About the Preparation Cost, in the implementation manual pages 65 pointed out the sentence ”If the services or activities were implemented and there is at least a commitment decision for them between 1st of January 2021 and the date of submission of the Application Form”. The commitment decision should be prepared under any specific legislation, or its according to the body that will apply for the preparation cost.
Also in the pages 65-66 it states that: the following external expertise costs and/ or staff costs for the preparation of the application documents are eligible:
c) cost analysis and preparatory research reports for the project activities Programme and Project Implementation Manual
d) costs for the preparation of technical design studies, compliance reports, licenses fees, environmental impact assessment studies, technical assessment reports.
Can the Project Beneficiary to use the costs for the preparation of the Annex 7:The ‘Project Analysis Report’ and the Annex 8:The ‘Climate Endurance Validation Report’ during the preparation of the project proposal.