# Commission Implementing Decision of 19 March 2014 on the adoption of the LIFE multiannual work programme for 2014-17 (Text with EEA relevance) (2014/203/EU), Division (a): Eligibility criteria

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

The application has to fulfil the following eligibility criteria:
The applicant is a Member State for which
The GDP per capita in 2012 was not above 105 % of the Union average, and either
the average absorption level of the indicative national allocation for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012, as established under Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 614/2007, is below 70 % or
the GDP per capita in 2012 was below 90 % of the Union average, or
accession to the Union was after 1 January 2013.
The application contains a capacity-building plan, in which the Member State commits:
to maintain resources dedicated to the LIFE Programme, including staffing levels, at levels no lower than those in place in 2012 for the duration of the present MAWP;
to not apply for a further capacity building project, if the capacity building project is granted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2014/203/annex/division/5/division/5.1/division/5.1.4/division/5.1.4.2/division/a (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-203/annex/division-5/division-5.1/division-5.1.4/division-5.1.4.2/division-a
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