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Pericles IV Programme (follow-up to the Pericles 2020 programme) funds staff exchanges, seminars, trainings and studies for law enforcement and judicial authorities, banks and others involved in combating euro-counterfeiting. Actions can take place in the euro area, in EU countries outside the euro area and in third countries.

75%

You can apply for a higher project funding rate (90%) if your project is a ‘priority action’, i.e. concerns:

• conferences, seminars and workshops taking place in one of the following nonEU countries: China, Colombia, Peru, Kosovo UNSCR 12448 and Türkiye (see also Pericles IV 2024 Strategy, priority action b and c).
• actions specifically devoted to increase cooperation with customs and/or judiciary with a specific focus on countering ‘movie money’ and ‘prop copy’ products (including altered design notes) (see also Pericles IV 2024 Strategy, priority action d.II).
• actions introduced by competent national authorities that were not among the beneficiaries of Pericles funding in the calendar years 2021, 2022 and 2023.

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

• be competent national authorities in the area of the protection of the euro against counterfeiting as defined in Article 2(b) of Regulation 1338/2001
• be from a Euro area or non-Euro area Member State.

Only applications by single applicants are allowed (single beneficiaries; affiliated entities and other participants are allowed, if needed).