Subsection 1

The Commission shall issue calls for proposals for indirect actions in accordance with the requirements laid down in the relevant specific programmes and work programmes, which may include calls targeted at special groups such as SMEs. In addition to the publicity specified in the Implementing Rules, the Commission shall publish calls for proposals on the Internet pages of the Seventh Framework Programme, through specific information channels, and at the national contact points set up by the Member States and the associated countries. Where appropriate, the Commission shall specify in the call for proposals that the participants need not establish a consortium agreement. Calls for proposals shall have clear objectives so as to ensure that applicants do not respond needlessly. The Commission shall not issue calls for proposals for the following: coordination and support actions to be carried out by legal entities identified in the specific programmes or in the work programmes when the specific programme permits the work programmes to identify beneficiaries, in accordance with the Implementing Rules; coordination and support actions consisting of a purchase of goods or services subject to the rules on public procurement set out in the Financial Regulation; coordination and support actions relating to the appointment of independent experts; other actions, where so provided by the Financial Regulation or the Implementing Rules.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.