Article 8 · Regulation (EU) 2026/2387

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Article 8Implementation and forms of Union funding#

1.The Programme shall be implemented in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 under direct management or under indirect management with entities referred to in Article 62(1), point (c), of that Regulation.

2.In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, Union funding may be provided in any form.

3.In accordance with Article 196(2), second subparagraph, point (a), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, financial contributions may, where relevant and necessary for the implementation of an action supported by the Programme, cover actions started and costs incurred prior to the date of the submission of the proposal for those actions, provided that those actions did not start more than three months before the closure of the call for proposals and have not been completed before the signature of the grant agreement.

4.Where Union funding is provided in the form of a grant, it shall take the form of financing not linked to costs or simplified cost options, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. Where possible, grants under the Programme shall take the form of lump sums. Actual eligible costs may be reimbursed only where the objectives of an action supported by the Programme cannot otherwise be achieved.

5.In accordance with Article 153(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the evaluation committee may be assisted by external experts holding a valid personnel security clearance, if required by the work programme. By way of derogation from Article 242 of that Regulation, the list of independent experts shall not be made public.