30.6.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L158/17 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1390/2000 of 29 June 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 814/2000 on informa- tion measures relating to the common agricultural policy THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 814/2000 of 17 April 2000 on information measures relating to the common agricultural policy ('), and in particular Article 9 thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 814/2000 defines the type and content of information measures relating to the common agricultural policy. Measures to implement that Regulation should be laid down, in the light, in partic- ular, of past experience. (20 A call for proposals is the most efficient and most transparent way of ensuring that the grants provided for in Regulation (EC) No 8142000 receive the widest publicity and that the best measures are selected. (3)  The eligibility criteria for applicants' the grounds for exclusion, and also the general selection criteria for the measures referred to in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 814/2000 should be laid down in detail. (4)  The recipients of the financing under Regulation (EC) No 814/2000 include organisations without any well- defined legal status; for the purpose of protecting the Community's financial interests, therefore, provision of a guarantee of an equivalent amount should be demanded whenever payment of an advance on the grant is approved. (5)  In order to make the financial resources available to the largest number possible, a financing rate of more than 50 % must be an exception. (6)  Notifying the Committee for the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (3), of measures financed under this Regulation will facilitate the coordination of measures implemented by the Member States and those supported by the Community. (7)  As far as the year 2000 is concerned, the time limits attaching to any call for proposals necessitate a deroga- tion from the provisions governing such call, albeit without disturbing the application of the other provi- sions of this Regulation, in order to permit applications to be selected according to their date of presentation. () O L 100, 20.4.2000, p. 7. () O] L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103. (8)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the EAGGF Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Scope This Regulation lays down detailed rules for the application of the information measures relating to the common agricultural policy, in the form of work programmes and specific measures, referred to in Article 2(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EC) No 814/2000. Article 2 Call for proposals The Commission shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Communities by 31 July each year a call for proposals, specifying, inter alia, the priority topics and measures, the indic- ative allocation of the budget appropriations available and the deadlines for the submission of applications and the commencement of the measures concerned. Article 3 Eligibility criteria for applicants 1. The organisations and associations referred to in Article 2(1)@) of Regulation (EC) No 814/2000 must meet the following conditions: (a) be non-governmental; (b) be non-profit-making; (c) have been established in a Member State for at least two years. 2. The parties referred to in Article 2(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 814/2000 must be legal persons legally constituted in a Member State for 'at least two years, with the exception of the public authorities of Member States, or universities or the media, provided that they fulfil the condition laid down in paragraph 1(c) of this Article. 3. Where the agreement referred to in Article 10 provides for the payment of an advance on the grant, the applicant shall provide a bank guarantee of an equivalent amount. This guarantee shall not be required where the applicant is a public body.