# Commission Decision of 18 December 2012 on the adoption of the Rules to ensure consistent verification of the existence and legal status of participants, as well as their operational and financial capacities, in indirect actions supported through the form of a grant under the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities and under the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community for nuclear research and training activities (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/838/EU, Euratom) (revoked), Division 1.2.2: Information on the outcome of the validation and the validated ‘Participant Identification Code’ (PIC)

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Status: repealed

The validation services shall duly inform the applicants, of the outcome of the verification of the legal existence and the attributed legal status/category.
Each validated entity receives a unique validated 9-digit registration number, the ‘Participant Identification Code’ (PIC) which shall be used in any participation of the entity in subsequent FP7 proposals.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/838/annex/division/2/division/1/division/1.2/division/1.2.2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-838/annex/division-2/division-1/division-1.2/division-1.2.2
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