Details StatusClosedReference2025 ECFIN 001/A3Publication date 17 January 2025 Opening date17 January 2025Deadline modelSingle-stageDeadline date27 February 2025, 14:00 (CET) DepartmentDirectorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs Description The European Commission is launching a call for proposals for carrying out business and consumer surveys, as part of the Joint Harmonised EU Programme of business and consumer surveys (BCS) in Spain (consumer, retail trade and services surveys).The BCS programme is designed to gather information on the state of the economies in the EU and candidate countries, to be able to compare their business cycles for economic and monetary union (EMU) management purposes.The co-operation between the Commission and future beneficiaries shall be established in the form of a grant agreement that will be concluded for the period 1 May 2025 – 30 April 2026.How to submit a proposal?Please read carefully the detailed instructions in section 15) ‘SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS’ in the call for proposals with ref. 2025 ECFIN 001/A3. 17 JANUARY 2025Call for proposals Ref. 2025 ECFIN 001/A3 Applications shall be sent electronically and exclusively to the functional mailbox ECFIN-GRANT-PROPOSALSec [dot] europa [dot] eu (ECFIN-GRANT-PROPOSALS[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu) no later than 27 February 2025, 14.00 (CET).All relevant information, formalities and documentation can be found in the call for proposals as well as in the: 17 JANUARY 2025Guidelines for the financial management of grant agreements A checklist is available to assist you in preparing your application: 17 JANUARY 2025Checklist of documents to be provided Your proposal must include the following compulsory standard documents, accompanied where indicated by the required attachments: 17 JANUARY 2025Form 1 - Application Form (Part A and B and required annexes) 17 JANUARY 2025Form 2 - Financial capacity 17 JANUARY 2025Form 3 - Declaration of honour for beneficiaries 17 JANUARY 2025Form 4 - Estimated budget – Financial Statement 17 JANUARY 2025Form 5 - Additional information on unit costs and reference periods 17 JANUARY 2025Form 6 - Accession form for beneficiaries (if applicable) 17 JANUARY 2025Form 6a - Declaration on joint and several liability of affiliated entities 17 JANUARY 2025Form 7a - Description of survey methodology - Consumer survey 17 JANUARY 2025Form 7b - Description of survey methodology - Business surveys Legal entity formFinancial identification formModel Grant Agreement and its Annexes 17 JANUARY 2025Model General Grant Agreement 17 JANUARY 2025Annex 1 - Description of the action 17 JANUARY 2025Annex 2 - Model Financial Statement (Estimated budget and Final Costs) 17 JANUARY 2025Annex 2a - Additional information on unit costs and reference periods 17 JANUARY 2025Annex 3 - Accession form for beneficiaries (if applicable) 17 JANUARY 2025Annex 3a - Declaration on joint and several liability of affiliated entities (if applicable) Annex 4 - Specific rules (see Model General Grant Agreement) 17 JANUARY 2025Annex 5 - Model Final technical report Questions about the callQuestions must be sent to ECFIN-BCS-CALL-QUESTIONSec [dot] europa [dot] eu (ECFIN-BCS-CALL-QUESTIONS[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)Applications sent to this mailbox will not be accepted.Deadline for asking questions: 20 February 2025.
