[{"bbox": [128, 150, 683, 179], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.5 EFSD+ operations covered by budgetary guarantees"}, {"bbox": [140, 193, 1130, 247], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this action may be implemented through budgetary guarantees under indirect management. The budgetary guarantees would fall within the following priority areas:"}, {"bbox": [140, 247, 573, 274], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Priority Area 1 - Green Deals (sector 430),"}, {"bbox": [140, 275, 882, 303], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Priority Area 2 - Human Capital and Employment (sectors 110,160 and 321)"}, {"bbox": [140, 314, 1130, 395], "category": "Text", "text": "This section is included for information purposes only. A comprehensive action plan covering all EFSD+ budgetary guarantees and the financing decision for the entire annual commitment under the EFSD+ budget line are adopted separately."}, {"bbox": [128, 407, 1126, 464], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.6 Changes from indirect to direct management mode (and vice versa) due to exceptional circumstances (one alternative second option)"}, {"bbox": [140, 478, 1077, 559], "category": "Text", "text": "In case the preferred modality in 4.4.3 cannot be implemented due to circumstances outside of the Commission's control, the action will be implemented in direct management through a grant (awarded following a call for proposal)."}, {"bbox": [140, 571, 399, 598], "category": "Text", "text": "#### Grants (direct management)"}, {"bbox": [140, 603, 374, 630], "category": "Text", "text": "##### a) Purpose of the grant(s)"}, {"bbox": [140, 631, 1126, 684], "category": "Text", "text": "The purpose of the grant is to implement part of the action if the preferred implementation modality in 4.4.3 cannot be performed (all specific objectives)."}, {"bbox": [140, 690, 416, 717], "category": "Text", "text": "##### b) Type of applicants targeted"}, {"bbox": [140, 717, 1110, 795], "category": "Text", "text": "Potential applicants for funding include local authorities, public bodies, international (inter-governmental) organisations, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), Civil society organisations (CSOs), research institutes, Academia, and economic operators such as SMEs."}, {"bbox": [128, 809, 466, 836], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.7 Other actions or expenditure"}, {"bbox": [140, 850, 1126, 958], "category": "Text", "text": "Part of this action may be implemented through a Service Level Agreement with a Commission Department such as the JRC, in order to mobilise its expertise in the achievement of Specific objective 1 on Environmental protection and climate resilience and specific objective 2 on the promotion of sustainable businesses in blue economy, including the productive use of the marine and coastal ecosystem."}, {"bbox": [128, 971, 856, 1002], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.5. Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [140, 1018, 1130, 1099], "category": "Text", "text": "The geographical eligibility in terms of place of establishment for participating in procurement and grant award procedures and in terms of origin of supplies purchased as established in the basic act and set out in the relevant contractual documents shall apply, subject to the following provisions."}, {"bbox": [140, 1109, 1130, 1217], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission's authorising officer responsible may extend the geographical eligibility on the basis of urgency or of unavailability of services in the markets of the countries or territories concerned, or in other duly substantiated cases where application of the eligibility rules would make the realisation of this action impossible or exceedingly difficult (Article 28(10) NDICI-Global Europe Regulation)."}, {"bbox": [128, 1231, 383, 1262], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.6 Indicative Budget"}, {"bbox": [128, 1274, 1141, 1638], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Indicative Budget components</td><td>EU contribution (amount in EUR)</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Budget support - cf. section 4.3</td><td>32 000 000</td></tr><tr><td>Implementation modalities - cf. section 4.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Specific objective 1 – Environmental protection and climate resilience composed of:</td><td>28 600 000</td></tr><tr><td>Indirect management with a pillbar-assessed entity - cf. section 4.4.3</td><td>17 000 000</td></tr><tr><td>Indirect management with Lead Finance Institutions (via the AIP) - cf. section 4.4.4</td><td>7 000 000</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [1026, 1680, 1141, 1704], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 31 of 36"}]