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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-2097/annex/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2015/2097",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2097 of 26 October 2015 on setting up the Integrated Carbon Observation System European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ICOS ERIC) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-2097",
  "path": "annex/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM\nTHE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY\nTHE FRENCH REPUBLIC\nTHE ITALIAN REPUBLIC\nTHE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND\nTHE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS\nTHE KINGDOM OF NORWAY\nTHE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN\nHereinafter referred to as ‘The Members’\nand\nTHE SWISS CONFEDERATION\nHereinafter referred to as ‘The Observer’\nWHEREAS the Members are convinced that addressing climate change arising from anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) is a global challenge and that research and continuous, long-term observations are required to enhance understanding of GHG emissions, sinks, their impacts on Earth systems and management options;\nCONSIDERING that observing essential climate variables, including GHG, is required to support the work of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC);\nEMPHASISING that the UNFCCC calls on its Parties to promote and cooperate in systematic GHG observation via the cooperation with the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), the climate observing component of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS);\nCONSIDERING the importance of the national GHG research and its observing capacities, and the need for establishing coordination at the European level, as an Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) Research Infrastructure;\nWHEREAS the Members wish to enable research to improve understanding of the regional budgets of GHG sources and sinks, their human and natural drivers and the controlling mechanisms, by developing high-precision and long-term GHG observations;\nWHEREAS the Members wish to provide access to the ICOS data for wide user communities, to link research, education and innovation promoting technological developments and to provide independent data to contribute to analysis of emission inventories;\nREQUESTING the European Commission to establish the infrastructure ICOS as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ICOS ERIC),\nHAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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