Division 1.2.4 Legal Entity Appointed Representative (LEAR)F1

After the validation of the legal entity, the legal representative shall appoint a Legal Entity Appointed Representative (LEAR) who will be the official contact person recognised by the validation services and authorised to request changes to validation data, on the basis of relevant supporting documents. To this end, the legal representative will send the Lear Appointment Form – by regular mail or by e-mail - duly signed and stamped, to the validation services. The nomination of a LEAR is mandatory. Being appointed as LEAR is an administrative function which may but need not be distinct from being a legal representative of the entity.

As soon as registered in the central database the LEAR becomes the official contact person to the validation services on all issues related to the legal and financial data and the FP7 status/category of the entity. The LEAR has access to a dedicated online tool on the Research Participant Portal and has to maintain the validated information of the entity up to date. He/she shall inform the validation services of any change in the legal data or legal status/category of the entity immediately following the change. Upon request, he/she provides also financial data of the entity.

In case of such changes of legal data or legal status/category, the LEAR shall request a modification of a previous validation on the basis of the legal and/or financial supporting documents.