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Document 32024D2200
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2200 of 4 September 2024 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/996 setting up ECCSEL ERIC (notified under document C(2024) 5833) (Only the Dutch, English, French and Italian texts are authentic)
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2200 of 4 September 2024 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/996 setting up ECCSEL ERIC (notified under document C(2024) 5833) (Only the Dutch, English, French and Italian texts are authentic)
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2200 of 4 September 2024 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/996 setting up ECCSEL ERIC (notified under document C(2024) 5833) (Only the Dutch, English, French and Italian texts are authentic)
C/2024/5833
OJ L, 2024/2200, 6.9.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/2200/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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Official Journal |
EN L series |
2024/2200 |
6.9.2024 |
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2024/2200
of 4 September 2024
amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/996 setting up ECCSEL ERIC
(notified under document C(2024) 5833)
(Only the Dutch, English, French and Italian texts are authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 723/2009 of 25 June 2009 on the Community legal framework for a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) (1), and in particular Article 11(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Regulation (EC) No 723/2009 has been incorporated in the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 72/2015 (2). |
(2) |
The European Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Laboratory was set up as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ECCSEL ERIC) by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/996 (3). |
(3) |
ECCSEL ERIC submitted on 30 March 2023 a proposal to the Commission to amend its Statutes in accordance with Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 723/2009. |
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Some amendments concerning Data Policy, updating budget contribution and distribution, adjusting wording to accommodate the requested extension of scope, and including minor grammatical corrections, without substantive changes, entered into force in accordance with Article 11(4) of Regulation (EC) No 723/2009. |
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Some amendments, extending the scope of ECCSEL ERIC to include aligned sustainable subsurface energy systems for a net zero carbon society, introducing minor changes in the Scientific Evaluation Policy, in the Access Policy for Users, in the Dissemination Policy and in the Intellectual Property Rights Policy, require the Commission’s approval. |
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The Commission has, pursuant to Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 723/2009, assessed the application and concluded that it meets the requirements set out in that Regulation. |
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The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 723/2009, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Statutes of the ECCSEL ERIC annexed to Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/996 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Done at Brussels, 4 September 2024.
For the Commission
Iliana IVANOVA
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 206, 8.8.2009, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/723/oj.
(2) Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 72/2015 of 20 March 2015 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms (OJ L 129, 19.5.2016, p. 85, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2016/755/oj).
(3) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/996 of 9 June 2017 setting up the European Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Laboratory – European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ECCSEL ERIC) (OJ L 149, 13.6.2017, p. 91, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2017/996/oj).
ANNEX
The Statutes of the ECCSEL ERIC annexed to Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/996 are amended as follows:
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Article 2 is amended as follows:
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(2) |
Article 11 is amended as follows:
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(3) |
Article 16 is amended as follows:
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(4) |
Article 17(2) is replaced by the following: ‘2. Employment contracts shall be subject to applicable laws and regulations of the country in which the staff member is employed or to the laws of the country where the activities of ECCSEL ERIC are conducted. ECCSEL ERIC vacancies shall be published internationally in an appropriate manner.’ |
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Article 18 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 18 Access Policy for Users 1. A substantial part of the available research time for each national facility participating in the ECCSEL infrastructure is to be offered to the international research community. The General Assembly shall reserve a proportion of the access time available to researchers from states that are not Members of ECCSEL ERIC. 2. ECCSEL ERIC and the owners of the research facilities shall enter into individual agreements related to how large a proportion of the available research time will be made available for the international research community and the conditions for access. 3. The access to ECCSEL ERIC facilities shall be open to researchers, scientists and students. The granting of ECCSEL-supported access is based on competition and peer review of applications after a fair and transparent procedure. The main criteria for the competition shall be scientific excellence and importance in relation to ECCSEL ERIC strategies, as decided by the General Assembly. 4. ECCSEL ERIC may establish a system for authentication and authorisation that ensures that only persons that are entitled to access a facility are admitted entry and use. ECCSEL ERIC may decide that Members and Observers must adhere to such a system if their researchers are to be granted access. 5. A detailed Access Policy applicable to users, approved by the General Assembly, is to be publicly available.’ |
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Article 19 is amended as follows:
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(7) |
Article 20 is amended as follows:
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(8) |
Articles 21 to 26 are renumbered as Articles 22 to 27. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/2200/oj
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