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(a)

they are affiliated to a research organisation as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Directive (EU) 2019/790;

(b)

they are independent from commercial interests;

(c)

their application discloses the funding of the research;

(d)

they are capable of fulfilling the specific data security and confidentiality requirements corresponding to each request and to protect personal data, and they describe in their request the appropriate technical and organisational measures that they have put in place to this end;

(e)

their application demonstrates that their access to the data and the time frames requested are necessary for, and proportionate to, the purposes of their research, and that the expected results of that research will contribute to the purposes laid down in paragraph 4;

(f)

the planned research activities will be carried out for the purposes laid down in paragraph 4;

(g)

they have committed themselves to making their research results publicly available free of charge, within a reasonable period after the completion of the research, subject to the rights and interests of the recipients of the service concerned, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679.