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Article 7

United Kingdom

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1.

Non-governmental organizations eligible for Community financing for the implementation of operations under this Regulation must meet the following criteria:

(a)

be non-profit-making autonomous organizations in a Member State of the Community under the laws in force in that Member State;

(b)

have their main headquarters in a Member State of the Community or in the third countries in receipt of Community aid. This headquarters must be the effective decision-making centre for all operations financed under this Regulation. Exceptionally, the headquarters may be in a third donor country.

2.

When determining a non-governmental organization's suitability for Community funding, account shall be taken of the following factors:

(a)

its administrative and financial management capacities;

(b)

its technical and logistical capacity in relation to the planned operation;

(c)

its experience in the field of humanitarian aid;

(d)

the results of previous operations carried out by the organization concerned, and in particular those financed by the Community;

(e)

its readiness to take part, if need be, in the coordination system set up for a humanitarian operation;

(f)

its ability and readiness to work with humanitarian agencies and the basic communities in the third countries concerned;

(g)

its impartiality in the implementation of humanitarian aid;

(h)

where appropriate, its previous experience in the third country involved in the humanitarian operation concerned.