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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-170/annex-I/division-2/division-2.4",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/170",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 27 February 2008 on the adoption of the work plan for 2008 for the implementation of the second programme of Community action in the field of health (2008-2013), and on the selection, award and other criteria for financial contributions to the actions of this programme (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/170/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-170",
  "path": "annex/I/division/2/division/2.4",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.4",
  "heading": "Operating Grants",
  "text": "Operating grants should be financed under Budget line 17 03 06 — Community action in the field of health. The total indicative amount is estimated at EUR 2 300 000 (around 5 % of the operating budget).\nFinancial support for activities may be awarded to European organisations which fulfil the following criteria:\nare a non-governmental body or a specialised network, non-profit-making and independent of industry, commercial and business or other conflicting interests;\nare legally established under the law of one of the eligible countries for the Programme;\nare operating at European level and have members in at least half of the Member States, with a balanced geographical coverage, and pursues as its primary goal one or more objectives of the Programme, and\nhave provided to the Commission satisfactory accounts of their membership, internal rules and sources of funding.\nPreference will be given to those organisations which cover activities as specified in this work plan, points 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4.\nA call for proposals will be published in the Official Journal during the first half of 2008, describing the areas for funding, the selection and award criteria and the procedures for application and approval.\nThe financial support shall not exceed 60 % of the expenditure involved in carrying out eligible activities. In cases of exceptional utility, the Community contribution shall not exceed 80 %. Exceptional utility may occur when activities have very significant European added value, as indicated in point 3.1.\nAs laid down in Article 4(2) of the Programme Decision, the renewal of financial contributions set out in paragraph 1(b) to non-governmental bodies and specialised networks may be exempted from the principle of gradual decrease.\nThe selection and award criteria for operating grants are detailed in Annex V.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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