Article 16 Accession

After the entry into force of these Statutes, any Government may accede thereto with the consent of two thirds of the Contracting Parties in the Council upon the conditions negotiated. The conditions of accession shall be the subject of an agreement between the Contracting Parties and the acceding Government or group of Governments.

Upon proposition of the Management Board and in view of the Principles laid down in Article 4, the accessing Contracting Party shall select a research institution which is responsible for carrying out the scientific tasks of the SHARE-ERIC in this country.

The Management Board shall seek the advice of the Scientific Monitoring Board when proposing a Scientific Partner Institution.