PADOR and calls for proposals
Once registered in PADOR, the applicant or partner do not need to fill in the sections concerning non-action specific information of the Grant Application form, nor do they need to submit supporting documents, since the evaluation in this case will be based on the information provided by the applicant in PADOR. It is the obligation of the applicant to be sure that the information is updated.
Each call for proposals specifies whether prior registration in PADOR is obligatory or not. Eventual derogation requests received from individual applicants in the context of calls where prior registration has been rendered obligatory are subject to the prior approval of the relevant services of the European Commission. In this case, data will be introduced in PADOR by the European Commission.
Notwithstanding the above, the applicant can submit a request for derogation concerning its registration in PADOR. The justification for a derogation must be based on the objective impossibility of the applicant to have access to the technology required to register in PADOR. This objective impossibility should go beyond the control of the applicant and, in principle, be of a general nature (i.e. not attributable to the specific circumstances of the applicant itself). The applicant should provide, where possible, supporting documents substantiating its request. The EC shall reason its reply. The derogation applies to the applicant requesting the derogation and only in the context of a specific call for proposals, unless the EC sees grounds for a general derogation for that call for proposals. In this case, data will be introduced in PADOR by the European Commission itself. If, at a later stage, the organisation wishes to update its data, an access request will be needed.
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