Article 4
General principles 1. Any legal entity participating in an indirect action may receive a Community financial contribution subject to Articles 6 and 7. 2. Any legal entity established in an associated State may participate in indirect actions on the same footing and shall have the same rights and obligations as a legal entity established in a Member State, subject to Article 5. 3. The JRC may participate in indirect actions on the same footing and shall have the same rights and obligations as a legal entity established in a Member State. 4. Any international European interest organisation may participate in indirect actions on the same footing and shall have the same rights and obligations as a legal entity established in a Member State in accordance with its headquarters agreement. 5. The work programmes may specify and restrict the participation of legal entities in an indirect action according to their activity and type and according to the instrument deployed and to take into account specific objectives of the Sixth Framework Programme.