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=== PAGE 1 ===
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DECLARATION OF HONOUR FOR BENEFICIARIES (DoH) (GRANTS)
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I, the undersigned:
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for natural persons: in my own name
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or
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for legal persons1: representing the following entity:
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SkyNav Europe
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Rue Coppens 16
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Brussels 1000
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Belgium
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PIC 870906450
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hereby confirm
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that (subject to the additional declarations below):
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1 — The information provided for action 101288550 — SCAN is correct and complete.
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2 — The information concerning the legal status in the Participant Register for me/my organisation
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is correct and complete.
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3 — I/my organisation commit to comply2 with the eligibility criteria and all other conditions set
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out in the call conditions — for the entire duration of the action.
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4 — I/my organisation:
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– are committed to participate in the action
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– have stable and sufficient sources of funding to maintain the activities throughout the
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action and to provide any counterpart funding necessary
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– have or will have the necessary resources needed to implement the action
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– acknowledge to be fully responsible for my affiliated entities which participate in the
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action
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– for research actions: are committed to comply with the highest standards of ethical
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principles and research integrity and confirm that the work is free of plagiarism
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– for actions involving EU classified information (EUCI): acknowledge that any sensitive
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information or material that qualifies as EU classified information under Commission
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1 This includes ‘entities without legal personality’ under Article 200(2) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 of the
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European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2024 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget
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of the Union (recast) (‘EU Financial Regulation’) (OJ L, 2024/2509, 26.9.2024).
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2 ‘Commit to comply’ means complying now and for the duration of the grant.
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1
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=== PAGE 2 ===
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Decision 2015/4443 must be handled in accordance with specific rules and follow the
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instructions given by the EU
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– for coordinators of multi-beneficiary actions: are committed to act as the coordinator for
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this action.
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5a — For applicants from non-EU countries: I/my organisation:
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– undertake to comply with the obligations under the agreement and to:
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– respect general principles (including fundamental rights, values and ethical
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principles, environmental and labour standards, rules on classified information,
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intellectual property rights, visibility of funding and protection of personal data)
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– for the submission of financial certificates under the agreement: use qualified external
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auditors which are independent and comply with comparable standards as those set
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out in EU Directive 2006/43/EC
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– for controls under the agreement: allow for checks, reviews, audits and investigations
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(including on-the-spot checks, visits and inspections) by the granting authority, the
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European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), the European Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and
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the European Court of Auditors (ECA) and any persons mandated by them
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– and confirm that:
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– we can be subject to the jurisdiction of the Belgian courts.
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5b — For applicants which are international organisations: I/my organisation:
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– undertake to comply with the obligations under the agreement and to:
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– respect general principles (including fundamental rights, values and ethical
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principles, environmental and labour standards, rules on classified information,
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intellectual property rights, visibility of funding and protection of personal data)
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– for the submission of certificates under the agreement: use either independent public
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officers or external auditors which comply with comparable standards as those set
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out in EU Directive 2006/43/EC
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– for controls under the agreement: allow for checks, reviews, audits and investigations
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(including on-the-spot checks, visits and inspections) by the granting authority, the
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European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), the European Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and
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the European Court of Auditors (ECA) and any persons mandated by them
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– acknowledge that nothing in the agreement will be interpreted as a waiver of the
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organisation’s privileges or immunities, as accorded by its constituent documents or
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international law
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– acknowledge that special rules apply concerning applicable law and dispute settlement
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3 See Commission Decision 2015/544/EU,Euratom of 13 March 2015 on the security rules for protecting EU classified
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information (OJ L 72, 17.3.2015, p. 53).
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2
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=== PAGE 3 ===
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– acknowledge that if the organisation has concluded a framework agreement with the EU,
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it may rely on the provisions set out in that framework agreement, provided that they
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do not call into question the decision awarding the agreement or breach the principle of
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equal treatment of applicants or beneficiaries.
