European Research Infrastructure Consortium
A European Research Infrastructure Consortium – ERIC is a full legal entity under Union law. With a membership of at least one EU Member and two EU member or associated states, it has legal personality and full legal capacity recognized in all Member States.
The primary objective of an ERIC is to establish and operate, through its Members, a Research Infrastructure of European importance on a non-economic basis. In order to promote innovation and knowledge and technology transfer, the ERIC should be allowed to carry out some limited economic activities if they are closely related to its principal task and they do not jeopardize its achievement.[1]
Membership
The members of an ERIC may be Member States, associated countries, third countries other than associated countries and intergovernmental organizations. Further Member or Associated states, third countries or intergovernmental organisations may become members or observers without voting rights.[2]
Legal Framework
The Community legal framework for a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) entered into force on 28 August 2009, with the Council Regulation (EC) n. 723/2009. This specific legal form is designed to facilitate the joint establishment and operation of Research Infrastructures of European interest.
Established ERICs
- BBMRI-ERIC – Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure [3]
- CERIC-ERIC – Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium [4]
- CLARIN – Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure [5]
- DARIAH – Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities [6]
- EATRIS – European Advanced Translational Research Infrastructure in Medicine [7]
- ESS – European Spallation Source [8]
- ESS – European Social Survey[9]
- EURO-ARGO – Global Ocean Observing Infrastructure [10]
- ECRIN – European Clinical Research Infrastructures Network [11]
- ICOS - Integrated Carbon Observation system [12]
- JIVE – Joint Institute for VLBI [13]
- SHARE – Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe [14]
References
- ↑ Council Regulation (EC) n. 723/2009 of 25 June 2009
- ↑ Report from the commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the Application of Council Regulation (EC) No 723/2009 of 25 June 2009 on the Community legal framework for a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC)
- ↑ BBMRI website
- ↑ CERIC-ERIC website
- ↑ CLARIN website
- ↑ DARIAH website
- ↑ EATRIS website
- ↑ ESS website
- ↑ ESS ERIC website/
- ↑ EURO-ARGO website
- ↑ ECRIN website
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- ↑ JIVE website
- ↑ SHARE website
