{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-1903/annex/division-I/division-2",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2006/1903",
  "legislation_title": "Decision No 1903/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 establishing the Culture Programme (2007-2013)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-1903",
  "path": "annex/division/I/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Second strand: support for bodies active at European level in the field of culture",
  "text": "This support shall take the form of an operating grant to co-finance expenditure associated with the permanent work programme of a body which pursues an aim of general European interest in the field of culture or an objective forming part of the Union's policy in this area.\nProvision shall be made for these grants to be awarded on the basis of annual calls for proposals.\nBy way of illustration, approximately 10 % of the total budget allocated to the Programme shall be devoted to this strand.\nSupport may be given to bodies working for cultural cooperation in one or more of the following ways:\nproviding representation at Community level,\ncollecting or disseminating information for facilitating trans-European Community cultural cooperation,\nnetworking at European level for bodies active in the field of culture,\nparticipating in cultural cooperation projects or acting as ambassadors for European culture.\nThese bodies must present a real European dimension. In this regard, they must carry out their activities at European level, alone or in the form of various coordinated associations, and their structure (registered members) and activities must have a potential influence at European Union level or cover at least seven European countries.\nThis strand shall be open to the bodies supported under Part 2 of Annex I to Decision No 792/2004/EC as well as any other body active at European level in the field of culture, provided that they meet the objectives set out in Article 3 of this Decision and comply with the terms and conditions of this Decision.\nThe beneficiaries of these operating grants shall be selected through a call for proposals. This shall be done on the basis of matching the bodies' work programme with the specific objectives set out in Article 3.\nThe total operating grant awarded under this strand may not exceed 80 % of the body's admissible expenditure for the year in which the grant is awarded.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/1903/annex/division/I/division/2",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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