Article 3 Accession of New Members

CERIC-ERIC shall be open to accession of new Members having at their disposal an excellent analytical facility or sample preparation capabilities, according to Article 5(1) and Article 5(2) that can be used to develop, and/or make available appropriate technical and scientific expertise and resources, and apply the open-access policy.

The accession of new Members shall be subject to approval by the General Assembly.

The General Assembly shall define criteria and evaluation procedures for the acceptance of a Partner Facility of a new Member.