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Under the Programme, grants may be awarded without a call for proposals to fund the functioning of non-governmental bodies where financial support is necessary for the implementation of one or more of the specific objectives of the Programme that have a Union added value that is explicitly provided for in the annual work programmes, as long as those bodies fulfil all of the following criteria: they are non-profit-making and independent of industry, commercial and business or other conflicting interests; they work in the public health area, pursue at least one of the specific objectives of the Programme and play an effective role at Union level; they are active at Union level and in at least half of the Member States, with a balanced geographical coverage of the Union. The Commission shall duly reflect the analysis of the fulfilment of those criteria in the funding decision.

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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.