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6 — For applicants which are subject to Articles 138 and 139 of the EU Financial Regulation: I/my
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organisation:
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– are NOT subject to an administrative sanction (i.e. exclusion or financial penalty
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decision)4
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I/my organisation (or persons with unlimited liability for debts):
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– are NOT in one of the following exclusion situations5:
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– bankrupt, being wound up, having the affairs administered by the courts, entered
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into an arrangement with creditors, suspended business activities or subject to any
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other similar proceedings or procedures
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– in breach of social security or tax obligations
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I/my organisation (or persons having powers of representation, decision-making or control,
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beneficial owners or persons who are essential for the award/implementation of the action):
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– are NOT in one of the following exclusion situations6:
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– guilty of grave professional misconduct7
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– committed fraud, corruption, links to a criminal organisation, money laundering,
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terrorism-related crimes (including terrorism financing), child labour or human
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trafficking
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– shown significant deficiencies in complying with main obligations under an EU
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procurement contract, grant agreement, prize, expert contract, or similar
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– guilty of irregularities within the meaning of Article 1(2) of Regulation
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No 2988/95
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– created under a different jurisdiction with the intent to circumvent fiscal, social
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or other legal obligations in the country of origin (including creation of another
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entity with this purpose).
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4 See Article 138 EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509.
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5 See Articles 138 and 143 EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509.
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6 See Articles 138 and 143 EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509.
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7 ‘Professional misconduct’ includes, in particular, the following: violation of ethical standards of the profession;
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wrongful conduct with impact on professional credibility; breach of generally accepted professional ethical standards;
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false declarations/misrepresentation of information; participation in a cartel or other agreement distorting competition;
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violation of IPR; attempting to influence decision-making processes by taking advantage, through misrepresentation,
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of a conflict of interests, or to obtain confidential information from public authorities to gain an advantage; incitement
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to discrimination, hatred or violence or similar activities contrary to the EU values where negatively affecting or risking
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to affect the performance of a legal commitment.
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=== PAGE 4 ===
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– intentionally and without proper justification resisted 8 an investigation, check or
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audit carried out by an EU authorising officer (or their representative or auditor),
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OLAF, the EPPO, or the European Court of Auditors.
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7 — I/my organisation are NOT subject to a conflict of interest in connection with this grant and
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will notify — without delay — any situation which could give rise to a conflict of interests.
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8 — I/my organisation have NOT and will NOT, neither directly nor indirectly, grant, seek, obtain
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or accept any advantage in connection with this grant that would constitute an illegal practice
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or involve corruption.
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9 — I/my organisation havenot received any other EU grant for this action and will give notice
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of any future EU grants related to this action AND of any EU operating grant(s) 9 given to my
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organisation.
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10 — I/my organisation are aware that false declarations may lead to rejection, suspension,
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termination or reduction of the grant and to administrative sanctions (i.e. financial penalties and/
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or exclusion from all future EU funding, such as grants, tenders, prizes, contribution agreements,
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expert contracts, etc).
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and acknowledge
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that:
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1 — The grant will be signed and managed electronically, through the Funding & Tenders Portal
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Electronic Exchange System (accessible via your Funding & Tenders Portal account10).
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2 — Access and use of this system is subject to the Funding & Tenders Portal Terms & Conditions11.
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3 — Personal data submitted or otherwise collected by the EU will be subject to the Funding &
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Tenders Portal Privacy Statement12.
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4 — Payments under the grant are done at consortium-level, through the coordinator, and will be
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automatically lowered if one of the consortium members has outstanding debts towards the
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EU (granting authority or other EU bodies). Such debts will be offset in accordance with the
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conditions set out in the grant agreement.
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8 ‘Resisting an investigation, check or audit’ means carrying out actions with the goal or effect of preventing, hindering
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or delaying the conduct of any of the activities needed to perform the investigation, check or audit, such as refusing
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to grant the necessary access to its premises or any other areas used for business purposes, concealing or refusing to
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disclose information or providing false information.
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9 See Article 183 EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509.
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10 Available at https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/myarea/projects.
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11 Available at https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/ftp/tc_en.pdf.
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12 Available at https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/support/legalnotice.
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=== PAGE 5 ===
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SIGNATURE
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For the applicant:
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[--TGSMark#signature-870906450_75_210--]
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=== PAGE 6 ===
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Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
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This electronic receipt is a digitally signed version of the document submitted by your
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organisation. Both the content of the document and a set of metadata have been digitally
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sealed.
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This digital signature mechanism, using a public -private key pair mechanism, uniquely
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binds this eReceipt to the modules of the Funding & Tenders Portal of the European
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Commission, to the transaction for which it was generated and ensures its full integr ity.
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Therefore a complete digitally signed trail of the transaction is available both for your
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organisation and for the issuer of the eReceipt.
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Any attempt to modify the content will lead to a break of the integrity of the electronic
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signature, which can b e verified at any time by clicking on the eReceipt validation
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symbol.
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More info about eReceipts can be found in the FAQ page of the Funding & Tenders
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Portal.
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(https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/support/faq)
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