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and Article 16). 1.2.2 If they are declared under this budget category, these costs must be declared on the basis of the unit cost calculated in accordance with Commission Decision C(2013) 819929 and set out in Annex 2 of the GA. The Decision does not fix the unit cost for access costs; the unit cost must be established for each installation — before signature of the GA — as follows (and then reflected in Annex 2 of the GA): - identification of a unit of access to the installation; this is used to measure the total quantity of access that the installation provides to its users − establishment of the unit cost of access, calculated as follows: Unit cost = average annual total access cost (over past two years30) average annual total quantity of access (over past two years31) The averages are based on: − the beneficiary’s certified or auditable historical data − costs allocated to the installation according to the beneficiary’s usual cost-accounting practices (including where the installation has been in operation for less than two years) and − a period excluding times when the installation was not usable (out of order, under repair or undergoing maintenance). The ‘total quantity of access to the installation’ includes all the units of access annually provided by the installation, included access financed by the EU under previous grant agreements, if any. The ‘annual total access costs to the installation’ is calculated on the basis of the following categories of eligible costs: 29 Available at xxxx://xx.xxxxxx.xx/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/other/legal/unit_costs/unit-costs_tna- infra_en.pdf. 30 In exceptional and duly justified cases, the Commission may agree to a different reference period.

and Article 16). 1.2.2 If they are declared under this budget category, these costs must be declared on the basis of the unit cost calculated in accordance with Commission Decision C(2013) 819929 819928 and set out in Annex 2 of the GA. The Decision does not fix the unit cost for access costs; the unit cost must be established for each installation — before signature of the GA — as follows (and then reflected in Annex 2 of the GA): - identification of a unit of access to the installation; this is used to measure the total quantity of access that the installation provides to its users − establishment of the unit cost of access, calculated as follows: Unit cost = average annual total access cost (over past two years30years29) average annual total quantity of access (over past two years31years30) The averages are based on: − the beneficiary’s certified or auditable historical data − costs allocated to the installation according to the beneficiary’s usual cost-accounting practices (including where the installation has been in operation for less than two years) and − a period excluding times when the installation was not usable (out of order, under repair or undergoing maintenance). The ‘total quantity of access to the installation’ includes all the units of access annually provided by the installation, included access financed by the EU under previous grant agreements, if any. The ‘annual total access costs to the installation’ is calculated on the basis of the following categories of eligible costs: 29 28 Available at xxxx://xx.xxxxxx.xx/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/other/legal/unit_costs/unit-costs_tna- infra_en.pdf. 30 29 In exceptional and duly justified cases, the Commission may agree to a different reference period.

and Article 16). 1.2.2 If they are declared under this budget category, these costs must be declared on the basis of the unit cost calculated in accordance with Commission Decision C(2013) 819929 and set out in Annex 2 of the GA. The Decision does not fix the unit cost for access costs; the unit cost must be established for each installation — before signature of the GA — as follows (and then reflected in Annex 2 of the GA): - identification of a unit of access to the installation; this is used to measure the total quantity of access that the installation provides to its users − establishment of the unit cost of access, calculated as follows: Unit cost = average annual total access cost (over past two years30) average annual total quantity of access (over past two years31) The averages are based on: − the beneficiary’s certified or auditable historical data − costs allocated to the installation according to the beneficiary’s usual cost-accounting practices (including where the installation has been in operation for less than two years) and − a period excluding times when the installation was not usable (out of order, under repair or undergoing maintenance). The ‘total quantity of access to the installation’ includes all the units of access annually provided by the installation, included access financed by the EU under previous grant agreements, if any. The ‘annual total access costs to the installation’ is calculated on the basis of the following categories of eligible costs: 29 Available at xxxx://xx.xxxxxx.xx/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/other/legal/unit_costs/unit-costs_tna- infra_en.pdf. 30 In exceptional and duly justified cases, the Commission may agree to a different reference period.