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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-622/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-622/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2014/622",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 622/2014 of 14 February 2014 establishing a derogation from Regulation (EU) No 1290/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the rules for participation and dissemination in ‘Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)’ with regard to the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-622",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "By way of derogation from the fourth subparagraph of Article 44(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1290/2013, the following rules shall apply to the transfer and licensing of results and background for affiliated entities, purchasers and any other successor entity:\n(a) a participant may, without the consent of the other participants but provided that the other participants are informed without undue delay and that the transferee agrees in writing to be bound by the grant agreement and the consortium agreement, transfer its results to any of the following:\n(i) its affiliated entity;\n(ii) any purchaser of all or a substantial amount of its relevant assets;\n(iii) any successor entity resulting from the merger with or consolidation of such a participant.\nThe delay referred to in the first subparagraph shall be agreed by the participants in the consortium agreement\n(b) each participant shall remain free to license, transfer or otherwise dispose of its ownership rights in background, subject to any rights and obligations of the grant agreement and the consortium agreement.\n(c) where a participant transfers ownership of background, it shall pass on its obligations specified under the grant agreement and the consortium agreement, regarding that background, to the transferee including the obligation to pass those obligations on to any subsequent transferee.\n(d) a participant may, without the consent of the other participants, but provided that the other participants are informed without undue delay and that the transferee agrees in writing to be bound by the grant agreement and the consortium agreement, transfer its background to any of the following:\n(i) its affiliated entity;\n(ii) any purchaser of all or a substantial amount of its relevant assets;\n(iii) any successor entity resulting from the merger with or consolidation of such a participant.\nThe delay referred to in the first subparagraph shall be agreed by the participants in the consortium agreement.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/622/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:47:35.100200+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}