Article 7 — European Partnerships

1. Parts of the 2026-2027 Euratom Programme may be implemented through European Partnerships. 2. The involvement of the Community in European Partnerships may take any of the following forms: (a) participation in partnerships set up on the basis of memoranda of understanding or contractual arrangements between the Commission and public or private partners specifying the objectives of the European Partnership, related commitments from all involved sides regarding their financial or in-kind contributions, key performance and impact indicators, the results to be delivered and reporting arrangements; they include the identification of complementary research and innovation activities that are implemented by the partners and by the 2026-2027 Euratom Programme (co-programmed European Partnerships); (b) participation in and financial contribution to a programme of research and innovation activities, specifying the objectives, key performance and impact indicators, and the results to be delivered, based on the commitment of the partners regarding their financial or in-kind contributions and the integration of their relevant activities using a 2026-2027 Euratom Programme co-fund action (co-funded European Partnerships). 3. European Partnerships shall: (a) be established in cases where the objectives of the 2026-2027 Euratom Programme would be achieved more effectively than by the Community alone, and when compared to other forms of support under the 2026-2027 Euratom Programme; an appropriate share of the budget of the 2026-2027 Euratom Programme shall be allocated to those parts; (b) adhere to the principles of Union added value, transparency and openness, and to having impact within and for Europe, strong leverage effect on sufficient scale, long-term commitments of all involved parties, flexibility in implementation, coherence, coordination and complementarity with Union, local, regional, national and, where relevant, international initiatives or other European Partnerships; (c) have a clear life-cycle approach, be limited in time and include conditions for phasing out the 2026-2027 Euratom Programme funding. 4. Provisions and criteria for the selection, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and phasing-out of European Partnerships are set out in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2021/695.