Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) grant agreement - clauses relevant to communication

General Conditions, II.2, Organisation of the consortium and role of coordinator 4. Beneficiaries shall fulfil the following obligations as a consortium: [] d) engage, whenever appropriate, with actors beyond the research community and with the public in order to foster dialogue and debate on the research agenda, on research results and on related scientific issues with policy makers and civil society; create synergies with education at all levels and conduct activities promoting the socioeconomic impact of the research. General Conditions, II.12., Information and communication 1. The beneficiaries shall, throughout the duration of the project, take appropriate measures to engage with the public and the media about the project and to highlight the Community financial support. Unless the Commission requests otherwise, any publicity, including at a conference or seminar or any type of information or promotional material (brochure, leaflet, poster, presentation etc), must specify that the project has received Community research funding and display the European emblem. When displayed in association with a logo, the European emblem should be given appropriate prominence. This obligation to use the European emblem in respect of projects to which the [European Community] [European Atomic Energy Community] contributes implies no right of exclusive use. It is subject to general third-party use restrictions which do not permit the appropriation of the emblem, or of any similar trademark or logo, whether by registration or by any other means. Under these conditions, beneficiaries are exempted from the obligation to obtain prior permission from the Commission to use the emblem. Further detailed information on the EU emblem can be found on the Europa web page. Any publicity made by the beneficiaries in respect of the project, in whatever form and on or by whatever medium, must specify that it reflects only the authors views and that the Community is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. 2. The Commission shall be authorised to publish, in whatever form and on or by whatever medium, the following information: the name of the beneficiaries; contact addresses of beneficiaries; the general purpose of the project in the form of the summary provided by the consortium; the amount and rate of the Community financial contribution foreseen for the project;

after the final payment, the amount and rate of the Community financial contribution accepted by the Commission; the estimated amount and rate of the Community financial contribution foreseen for each beneficiary in the table of the estimated breakdown of budget in Annex I; after the final payment, the amount and rate of the Community financial contribution accepted by the Commission for each beneficiary;
the geographic location of the activities carried out; the list of dissemination activities and/or of patent (applications) relating to foreground; the details/references and the abstracts of scientific publications relating to foreground and, where provided pursuant to Article II.30.4, the published version or the final

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manuscript accepted for publication; the publishable reports submitted to it; any picture or any audiovisual or web material provided to the Commission in the framework of the project. The consortium shall ensure that all necessary authorisations for such publication have been obtained and that the publication of the information by the Commission does not infringe any rights of third parties. Upon a duly substantiated request by a beneficiary, the Commission may agree to forego such publicity if disclosure of the information indicated above would risk compromising the beneficiarys security, academic or commercial interests.

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