Council Regulation (EU) 2021/1173 on establishing the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking

Summary:

Regulation (EU) 2021/1173 - formally adopted by the Council of the European Union on 13 July 2021 - establishing the European High Performance (EuroHPC) Joint Undertaking for the period 2021-2027.

Further information:

High Performance Computing (HPC) refers to computing systems (also known as supercomputers) with extremely high computational power that are able to solve hugely complex and demanding problems. Regulation (EU) 2018/1488 established the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking as a legal and financial framework, pooling resources from the European Union (EU), 32 countries and two Private Members.

This Regulation offers a continuation of the existing initiative, introducing modifications to adapt the Regulation to the programmes in the framework of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027, but also to reflect the priorities of the European Commission, and to make it possible for the Joint Undertaking to use funding from the programmes established for the seven-year period. The Staff Working Document accompanying the proposal summarises the evidence collected since the EuroHPC was first established. The Regulation repeals Regulation (EU) 2018/1488.

The draft law was tabled by the European Commission on 18 September 2020. The Council of the European Union adopted a general approach on this file on 28 May 2021. The European Parliament's plenary adopted an opinion on 24 June 2021. The Council formally adopted the proposed Regulation on 13 July 2021. The Act was published in the Official Journal on 19 July 2021.

Official

EUR-LEX: COM(2020)569) Proposal for a Council Regulation on establishing the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2020:569:FIN

EUR-LEX: SWD(2020)179: Staff Working Document accompanying the Proposal - Equipping Europe for world-class High Performance Computing in the next decade https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=SWD:2020:179:FIN

European Parliament: Legislative Observatory: Procedure File for Proposal on European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (2020/0260(NLE)) https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?lang=en&reference=2020/0260(NLE)

Official Website of the European High Performance Computing (EuroHPC) Joint Undertaking https://eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/

European Commission: Digital Single Market: The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking - EuroHPC https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/eurohpc-joint-undertaking

European Commission: Press Release, 18/09/2020: State of the Union: Commission sets out new ambitious mission to lead on supercomputing https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_1592

European Commission: State of the Union: Commission proposes new regulation for the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking – Questions and Answers (18 February 2020) https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/QANDA_20_1593

European Commission: Factsheet, 18/09/2020: The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/european-high-performance-computing-joint-undertaking

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 13/07/2021: European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking: Council adopts Regulation https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/07/13/european-high-performance-computing-joint-undertaking-council-adopts-regulation/

European Commission: News, 20/07/2021: Adoption of the Council Regulation to establish the new EuroHPC JU https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/adoption-council-regulation-establish-new-eurohpc-ju

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Commentary and Analysis

Wikipedia: European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_High-Performance_Computing_Joint_Undertaking

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