Article 9
Submission of proposals for indirect actions 1. Proposals for indirect actions shall be submitted under the terms of calls for proposals. These terms shall be set out in the work programmes. Calls for proposals may involve a two-stage evaluation procedure. In this case, following a positive evaluation of an outline proposal in the first stage, the proposers concerned shall be requested to submit a complete proposal in the second stage. 2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to: (a) specific support actions for the activities of the legal entities identified in the work programmes; (b) specific support actions consisting of a purchase or service governed by the terms applicable to public procurement procedures; (c) specific support actions with particular characteristics and value to the objectives and the scientific and technological content of specific programmes, for which grant applications may be submitted to the Commission if so provided for in the work programme of the relevant specific programme and where such a request does not fall within the scope of an open call for proposals; (d) specific support actions covered by Article 11. 3. The Commission may issue calls for expressions of interest in order to assist it in identifying precise objectives and requirements that may be included in the work programmes and in the calls for proposals. This shall be without prejudice to any subsequent decision adopted by the Commission regarding the evaluation and selection of proposals for indirect actions. 4. Calls for expressions of interest and calls for proposals shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities and shall also be given the widest possible publicity, in particular using the Internet pages of the Sixth Framework Programme and through specific information channels such as the national contact points set up by the Member States and the associated States.