Article 5
Targeted actions The targeted actions shall include: (a) actions promoting the ex situ and in situ conservation, characterisation, collection and utilisation of genetic resources in agriculture; (b) the establishment of a European decentralised, permanent and widely accessible web-based inventory of genetic resources currently conserved in situ including in situ/on-farm genetic resources conservation activities; (c) the establishment of a European decentralised, permanent and widely accessible web-based inventory of the ex situ collections (gene banks) and in situ facilities (resources) and databases currently available or being developed on the basis of national inventories; (d) the promotion of regular exchanges of technical and scientific information, in particular on the origins and individual characteristics of available genetic resources, among competent organisations in the Member States. The actions referred to in point (a) shall be transnational, taking into account, if appropriate, biogeographic regional aspects and promote or complement, at Community level, work implemented at regional or national level. They may not involve aid to maintain nature protection areas.