If access to CLARIN research data or tools has to be restricted for capacity reasons, and a selection of projects has to be made, the scientific excellence of project proposals shall be judged in peer reviews by independent experts, and the criteria and procedures shall be decided by the General Assembly, with advice from the Scientific Advisory Board. Such criteria shall also take into account that a certain amount of the capacity should be reserved for totally new ideas that may not yet have reached full maturity or widely recognized scientific excellence. The peers shall be selected by the Board of Directors in accordance with the evaluation policy.