# 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), Article 6: Rights and obligations of Members

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Rights of Members shall include:
(a) the right to attend and vote at the Board of Governors;
(b) the right to participate in the development of strategies, policies and decision-making procedures concerning EATRIS ERIC;
(c) the right of its research community to participate in EATRIS ERIC events;
(d) the right of its research community to have access to and to receive support from EATRIS ERIC.
2. Each Member shall:
(a) pay an annual financial contribution as decided by the Board of Governors;
(b) empower its representatives with the full authority to vote by single vote on all issues raised during a meeting of the Board of Governors;
(c) create a national centre or infrastructure consortium for the purpose of fulfilling the obligations arising from these Statutes;
(d) appoint one National Director to represent it on the Board of National Directors;
(e) provide the necessary technical infrastructure to make access possible;
(f) promote the uptake of EATRIS ERIC services among researchers in its own country and gather user feedback and requirements;
(g) support centres in its own country that wish to join the national infrastructure of a Member State participating in the EATRIS ERIC infrastructure.
3. Contributions other than the annual financial contribution may be made by Members individually or jointly in cooperation with other Members, Observers or third parties. Such contributions, in cash or in kind, shall be subject to approval by the Board of Governors.
4. EATRIS ERIC shall enter into an agreement with the national centres in order to establish the terms and conditions under which the national centres may join the EATRIS ERIC infrastructure and commit to the tasks and activities set out in Article 2. The National Director shall use its best efforts to coordinate the interaction of its national centres with the EATRIS ERIC.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2013/640/annex/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-640/annex/article-6
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