{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1042/article-7",
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  "legislation": "eur/2014/1042",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1042/2014 of 25 July 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 514/2014 with regard to the designation and management and control responsibilities of Responsible Authorities and with regard to status and obligations of Audit Authorities",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1042",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "The role of the Responsible Authority as awarding body",
  "text": "1. As a general rule, the Responsible Authority shall award grants for projects under the national programme on the basis of open calls for proposals.\n2. The Responsible Authority may award grants for projects on the basis of a restricted call for proposals.\nRestricted calls for proposals are open only to selected organisations because of the specific nature of the project or the technical or administrative competence of the bodies invited to submit proposals.\nThe grounds justifying the use of a restricted call for proposals shall be set out in the call for proposals.\n3. The Responsible Authority may award grants directly where the specific nature of the project or the technical or administrative competence of the relevant bodies leaves no other choice, such as in the case of de jure or de facto monopolies.\nThe grounds justifying the use of a direct award shall be set out in the award decision.\n4. In duly justified cases, including continuation of multiannual projects which were selected after a previous call for proposals or in emergency situations, grants may be awarded without a call for proposals.\nThe grounds justifying that the grant was awarded without a call for proposals shall be set out in the award decision.\n5. When the Responsible Authority acts as an awarding body, neither the Responsible Authority nor any Delegated Authority may be a beneficiary of a grant awarded in accordance with this Article.\n6. The Responsible Authority shall determine who awards grants and shall ensure that conflicts of interest are avoided, in particular when the applicants are national bodies.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/1042/article/7",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}