# C_2020058EN.01000701.xml

| 21.2.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 58/7 |
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21.2.2020

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 58/7

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HERCULE III Programme

Call for proposals – 2020

Legal Training and Studies 2020

(2020/C 58/05)

1.   Objectives and description

This notice of call for proposals is based on Regulation (EU) No 250/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1)establishing the Hercule III Programme, in particular Article 8(a) (‘Eligible Actions’), as well as the Financing Decision 2020 adopting the annual work programme (2) for the implementation of the Hercule III Programme in 2020, in particular Section 2.2.1 ‘Training actions’, actions 6 and 7. The Financing Decision 2020 provides for the organisation of a call for proposals ‘Legal Training and Studies’.

2.   Eligible applicants

The bodies eligible for funding under the Programme are:

| — | National or regional administrations of a Member State which promote the strengthening of action at Union level to protect the financial interests of the Union,
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National or regional administrations of a Member State which promote the strengthening of action at Union level to protect the financial interests of the Union,

or:

| — | Research and educational institutes and non-profit-making entities provided that they have been established and have been operating for at least one year, in a Member State, and promote the strengthening of action at Union level to protect the financial interests of the Union. |
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Research and educational institutes and non-profit-making entities provided that they have been established and have been operating for at least one year, in a Member State, and promote the strengthening of action at Union level to protect the financial interests of the Union.

3.   Eligible actions

The purpose of this call is to invite eligible applicants to submit applications for actions under one of the following three topics:

| 1. | Comparative law studies and dissemination (topic 1) – developing high-profile research activities, including studies in comparative law (and dissemination of results and a concluding conference, where applicable); |
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Comparative law studies and dissemination (topic 1) – developing high-profile research activities, including studies in comparative law (and dissemination of results and a concluding conference, where applicable);

| 2. | Cooperation and development of networks (topic 2) – improving cooperation between practitioners and academics and developing networks involved in the protection of Union’s financial interests, including support to the Associations for European Criminal Law and for the Protection of EU Financial Interests; |
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Cooperation and development of networks (topic 2) – improving cooperation between practitioners and academics and developing networks involved in the protection of Union’s financial interests, including support to the Associations for European Criminal Law and for the Protection of EU Financial Interests;

| 3. | Periodical publications (topic 3) – raising awareness among the judiciary and other branches of the legal profession as regards protecting the Union’s financial interests, including the publication and dissemination of scientific knowledge. |
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Periodical publications (topic 3) – raising awareness among the judiciary and other branches of the legal profession as regards protecting the Union’s financial interests, including the publication and dissemination of scientific knowledge.

Applicants may submit more than one application for different projects under the same call. Applicants are required to choose one main topic and should be aware that an application may also incorporate elements of other topics.

4.   Budget

The indicative available budget for this call is EUR 500 000.

The financial contribution will take the form of a grant. The financial contribution awarded will not exceed 80 % of the eligible costs. In exceptional and duly justified cases, the financial contribution may be increased to cover a maximum of 90 % of the eligible costs. The call document lists the criteria that will be applied to determine these exceptional and duly justified cases.

The minimum threshold for a ‘Legal Training and Studies’ project shall be EUR 40 000. The budget of a project for which a grant is requested shall not be lower than this threshold.

The Commission reserves the right not to allocate all the funds available.

5.   Deadline for submission

Applications must be submitted no later than: Thursday 7 May 2020 – 17.00 CET, and can only be submitted by making use of the Participant Portal for the Hercule III programme:

https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/herc/index.html

6.   Further information

All documents related to this call for proposals can be downloaded from the Participant Portal mentioned under point 5 mentioned above or from the following internet website:

http://ec.europa.eu/anti-fraud/policy/hercule_en

Questions and/or requests for additional information in relation to this call have to be submitted via the Participant Portal.

The questions and answers may be anonymously published in the Guide for Applicants made available on the Participant Portal and on the Commission’s internet website if they are relevant to other applicants.

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(1)  Regulation (EC) No 250/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 establishing a programme to promote activities in the field of the protection of the financial interests of the European Union (Hercule III programme) and repealing Decision No 804/2004/EC (OJ L 84, 20.3.2014, p. 6).

(2)  Commission Decision concerning the adoption of the annual work programme and the financing of the Hercule III Programme in 2020, C(2020) 28 final of 16 January 2020.

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