Article 4 Admission of Members and Observers
United Kingdom
The admission of Members shall comply with the following conditions:
an entity referred to in Article 3(2) shall submit a written application to the Chairperson of the General Assembly;
the application shall describe how the applicant will be involved in ICOS RI and participate in the realisation of the tasks and activities of ICOS ERIC described in Article 2 and how it will fulfil the obligations referred to in Article 6(2);
the admission of new Members shall require the approval of the General Assembly.
The admission of Observers shall comply with the following conditions:
an entity referred to in Article 3(3) shall submit a written application to the Chairperson of the General Assembly;
the application shall describe how the applicant will be involved in ICOS RI, whether it will participate in the realisation of the objectives and tasks of ICOS ERIC described in Article 2 and how it will fulfil Observer obligations referred to in Article 6(4);
the admission of an Observer shall require the approval of the General Assembly;
An Observer may be admitted for maximum of three years. The General Assembly, on request of the Observer, may extend that initial period once for the same duration. In exceptional cases the General Assembly may accept more than one extension of an Observer status.