Article 39 Eligibility rules

The rules set out in Annex XI shall be used to determine the eligibility of expenditure of actions financed under the annual programmes referred to in Article 37(4) of the basic act.

These rules are applicable to the final beneficiaries and shall apply mutatis mutandis to the project partners.

Member States may apply national eligibility rules that are more rigorous than those laid down in this decision.

It shall be for the Commission to evaluate whether the applicable national eligibility rules comply with this condition.