Article 4Participation in calls and eligibility of resulting expenditures
1.
As of the date of entry into force of the decision referred to in point (d) of the first subparagraph of Article 2(1), and as long as no decision as referred to in Article 3(2) has entered into force, the United Kingdom or persons and entities established in the United Kingdom shall be eligible in 2019 for the purposes of conditions set in any calls, tenders, contests or any other procedure which may lead to financing from the Union's budget to the same extent as Member States and persons or entities established in the Member States, and be eligible for Union funding for eligible expenditure incurred in 2019.
Notwithstanding the first subparagraph:
(a)
contracts signed in application of Title VII of the Financial Regulation until the end of 2019 shall be implemented in accordance with their terms and until their end date;
(b)
2.
The first subparagraph of paragraph 1 shall not apply:
(a)
where the participation is limited to the Member States and persons or entities established in the Member States for security reasons;