ELIGIBLE AND INELIGIBLE. COSTS 6.1 Eligible costs A. Direct and indirect costs of the action are eligible (‘eligible costs’), if they correspond to the lump sum set out in Annex 2 and if the corresponding tasks or parts of the action have been properly implemented in accordance with Annex 1. 6.2 Ineligible costs ‘Ineligible costs’ are: (a) costs that do not comply with the conditions set out above (see Article 6.1) and (b) costs reimbursed under another EU or Euratom grant (including grants awarded by a Member State and financed by the EU or Euratom budget and grants awarded by bodies other than the Agency for the purpose of implementing the EU and Euratom budget; in particular, indirect costs if the beneficiary is already receiving an operating grant financed by the EU or Euratom budget in the same period. 6.3 Consequences of declaration of ineligible costs Declared costs that are ineligible will be rejected (see Article 42). This may also lead to any of the other measures described in Chapter 6.
ELIGIBLE AND INELIGIBLE. COSTS 6.1 General conditions for costs to be eligible Unit cost are eligible (‘eligible costs’) if: (a) they are calculated as follows: {amounts per unit set out in Annex 2 multiplied by the number of actual units}. (b) the number of actual units complies with the following: - the units must be actually used or produced in the period set out in Article 3; - the units must be necessary for implementing the action or produced by it, and - the number of units must be identifiable and verifiable, in particular supported by records and documentation (see Article 18). 6.2 Specific conditions for costs to be eligible The following costs are eligible costs, if they comply with the general conditions (see above) and the following specific conditions for each budget category: A. Costs of recruited researchers (A.1 Living allowance, A.2 Mobility allowance and A.3 Family allowance) are eligible, if: (a) the number of units declared: (i) corresponds to the actual number of months spent by the recruited researchers on the research training activities and (ii) does not exceed 36 months (per researcher)[;][, and] (iii) [OPTION for EID: are, for each researcher, spent to at least 50% with one or more beneficiaries or partner organisations from the non-academic sector.] (b) the recruited researchers comply with the following conditions: (i) be recruited by the beneficiary under an employment contract (or other direct contract with equivalent benefits, including social security coverage) or — if not otherwise possible under national law — under a fixed-amount-fellowship agreement with minimum social security coverage; (ii) be employed for at least 3 months; (iii) be employed full-time, unless the Agency has approved a part-time employment for personal or family reasons; (iv) be working exclusively for the action; (v) not have resided in the country where the research training activities take place for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the recruitment date (and not have carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in that country). For beneficiaries that are the international European interest organisations or international organisations: not have spent with the beneficiary more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the recruitment date; (vi) be — at the date of recruitment — an ‘early stage researcher’ (i.e. in the first four years of his/her research career and not have a doctoral degree); (vii) [
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