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Where an ECSEL Participating State does not entrust the ECSEL Joint Undertaking as described in paragraph 1, it shall take all necessary measures to establish its own grant agreements within a similar timeframe as the ECSEL Joint Undertaking grant agreements. The verification of the eligibility of costs performed by the ECSEL Joint Undertaking as referred to in Article 18(7) may be used by the ECSEL Participating State as part of its own payment process.