Grant Agreement Preparation

• The Grant Agreement Preparation process is now supported for:
  • Programme: European Defense Fund (EDF), Type of Action: EDF Development Actions (EDF-DA), Type of MGA: EDF Action Grant Budget-Based (EDF-AG)
  • Programme: European Defense Fund, Type of Action: EDF Research Actions (EDF-RA), Type of MGA: EDF Action Grant Budget-Based (EDF-AG).

Amendments

• For Consortium Requested type of amendments: the Researcher Opinion Letter has been configured for the ERC, ERC-POC, ERC-SYG types of actions. You can find more information on how to prepare an amendment here.

Reporting and Payment

General

• The automatic generation of Payment letters for the InnovFund-AG-LS and PERI-AG ToMGA is now enabled.

Periodic reporting

• The Periodic Reporting is now enabled for:
  • Programme: Social Prerogatives and Specific Competencies Lines (SOCPL), Type of Action: Project Grants (SOCPL-PJG), Type of MGA: Action Grant (SOCPL-AG)
  • Programme: Protection of the Euro against Counterfeiting Programme (PERICLES), Type of Action: Project Grants (PERI-PJG), Type of MGA: Action Grant (PERI-AG)

Project Monitoring

• The Project Monitoring (PMON) has been now activated for the following programmes:
  • InnovFund2027

  • AGRIP2027 (Promotion of Agricultural Products)

  • DIGITAL (Digital Europe)

  • ERASMUS2027 (Erasmus+)

  • RFCS2027 (Research Fund for Coal and Steel)
  • SMP (Single Market Programme).

Grant Agreement Preparation

• The Grant Agreement Preparation process is now supported for:
  • Programme: Horizon Europe (HORIZON), Type of actions: Joint Undertaking Research and Innovation Actions (JU-RIA) and Coordination and Support Actions (JU-CSA), lump-sum grants.

Amendments

• The Amendments have been enabled for:
  • Programme: Information Measures for the Common Agricultural Policy (IMCAP2027), Type of Action: Project Grants (IMCAP2027-PJG), Type of MGA: Action Grant (IMCAP2027-AG)
    • For the programme listed above, the following amendment clauses are now supported:
      • AT1 - Addition of a new beneficiary
      • AT2 - Addition of an affiliated entity
      • AT3 - Addition of an associated partner
      • AT4 - Beneficiary Termination
      • AT5 - Beneficiary non accession
      • AT6 - Affiliated entity termination 
      • AT7 - Associate partner termination
      • AT11 - Change of coordinator
      • AT15 - Change of the short name
      • AT21 - Change of Annex 1
      • AT22 - Change of the project title
      • AT23 - Change of the project acronym
      • AT24 - Change of the project starting date
      • AT25 - Change of the project duration
      • AT37 - Project termination
      • AT60 - Change GA Option by mistake
      • AT65 - General Amendment clause
• The Amendments have been enabled for:
  • Programme: Internal Security Fund (ISF), Type of Action: Project Grants (ISF-PJG), Type of MGA: Action Grant (ISF-AG)
  • Programme: European Solidarity Corps (ESC), Types of Action: ESC-SOLID-UN and ESC-HUMAID-UN, Type of MGA: Action Grant - Unit Grant (ESC-AG-UN) 
    • For the programmes listed above, the following amendment clauses are now supported:
      • AT1 - Addition of a new beneficiary
      • AT2 - Addition of an affiliated entity
      • AT3 - Addition of an associated partner
      • AT4 - Beneficiary termination
      • AT5 - Beneficiary termination (non-accession to the GA)
      • AT6 - Removal of an affiliated entity
      • AT7 - Removal of an associated partner
      • AT11 - Change of coordinator
      • AT12 - Change of the bank account for payments
      • AT15 - Change of the participant short name
      • AT16 - Change of applicable law regime
      • AT17 - Change of dispute settlement forum
      • AT21 - Change of Annex 1
      • AT22 - Change of the project title
      • AT23 - Change of the project acronym
      • AT24 - Change of the project starting date
      • AT25 - Change of the project duration
      • AT26 - Change of the reporting periods
      • AT35 - GA/FPA suspension
      • AT36 - Resuming the action after GA suspension
      • AT37 - GA termination (early termination)
      • AT41 - Change of Annex 2
      • AT43a - Change of the maximum grant amount (Annex 2)
      • AT43b - Change of maximum grant amount (award decision)
      • AT50 - Change concerning listed equipment
      • AT51a - Change concerning customised unit costs/contributions (Annex 2b)
      • AT55 - Change of the prefinancing
      • AT56 - Change of the MIM
      • AT57a - Change of the prefinancing guarantee
      • AT58 - Change of the non-profit rule
      • AT59 - Change of the list of CFS exempted participants (CFS waive)
      • AT60 - Change due to errors/mistakes
      • AT65 - General Manual Amendment Clause
• The Amendments have been enabled for:
  • Programme: Horizon Europe (HORIZON), Types of Action: Doctoral Networks (HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN), Doctoral Networks-Industrial Doctorates (HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN-ID) and Doctoral Networks-Joint Doctorates (HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN-JD) Type of MGA: Action Grants - Unit Contribution (HORIZON-AG-UN))
    • For the programme listed above, the following amendment clauses are now supported:
      • AT12 - Change of the bank account for payments
      • AT21 - Change of Annex 1
      • AT22 - Change of the project title
      • AT23 - Change of the project acronym
      • AT24 - Change of the project starting date
      • AT25 - Change of the project duration
      • AT26 - Change of the reporting periods
      • AT41 - Change of Annex 2
      • AT55 - Change of the prefinancing

