Education and training : grants to bodies active at European level, 2004-2006 action programme

The European Parliament adopted the resolution drafted by Doris PACK (EPP-ED, D) and approved the common position subject to two amendments: - for grants awarded in 2004, it will be possible for the period of eligibility of expenditure to start on 1 January 2004, provided that the expenditure does not precede the date on which the grant application was lodged or the date on which the beneficiary's budget year starts; - during 2004, in the case of beneficiaries whose budgetary year starts before 1 March, an exception may be granted to the obligation to sign the grant agreement within the first four months of the start of the beneficiary's budget year. In this case, the grant agreement should be signed by 30 June 2004 at the latest.