[How to complete these special conditions:
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• the paragraphs shaded in grey should only need to be amended/included in exceptional cases, dictated by the requirements of a particular call for proposal procedure.
In no circumstances may you alter any other part of these standard instructions.
In case you need to derogate from the Special Conditions, General Conditions or another template, please refer to the instructions on prior approval and derogations for further details which can be found in the annexes D3 and D4 of the DEVCO COMPANION.
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