Article 6 · Regulation (EU) 2026/2387

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Article 6Alternative, combined and cumulative funding#

1.The Programme shall be implemented in synergy with other Union programmes. An action that has received a contribution from another Union programme may also receive a contribution under the Programme, provided that those contributions do not cover the same costs. The rules of the relevant Union programme shall apply to the corresponding contribution, or a single set of rules of any of the contributing Union programmes may be applied to all contributions and a single legal commitment may be concluded. If the Union contribution is based on eligible costs, the cumulative support from the Union budget shall not exceed the total eligible costs of the action and may be calculated on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the documents setting out the conditions for support.

2.Award procedures under the Programme may be jointly conducted under direct or indirect management with Member States, Union institutions, bodies and agencies, third countries, international organisations, international financial institutions or other third parties, provided that the financial interests of the Union are protected. Those procedures shall be subject to a single set of rules and lead to the conclusion of a single legal commitment. For that purpose, the partners in the joint award procedure may make resources available to the Programme in accordance with Article 5 of this Regulation. The partners may also be entrusted with the implementation of the award procedure, where applicable, in accordance with Article 62(1), point (c), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. For the purposes of Article 153(3) of that Regulation, for joint award procedures the evaluation committee may be partially composed of members that are representatives of the partners in those procedures.

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background information
means any information necessary for, or useful to, the implementation of the Programme, generated before or outside the framework of an action supported by the Programme and provided to and used for the purposes of that action;
control
means the ability to exercise decisive influence over a legal entity directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediate legal entities;
defence product
means any defence-related product as referred to in the Annex to Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, as well as works, supplies and services directly related to those products for any and all elements of their life cycle within the meaning of Article 2, point (c), of Directive 2009/81/EC;
emerging and disruptive defence product
means an enhanced or completely new defence product that:
executive management structure
means a body of a legal entity, appointed in accordance with national law and, where applicable, reporting to the chief executive officer of that entity, which is empowered to establish the legal entity’s strategy, objectives and overall direction, and which oversees and monitors the legal entity’s management decision-making;
foreground information
means data, know-how or information generated in the implementation of the Programme, whatever its form or nature;
legal entity
means:
non-associated third-country entity
means:
results
means any tangible or intangible effect of an action supported by the Programme, such as data, know-how or information, whatever its form or nature and whether or not it can be protected, as well as any rights attached to that effect, including intellectual property rights;
small and medium-sized enterprises
(‘SMEs’) means small and medium-sized enterprises as defined in Article 2 of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC;