Common use of Ethical Issues Clause in Contracts

Ethical Issues. All applicants must comply with ethical principles and relevant national, EU and international legislation such as the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, the European Convention on Human Rights and the EU General Data Protection Regulation. At the stage of submitting a proposal for ASCAPE Open Call all applicants are obliged to describe the ethically relevant issues and conduct an Ethics Self-assessment starting with the completion of an Ethics Issues Table - Checklist, available in the administrative part of the application. If the applicants specify ethically relevant issues in the ethics issues checklist above, they must demonstrate how these issues will be considered and handled in the envisaged project by completing the Ethics Self-Assessment. Applicants can read further practicalities in the EU official guide in “How to complete your ethics self-assessment”. A proposal which contravenes ethical principles or any applicable legislation, or which does not fulfil the conditions set out in Decision No 2013/743/EU, in the work programme, in the work plan or in the open call for proposals may be excluded from the evaluation, selection and award procedures at any time.