# Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 of 20 June 1996 concerning humanitarian aid, Article 7

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

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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1996/1257/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1996-1257/article-7
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