1.The EU Aid Volunteers initiative shall be open to participation of:
(a)citizens and sending organisations from acceding countries, candidate countries, potential candidates and partner countries of the European Neighbourhood Policy in accordance with the general principles and general terms and conditions for the participation of those countries in the Union's programmes established in the respective Framework Agreements and Association Council Decisions, or similar arrangements;
(b)citizens and sending organisations from European Free Trade Association countries which are members of the European Economic Area (EEA), in accordance with the conditions laid down in the EEA Agreement;
(c)citizens and sending organisations from other European countries, subject to the conclusion of bilateral agreements with those countries.
2.Participating volunteers and organisations implementing the actions under the EU Aid Volunteers initiative, from cooperating countries, shall also abide by the general principles outlined in Article 4.
3.Cooperation with participating countries referred to in paragraph 1 shall be based, where relevant, on additional appropriations from participating countries to be made available in accordance with procedures to be agreed with those countries.