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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-642/annex-I/article-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-642/annex-I/article-14.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2014/642",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) No 642/2014 of 16 June 2014 establishing the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-642",
  "path": "annex/I/article/14",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "States Representatives Group",
  "text": "1. The States Representatives Group shall consist of one representative of each Member State and of each country associated to Horizon 2020. It shall elect a chairperson and a vice-chair person from among its members.\n2. The States Representatives Group shall meet at least twice a year. The meetings shall be convened by its chairperson. The Executive Director and the chairperson of the Governing Board or their representatives shall attend the meetings.\n3. The members of the Single European Rail Area Committee, established by Article 62 of Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, or their representatives, and the members of the Railway Interoperability and Safety Committee, established by Article 29 of Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council may take part in the meetings of the States Representatives Group.\n4. The States Representatives Group shall be involved and, in particular, review information and provide opinions on the following matters:\n(a) updating of strategic orientation and of the S2R Master Plan and progress towards achievement of its targets;\n(b) the S2R Joint Undertaking annual work plans;\n(c) links to Horizon 2020 and to other Union and Member State funding instruments, including the Connecting Europe Facility, and the ESIF;\n(d) links to the Union rail transport legislation and the goal of achieving a Single European Railway Area;\n(e) involvement of SMEs and relevant actors from outside the traditional rail sector.\n5. The States Representatives Group shall also provide information to and act as an interface with the S2R Joint Undertaking on the following matters:\n(a) the status of relevant national or regional research and innovation programmes and identification of potential areas of cooperation, including deployment of relevant technologies to allow synergies and avoid overlaps;\n(b) specific measures taken at national or regional level with regard to dissemination events, dedicated technical workshops and communication activities.\n6. The States Representatives Group may issue, on its own initiative, recommendations and proposals to the Governing Board on technical, managerial and financial matters, as well as on annual plans, in particular when those matters affect national or regional interests. The Governing Board shall take these proposals into account and inform without undue delay the States Representatives Group of the follow up it has given to such recommendations or proposals, including the justifications if they are not taken up.\n7. The States Representatives Group shall receive information on a regular basis, among others on the participation in actions funded by the S2R Joint Undertaking, on the outcome of each call and project implementation, on synergies with other relevant Union programmes, and on the execution of the S2R Joint Undertaking budget.\n8. The States Representatives Group shall adopt its own rules of procedure.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 establishing a single European railway area (OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 32)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community (Recast) (OJ L 191, 18.7.2008, p. 1)."
    }
  ],
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  "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."
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