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Dear all, </div>
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As some partners have recently initiated an amendment process for the JPA, the Project Officer has shared the following
<b>template related to Annex III</b>. Whenever you wish to initiate an amendment, please complete this document and submit it to the PO.</div>
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Below you will find the link to the Excel file, available on our SharePoint, as well as the presentation with guidelines for this process: </div>
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<span class="entityDelimiterBefore" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><span class="_Entity _EType_OWALink _EId_OWALink _EReadonly_1" style="display: inline-block;"><span><span><span><a href="https://icfo.sharepoint.com/:x:/r/sites/PIXEurope/Shared%20Documents/General/01.%20LEGAL%20DOCUMENTS/03.%20AMENDMENTS/00.%20Amendments%20-%20informative%20session%20March%202026/JPA_Amendment_EquipmentList_Template.xlsx?d=w6a2408d064754e268dde33ae3b6ad320&csf=1&web=1&e=UYRoap" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="OLK_Beautified_OWA4cd8c890-d9fa-6d9f-defc-6651583016df" class="OWAAutoLink BKfv6 eScj0 none" style="padding: 0px 1px; border-radius: 2px; user-select: all; background-color: rgb(243, 242, 241);" data-ogsc="" data-loopstyle="linkonly"><img class="suRDx" alt="" role="presentation" width="18" height="18" style="width: 16px; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; padding: 1px 2px 2px 0px;" src="https://res.public.onecdn.static.microsoft/assets/fluentui-resources/1.1.0/app-min/assets/item-types/24/xlsx.png">JPA_Amendment_EquipmentList_Template.xlsx</a></span></span></span></span><span class="entityDelimiterAfter" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></div>
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<div role="presentation" style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span class="entityDelimiterBefore" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><span class="_Entity _EType_OWALink _EId_OWALink_1 _EReadonly_1" style="display: inline-block;"><span><span><span><a href="https://icfo.sharepoint.com/:p:/r/sites/PIXEurope/Shared%20Documents/General/01.%20LEGAL%20DOCUMENTS/03.%20AMENDMENTS/00.%20Amendments%20-%20informative%20session%20March%202026/20260324_Informative%20session%20on%20procedures%20for%20amendments.pptx?d=w5162b0292c184afb8d95ee06c4727741&csf=1&web=1&e=GgzbxB" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="OLK_Beautified_OWAc829398a-f39d-1018-4f66-e1ae8e51885a" class="OWAAutoLink BKfv6 eScj0 none" style="padding: 0px 1px; border-radius: 2px; user-select: all; background-color: rgb(243, 242, 241);" data-ogsc="" data-loopstyle="linkonly"><img class="suRDx" alt="" role="presentation" width="18" height="18" style="width: 16px; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; padding: 1px 2px 2px 0px;" src="https://res.public.onecdn.static.microsoft/assets/fluentui-resources/1.1.0/app-min/assets/item-types/24/pptx.png">20260324_Informative
session on procedures for amendments.pptx</a></span></span></span></span><span class="entityDelimiterAfter" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></div>
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I am also including below a set of considerations provided by the PO, which should be taken into account:</div>
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<div class="elementToProof" role="presentation">Please use the attached <b>equipment list</b>, which amends Annex III of the JPA. The initial equipment costs (from the original JPA) are retained to preserve the basis for classifying items as crucial or non-crucial.
While price changes may affect thresholds, the original classification (crucial/non crucial) must remain unchanged. In addition, please update the sheet with the most recent information (either estimated or actual costs, depending on the procurement status).
<b>This table will become Annex I of the amendment request</b> you will send by email once I approve the sheet.</div>
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A key requirement in this sheet is to ensure a <b>balanced distribution of EU and national funding,
</b>not only in the overall totals but also <b>within the categories of crucial and non-crucial equipment</b>. In particular, the total funding for non-crucial and for crucial equipment separately must be exactly 50% EU and 50% national. Please refer to the
original funding shares: some items are funded entirely by the EU or by national sources to simplify the involvement of Chips JU in procurement procedures, while others are adjusted to a different rate to achieve the overall 50/50 balance.</li></ul>
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Best regards, </div>
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<b>Ana Aguarod Franco (she / her)</b></div>
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<b>Pilot Line Project Officer </b></div>
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