Division 2 Euro-Argo ERIC shall coordinate and strengthen the European contribution to the international Argo Programme as endorsed by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) and by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). The specific objectives of Euro-Argo ERIC shall be:

to provide, deploy and operate an array of around 800 floats contributing to the global array (a European contribution of $1∕4$ of the global array);

to provide additional coverage in the European regional seas;

to develop further the infrastructure (e.g. improving float technology and adding new sensors, improving the data processing and distribution system); and,

to provide quality controlled data and access to the data sets and data products to the research (climate and oceanography) and operational (e.g. Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES)/Copernicus Marine Service) communities.