# Commission Regulation (EC) No 2208/2002 of 12 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 814/2000 on information measures relating to the common agricultural policy, Article 4: Eligibility criteria for applicants

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

1. The organisations and associations referred to in Article 2(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 814/2000 must meet the following conditions:
(a) be private; in the case of organisations or associations bringing together other organisations or associations, these latter must also be private; where an annual work programme is implemented in partnership, the partners must also be private;
(b) be non-profit-making;
(c) have been established in a Member State for at least two years.
2. The parties referred to in Article 2(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 814/2000 must be legal persons legally constituted in a Member State for at least two years.
3. Where the agreement referred to in Article 8 provides for the payment of an advance on the grant, the applicant shall provide a bank guarantee of an equivalent amount, in accordance with the specimen provided by the Commission.
This guarantee shall not be required where the applicant is a public body.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2002/2208/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-2208/article-4
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