scientific leaders, the rest of the suggestions of the members of the Council's recommendations. 55. Research project can start five days after the signing of the project selection in Council Protocol approved the research project and recorded the project selection in Council representative of the Ministry of Economy's opinion on research projects, and after project selection in Council a copy of the Protocol with the Ministry of Economic Affairs, together with the opinion of the representative agreed the amendment request is sent to the liaison body. If the research project launched by the research project to the application of the competence centre research project will bear the risk of the applicant to cover all costs incurred from its own funds, if a research project will not be approved. If the representative of the Ministry of Economy's opinion on research project is a negative or partly negative, then for a given research project may not get that rule 45, paragraph faster payment. The liaison body shall take account of the economic Ministry's delegate in the negative or partly negative opinion to those considerations to decide on additional checks on the relevant research project. Project selection is for the Council to monitor research projects meet specific intermediate results indicators and centres of competence are attained as defined by the performance and return on investment characteristics. 56. Project Selection Board members in the Council membership is not considered a conflict of interest, except in the case where the selection Board assessed the research project, which itself is the beneficiary. 57. Draft interim and final payment claims for this rule 24.1 and 24.2. above. these activities shall prepare and submit to the competence centre, but for this rule 24.3. the activities referred to in point – the Ministry of economy. 58. After completion of the research project competence center presented the results of the research project summary of Latvian language cooperation institution and, if necessary, also the English translation. Project selection in Council of the Ministry of Economic Affairs representative may ask experts before research project the final payment is made to assess the results of the research project, to ensure that the investments made have been appropriate and reasonable. Expert evaluation copy shall also be sent to the liaison body. If the expert assessment is negative, the expert opinion prepared by the project promoter of research forward. The research project implementer within five working days, prepare an explanation of the discrepancies identified by the expert. If the explanation is not received within five working days or after expert introduction to the explanation of the expert's rating is again negative, the liaison body for the research project may apply financial corrections or ask to repay all study the amount of public funding. 59. Until 2018 1 September, the Ministry of economy the mid-term evaluation carried out, taking into account also the acquisition of funding, the Centre for competence development strategies and competence center for total quality of work in the second round. 60. The competence centre at least once every three months on its tīmekļvietn (if any) current information on centres of competence in the research programme includes the implementation of the studies. Individual and collaborative study implementers not less frequently than once every three months puts the current information on the progress of implementation of individual study and collaborative study of the implementing tīmekļvietn (if any). 61. cooperation authority on its tīmekļvietn competence centre contact details and indicate the direction of the Centre of competence in research, as well as information on the centres of competence for research programs include studies. 62. the measure first, second and fourth round of funding recipient project provides the information and publicity measures in accordance with the laws and regulations on the procedures for European Union structural funds and the Cohesion Fund in the implementation of the 2014-2020 programming period provide communications and visual identity requirements. 63. every year the Ministry of economy, research and innovation Conference, in which the centres of competence, inform about current research and research results. 64. the Ministry of the economy shall have the following functions: 64.1. to participate in the meetings of the selection of projects; 64.2. provide opinions about the research project competence center compliance strategy; 64.3. to supervise research projects intermediate indicators of performance and competence center the target indicators; 64.4. each year, the centres of competence to organize the research presentations; 64.5. make necessary modifications of the competence centres programme of regulatory laws; 64.6. ensure that measures will be achieved for certain monitoring indicators; 64.7. ensure that in several centres of competence are not research or experimental development on the same subject; 64.8. ensure that the second and fourth rounds during the implementation of projects, the number of detected non-conformity (for the questions that the surveillance measures in the framework of the first round will be awarded the funding to the Ministry of the economy) does not exceed one percent of the second and fourth round projects totals. If the second and fourth rounds during the implementation of projects, the number of detected non-conformity (for the questions that the surveillance measures in the framework of the first round will be awarded the funding to the Ministry of the economy) exceeds one percent of the second and fourth round projects totals, the liaison body shall inform the managing authority, which shall decide on further action. 65. cooperation authority have the right to unilaterally withdraw from the agreement for the implementation of a project in any of the following cases: 65.1. the beneficiary fails to fulfil a contract for the project implementation, including non-compliance with the time limits set out in the project or have other circumstances occurred which negatively affects or may affect the purpose or objective of the event, the monitoring indicators; 65.2. the funding recipient project during the implementation of the cooperation, knowingly provided false information to the authority; 65.3. in other cases, an agreement on the implementation of the project. 66. the cooperation of the authority shall be entitled to interim and final payment request during the evaluation, invite experts to check whether the project cost estimates specified eligible costs are reasonable and economically justified. 67. Interim payments may receive: 67.1. more frequently than quarterly, if interim payment request is made for an amount not exceeding eur 250 000; 67.2. more often than once a quarter, if the interim payment request is made for an amount in excess of 250 000 euros. 68. The maximum intensity of the financing of the project total eligible costs is as follows: 68.1. industrial research: 68.1.1.70%-tiny (micro) and small business operators; 68.1.2.60% – medium businesses; 68.1.3.50%-large business operators; 68.2. mock developments: 68.2.1.45%-tiny (micro) and small business operators; 68.2.2.35% – medium businesses; 68.2.3.25% – large merchants; 68.3. technical economic feasibility studies: 68.3.1.70%-tiny (micro) and small business operators; 68.3.2.60% – medium businesses; 68.3.3.50%-large business operators; 68.4.70% – this rule 24.2. the activities referred to in subparagraph; 100% to 68.5. this rule 24.3. the activities mentioned in points. 69. The beneficiary is obliged to collect and list the data pointer to the achievement of the project progress. 70. the research project implementors ensure (and make sure the beneficiary) that the co-financed products and services match the market price and there is no conflict of interests of the supplier or service provider. Research of implementing the project, making a purchase, the Cabinet of Ministers on 4 June 2013 rules no 299 "rules on procurement procedures and the procedure for its application the customer funded projects". 71. The study need not be the private cofinancing to invest in kind.
