# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1478 of 19 August 2015 on setting up the European Spallation Source as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (European Spallation Source ERIC) (Text with EEA relevance), Article 17: Scientific evaluation and access policy

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

1. The Organisation shall provide effective access for European and international researchers as well as other relevant users. Access to the ESS shall be based on peer-review evaluation with scientific excellence and feasibility as criteria and granted on the basis of an access policy adopted by the Council. The access policy shall reflect the undertakings in Article 2(2)(a).
2. The ESS shall be open for access to others than members. Such access shall be open to European as well as international users and be available on the basis of the access policy adopted by Council.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/1478/annex/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-1478/annex/article-17
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.