APPENDIX: LIST OF REFERENCES 42 Award criteria  See Section 3.4  Contracting authority  See Section 1.1  Entities on whose capacities the  tenderer relies to fulfil the  selection criteria  See Section 2.4.3  EU Validation services  See Section 2.3  EU Grants and Tenders Rules on Legal Entity Validation,  LEAR appointment and Financial Capacity assessment  Exclusion criteria  See Section 3.1  Financial Regulation  Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European  Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the  financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union  Group leader  See Section 2.4.1  Identified subcontractors  See Section 2.4.2  Involved entities  See Section 2.4  Joint tender  See Section 2.4.1  Participating entities  See Section 1.1  Participant Register  See Section 2.3  https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding- tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/how-to- participate/participant-register  Selection criteria  See Section 3.2  Sole tenderer  See Section 2.4  Subcontracting/subcontractor  See Section 2.4.2  Treaties  The EU Treaties: https://europa.eu/european-union/law/treaties_en 