Regulation (EU) No 331/2014 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Article 8 Eligible actions

1. The Programme shall take into account the transnational and multidisciplinary aspects of the fight against counterfeiting and shall promote best practice adapted to the national specificities of each Member State.

2. The Programme shall provide, under the conditions set out in the annual work programmes referred to in Article 11, financial support for the following actions:

(a) exchange and dissemination of information, in particular through organising workshops, meetings and seminars, including training, targeted placements and exchanges of staff of competent national authorities and other similar actions. The exchange of information shall, inter alia, be targeted at:

• (a) methodologies for monitoring and analysing the economic and financial impact of counterfeiting;

• operation of databases and early warning systems;

• use of detection tools with computer back-up;

• enquiry and investigation methods;

• scientific assistance, in particular scientific databases and technology watch/monitoring of new developments;

• protection of the euro outside the Union;

• research actions;

• provision of specific operational expertise;

(b) technical, scientific and operational assistance, as appears necessary as part of the Programme including in particular:

• (b) any appropriate measure which establishes teaching resources at Union level, such as a handbook of Union legislation, information bulletins, practical manuals, glossaries and lexicons, databases, especially in the area of scientific assistance or technology watch or computer support applications, such as software;

• relevant studies with a multidisciplinary and transnational dimension;

• development of technical support instruments and methods to facilitate detection actions at Union level;

• financial support for cooperation in operations involving at least two States when such support is not available from other programmes of European institutions and bodies;

(c) grants to finance the purchase of equipment to be used by specialised anti-counterfeiting authorities for protecting the euro against counterfeiting, in compliance with Article 10(3).