Reporting and Payment

Continuous reporting

• The Continuous Reporting is now enabled for:
  • Programme: Interregional Innovation Investments Instrument (I3), Type of Action: Project Grants (I3-PJG), Type of MGA: Action Grant (I3-AG)

Periodic reporting

• The Periodic Reporting is now enabled for:
  • Programme: Social Prerogatives and Specific Competencies Lines (SOCPL), Type of Action: Specific Grant Agreements (SOCPL-SGA), Type of MGA: Operating Grant (SOCPL-OG).

Project Monitoring

• The Project Monitoring (PMON) has been now activated for Horizon Europe (HORIZON) and Euratom Research and Training (EURATOM2027) Programmes. The EIC Progress Meeting is now available for Horizon Europe EIC Accelerator projects.

Amendments

• The Amendments have been enabled for:
  • Programme: Interregional Innovation Investments Instrument (I3), Type of Action: Project Grants (I3-PJG), Type of MGA: Action Grant (I3-AG)
  • Programme: Digital Europe (DIGITAL), Type of Action: Framework Partnership Agreement (DIGITAL-FPA-AG), Type of MGA: Action Grant (DIGITAL-FPA-AG) 
    • For the programmes listed above, the following amendment clauses are now supported:

      • AT1 - Addition of a new beneficiary

      • AT2 - Addition of an affiliated entity

      • AT3 - Addition of an associated partner

      • AT4 - Beneficiary Termination

      • AT5 - Beneficiary non accession

      • AT6 - Affiliated entity termination

      • AT7 - Associate partner termination

      • AT11 - Change of coordinator

      • AT15 - Change of the short name

      • AT21 - Change of Annex 1

      • AT22 - Change of the project title

      • AT23 - Change of the project acronym

      • AT24 - Change of the project starting date

      • AT25 - Change of the project duration

      • AT37 - Project termination

      • AT60 - Change GA Option by mistake

      • AT65 - General Amendment clause

Reporting and Payment

General

• The automatic generation of payment letters has been enabled for: 
  • projects with MIM (Mutual Insurance Mechanism) using the following types of MGA:
    • HORIZON-CSA-AG
    • HORIZON-IA-AG
    • HORIZON-RIA-AG
    • EURATOM-AG
    • HORIZON-EICAccBF-AG
    • HORIZON-EIC-AG
  • projects without MIM (Mutual Insurance Mechanism) using the following types of MGA:
    • SMP-PJG-AG
    • UCPM-PJG-AG

    • EU4H-PJG-AG

    • LIFE2027-PJG-AG

    • CUST-PJG-AG

    • TSI-PJG-AG
    • ESF-PJG-AG
    • SMP-ESS-AG
    • CERV-SGA-OG

    • EU4H-SGA-OG

    • JUST-SGA-OG

Continuous reporting

• The Continuous Reporting is now enabled for:
  • Programme: Digital Europe (DIGITAL), Type of Action: Simple Grants (DIGITAL-SIMPLE), Types of MGA: Action Grant (DIGITAL-SIMPLE-AG) & Specific Grant (DIGITAL-SIMPLE-SGA-AG)
  • Programme: Digital Europe (DIGITAL), Type of Action: Coordination and Support Actions (DIGITAL-CSA), Types of MGA: Action Grant (DIGITAL-CSA-AG) & Specific Grant (DIGITAL-CSA-SGA-AG)
  • Programme: Digital Europe (DIGITAL), Type of Action: DIGITAL SME Support Actions (DIGITAL-SME), Type of MGA: Action Grant (DIGITAL-SME-AG)
  • Programme: Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI), Type of Action: Project Grants (BMVI-PJG), Type of MGA: Action Grant (BMVI-AG).

New Audit Management System (AMS) interface

We are switching to a new version of AMS. The existing tasks do not differ from the previous ones, but the steps to perform them are different. Please consult the following pages to get familiar with the new interface and learn how to perform your tasks in this new version.

• To see a summary of the main features of the new interface, please consult Audit management services (My Audits)
• To see all available information for audited organisations, please consult Audits
• To see all available information for audit firms, please consult Information for audit firms

You will also have direct access to the documentation for the process you are working with via the Need Help? button. Access the Process details screen (i.e. click on View process details) and then select the IT How To icon from under Need Help?:

If you need help or are experiencing technical issues with your audit process, please contact the IT Helpdesk (select "other" as domain and specify "AMS" at the beginning of your message):