To be eligible for Community financing under the Programme, a beneficiary shall fulfil the following conditions:

1. (a)

   it must be a non-profit-making legal person, with the objective of promoting public interest and pursuing aims of general European interest as provided for in Article 162 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002; and

2. (b)

   it must not be, at the time of the award of the grant, in one of the situations referred to in Article 93(1), Article 94, or point (a) of Article 96(2) of the Financial Regulation.