Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The Single Market Programme (SMP) covers the single market, competitiveness of enterprises, including small and medium-sized enterprises, the area of plants, animals, food and feed, and European statistics. Specifically, the programme brings together aspects in order to streamline, exploit synergies and provide a better flexible, transparent, simplified and agile framework to finance activities aiming at a well-functioning sustainable internal market.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
Calls for proposals for action grants will aim at providing financial contributions to organisations representing consumer interests in Members States or offering assistance to consumers in Member States, including in the form of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and qualified entities enabled to bring representative actions under the Representative Actions Directive (EU) 2020/1828.
Detailed Call Description
This is a call for proposals for EU action grants in the field of Consumer protection under the Consumer strand of the Single Market Programme (SMP Consumers).
The regulatory framework for this EU Funding Programme is set out in:
− Regulation 2024/2509 (EU Financial Regulation1 )
− The basic act (SMP Regulation 2021/6902 ).
The call is launched in accordance with the 2025-2026 SMP Work Programme3 and will be managed by the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) (‘Agency’).
SMP-CONS-2026-ADR-RAD – Call for proposals for action grants to provide financial contributions to ADR Bodies and RAD Qualified Entities.
– ‘ADR bodies’ are bodies designated by the EU Member States pursuant to the ADR Directive 2013/11/EU or established in countries with which the EU has signed a Single Market Programme Agreement covering the Consumer pillar and for which the competent national authority confirms in writing the mutatis mutandis conformity with the quality criteria set out in the ADR Directive 2013/11/EU.
– RAD ‘Qualified Entities’ are entities designated by the EU Member States pursuant to Article 4 of the Representative Actions Directive (EU) 2020/1828 or entities established in countries with which the EU has signed a Single Market Programme Agreement covering the Consumer pillar and for which the competent national authority confirms in writing the mutatis mutandis compliance with Article 4 of the Representative Actions Directive (EU) 2020/1828.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
80%
Thematic Categories
- Small-Medium Enterprises and Competitiveness
Eligibility for Participation
- Consumer Organisations
- Legal Entities
- Local Authorities
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
and - be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
- non-EU countries:
- listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Single Market Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (list of participating countries)
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry
Industry and Technology Service
Address: 1421, Nicosia, Cyprus
Email: sit@meci.gov.cy