[Ficore-legal] FI-CORE CONSORTIUM AGREEMENT

[Courlet De Vregille, Romain]

Dear Luis, dear all,

Please find hereunder some very few additional comments, and please excuse us for the delay in circulating them.

Clause 3.2.2.7: we insist on reinstating the veto right of the FIWARE project. We would be happy to review any modification should you consider them as necessary.

Clause 3.3.2.1: we insist on our comment regarding the deletion of the conditions under which the Board members should work together. It seems odd to us to describe it as such, and we prefer to leave to the Board members the liberty to organise themselves as per their wishes. We would prefer to state that: "The Board meets regularly at least every two weeks, either physically or virtually, and its members shall work continuously together."

Best regards,

Romain and the ARI team



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Subject: [Ficore-legal] TR: FI-CORE CONSORTIUM AGREEMENT

Dear  Luis, Dear all


Please find attached some comments about this new version.

We may have further comments  in particular about new financial provisions

Best regards

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Objet : [PPP-TF-proposal] FI-CORE CONSORTIUM AGREEMENT

Dear partners:

Thanks for your comments to the initially proposed agreement. Attached you will find the second version of the FI-CORE Consortium Agreement in which we´ve tried to include most of your inputs.

The main modification we´ve included is referred to the Payment Clause:

As many partners have expressed their concern about this clause (specially SMEs) and FI-CORE is a 24th month project, we have suppressed the "two tranches systems" that worked in FIWARE (36 months). Accordingly, both the pre-financing and the Interim Payment will be paid 100% by the Coordinator not later than thirty (30) days from their receipt.

At the same time, and to protect the Consortium from the eventual risks associated to this new payment method, we´ve included several rules to ensure that certain reimbursements, in some specific cases, are done on time by the relevant partners.  Together with these "reimbursement security measures" we´ve included the rules to make additional payments, in certain situations, to new partners joining the Project (i.e. through the Open Call) or to partners that have increased their budget/effort in the project.

We hope that this new wording is acceptable for all of you

Together with the above mentioned modification, we´ve maintained the possibility of delaying the payment (now only referred to the Interim Payment) in those cases in which the Coordinator "determined within such thirty (30) days period, based on internal reviews, results of review of the EC, milestones fulfillment, and confirmation of the relevant work-package leaders, that a Party has materially failed to meet its delivery milestones as defined in Annex 1 of the GA".

Our experience shows that it is not practical at all to refer this decission to the Board, as Board decisions require a long time, excessive for the daily management needs of the Project. Notwithstanding, and to avoid any arbitrary decision of the Coordinator, the CA clearly establishes that in case that the affected party objects,  "the final decision will be taken by the Board according to the provisions of clause 3.3.2.4."


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We kindly invite to check this new version and to send your comments before next Monday 29th. Please, try to minimaze them as we must conclude this agreement within the 45 days following the signature of the Grant Agreement (signed by the Commission last 16th September). As soon as we collect all the comments received up to that date, we´ll prepare a new version and convene a Conference Call to definitively close any pending issues that may still be open.

Don´t forget to send me your heading and contact details for the CA¡

Thanks and regards

Luis García García
Telefónica I+D
Asesoría Jurídica // Legal Department
Distrito T, Edificio Oeste 1, 6ª planta
Ronda de la Comunicación s/n
28050- Madrid (Spain)


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