Meeûs – a self-help resource for the FP7 user community

Hello,

as far as I know it is possible to employ external consultants (self-employed individuals) on an hourly basis to work on an FP7 project and include their payment as normal personnel costs. What are the conditions attached to this?

Can the consultant work from his own office? Can that be in another country? Outside the EU? The invoices will be on an hourly basis, but is an overall time-sheet for the consultant necessary showing his/her work on other projects?

Thank you