Vi. The receipt of State aid related conditions 72. Funding for this measure in accordance with Commission Regulation No 651/2014.73. Funding measure this rule 24.2. actions referred to in paragraph shall be in accordance with Commission Regulation No.  1407/2013.74. Maximum public funding for one smart specialisation away or, if it is not the field away, the second round has 3 206 250 euro.
75. The maximum allowable funding per centre of competence within the framework of the fourth round is determined by the responsible authority of the mid-term evaluation results. 76. The maximum total public funding for one individual study, implementing collaborative research project leading research bodies and their partners to the Group of persons is not more than 25% of the centres of competence approved for public funding. 77. If the cooperation is implemented for research projects, each partner's charges are applied according to the intensity, taking into account the partner compliance with little (micro), small, medium or large merchants. 78. Small and medium-sized merchants comply with Commission Regulation No 651/2014 1. definitions set out in the annex. 79. The big merchants comply with Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 2, paragraph 24. 80. This provision 68.1.1. funding referred to in intensity may be increased by 10 percentage points, but that rule 68.1.2., 68.1.3. and 68.2. intensity — referred to by 15 percentage points, if any of the following: 80.1. the study is effective cooperation with at least one small (micro), small or medium sized business Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 2 for the purposes of paragraph 90 and one merchant do not cover more than 70% of the total eligible costs; 80.2. the study is effective cooperation with at least one research and dissemination of knowledge in the Organization of the Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 90, paragraph 2, and the research and dissemination of knowledge in the organisation bears at least 10% of the total eligible costs and has the right to publish the results of their research; 49.9. study results are accepted for publication in at least two scientific articles indexed in Web of science, Scopus, ERICH (A or B) ScienceDirec or Elsevier databases, or distributed in any technical or scientific conference, whose collection of articles indexed in Web of science, Scopus, ERICH (A or B), DBLP, ScienceDirec or Elsevier databases and publications the author is a merchant or a recognised agricultural services cooperative society researcher or publication is a merchant or a recognised agricultural services cooperative society and the dissemination of research and knowledge organization research koppublikācij. 81. the funding for the additional effort that rule 49.9. in the case referred to in subparagraph paid after the following conditions are met: 81.1. publication or Conference material contains significant research results. If possible, provide a reference to the tīmekļvietn who inserted all the results of the study, including those that achieve results or will clarify after publication; 81.2. when multiple related studies, financing increases the intensity of those studies contained in this provision 49.9. referred to in subparagraph publication or conference materials; 81.3. study results are accepted for publication in at least two scientific articles indexed in Web of science, Scopus, ERICH (A or B), ScienceDirec or Elsevier databases, or distributed in any technical or scientific conference, whose collection of articles indexed in Web of science, Scopus, ERICH (A or B), DBLP, ScienceDirec or Elsevier databases. 82. within the framework of the support Measures (including de minimis aid) can be combined with support for the same eligible costs provided in another State aid program and project (including the can not be combined with other State aid programme or project in de minimis support). 83. The assistance given under these rules, may be combined with aid provided under Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 21 and which costs cannot be determined, provided that the limit is not exceeded the total amount of funding or in these regulations a certain intensity. 84. the aid measure is adopted Commission Regulation No 1407/2013 article 1 set out in paragraph 1 and Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 1 set out in point 3. 85. where the Centre of competence or implementing the research project runs both turned off or not supported in sectors take action, and in other sectors covered by the Commission Regulation No 1407/2013 or Commission Regulation No.  651/2014, said the scope of the aid may be granted only if it is clearly separated assisted or financial flow from other activities of financial flows, ensuring that actions excluded sectors do not benefit from the aid granted in conformity with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1407/2013 or Commission Regulation No 651/2014.86. prior to the provision of aid in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1407/2013 cooperation authority that the beneficiaries of three fiscal years under article 3 of that regulation provided for in point 2 of the de minimis limit of 200 000 euros. The liaison body for it to ensure, in accordance with article 6 of that Regulation (1). 87. In providing support, the Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 1, paragraph 2, "c" and "d" in subparagraph 4 of paragraph "(a)" in paragraph 5, and article 4, paragraph 1 the "i" in the subparagraph limits. 88. cooperation authority provides the Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 9(1) and (4) under certain publicity measures. 89. cooperation authority provides the Commission Regulation No 651/2014 supervision laid down in article 12. 90. in the course of the implementation of the project additional costs incurred or beneficiary of the incidence or research project implementer bear from its own funds. 91. the centres of competence projects may not be used for research equipment purchased with other economic activities of the related projects, except where the Centre of competence is made with economic activity unrelated to research projects. With economic activity unrelated to research projects are those projects that ensure effective cooperation and intellectual property rights resulting from the research project activities, is fully allocated to the research organisation. 92. the decision regarding the granting of aid, in accordance with Commission Regulation No.  651/2014 or Commission Regulation No.  1407/2013 will not be accepted after the above regulations force loss. The Prime Minister is the Rapidity of economic Newsletters, Minister Dana Reizniec-oak