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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-640/annex/article-5",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2013/640",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision of 7 November 2013 on setting up the European Advanced Translational Research Infrastructure in Medicine as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (EATRIS ERIC) (2013/640/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-640",
  "path": "annex/article/5",
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  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Withdrawal of a member and termination of membership",
  "text": "1. No Member may withdraw within the first five years of the establishment of EATRIS ERIC unless the Membership has been entered into for a specified shorter period.\n2. After the first five years of the establishment of EATRIS ERIC a Member may withdraw provided a request is submitted to this effect 12 months in advance. A withdrawal shall only become effective at the end of a financial year and after the withdrawing Member has fulfilled its obligations.\n3. By derogation from paragraph 1 of this Article, a Member may withdraw during the first five years if the Board of Governors decide to raise the thresholds of the annual financial contribution as specified in points (e) and (f) of Appendix 2. Member wishing to withdraw shall request withdrawal within six months of the adoption of the proposal to raise the annual financial contribution. The withdrawal shall become effective at the end of the financial year on the condition that the withdrawing Member has fulfilled its obligations.\n4. The Board of Governors shall have the power to terminate a Membership in the following cases:\n(a) the Member is in serious breach of one or more of its obligations under these Statutes;\n(b) the Member has failed to rectify such breach within a period of six months of notification thereof.\nThe Member shall be invited by the Board of Governors to present its position on the proposed decision of termination before any decision may be adopted.\n5. Members that withdraw or have their Membership terminated shall neither have right to restitution or reimbursement of any contributions made, nor the right to lay any claim to the assets of EATRIS ERIC.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2013/640/annex/article/5",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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