(ii) background selection – a list of general information to be included in the project (and/or the exclusion of assets that are not included in the project); Continued regulation of IP-related issues is not mandatory, but is highly recommended for consortium partners. The following IP issues can be taken into account in the consortium agreement: (i) confidentiality – mechanisms for identifying information as confidential, use of confidential information, penalties for breaches of confidentiality rules, etc.; It should be noted that there is no binding model of consortium agreement. The European Commission has provided only a checklist containing non-binding guidelines on issues that participants can consider when drawing up their consortium agreements.