Article 3 Tasks and activities

The principal task of ECRIN-ERIC shall be to establish and operate a research infrastructure supporting multinational collaboration in clinical research, to make Europe a single area for clinical trials.

ECRIN-ERIC shall provide information, advice and services to clinical investigators and sponsors of multinational studies, as well as advice to national and European authorities and policymakers, as described in the Scientific and Technical Annex accompanying the ERIC application documents.

Information, advice and services proposed by ECRIN-ERIC shall particularly cover support to clinical trial management, reducing the fragmentation of health and legislative systems in Europe: submissions to ethics committees and competent authorities, adverse event reporting, study monitoring, data management, support with insurance contracting.

ECRIN-ERIC shall pursue its principal task on a non-economic basis. However it may carry out limited economic activities, provided that these are closely related to its principal task and that do not jeopardise the achievement thereof.

ECRIN-ERIC shall record the costs and revenues of the economic activities referred to in paragraph 4 separately and shall charge market prices for them, or if these cannot be ascertained, full costs plus reasonable margin.