# Council Decision of 29 April 2008 on the adoption of the Research Programme of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel and on the multiannual technical guidelines for this programme (2008/376/EC), Article 18: Support and preparatory actions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Support and preparatory actions shall be those appropriate to the sound and effective management of the Research Programme, such as the evaluation and selection of proposals as referred to in Articles 27 and 28, the periodic monitoring and assessment referred to in Article 38, studies, the clustering or the networking of related projects funded under the Research Programme.
The Commission may, where it deems appropriate, appoint independent and highly qualified experts to assist with support and preparatory actions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/376/article/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-376/article-18
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