The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Zita PLEŠTINSKÁ (EPP-ED, SK) and made some amendments to the Commission’s proposal. (Please see the summary of 21/03/2006.)
In addition, Parliament made amendments indicating that:
- Community financing will be made available in the form of grants after a call for proposals, or by public procurement procedures, to bodies other than the European standards organisations and the bodies mandated in a basic act pursuant to Article 49to carry out, in collaboration with the European standards organisations, the standardisationwork referred to in Article 3(1)(b)or the programmes referred to in Article 3(1)(f).
- Grant agreements may authorise flat-rate cover of the beneficiary's overheads up to a maximum of 30% of total eligible direct costs for actions, save where indirect costs of the beneficiary are covered through an operating grant financed from the Community budget.