H2020 Rules for participation and financial rules Rules for participation

Minimum No of participants

• IA: Minimum three independent legal entities established in different member state or associated country
• CSA: Minimum one legal entity
• GSA encourages creating consortia with more beneficiaries!
• GALILEO-2-2014: Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) based EGNSS applications -> Coordinator must be an SME

Definition of ‘SME’

Definition: micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprise

• Enterprise: any entity engaged in an economic activity, irrespective of its legal form, e.g.:
• self-employed persons or family businesses
• partnerships or associations
• SMEs:
• employ fewer than 250 persons
• annual turnover is not exceeding EUR 50 million and/or
• annual balance sheet total is not exceeding EUR 43 million