Article 10 Acquisition and ownership of the pre-exascale supercomputers

The Joint Undertaking shall procure the pre-exascale supercomputers and shall own them.

The Union financial contribution referred to in Article 4(1) shall cover up to 50 % of the acquisition costs plus up to 50 % of the operating costs of the pre-exascale supercomputers.

The remaining total cost of ownership of the pre-exascale supercomputers shall be covered by the Participating State where the hosting entity is established or by the Participating States in the hosting consortium, possibly supplemented by the contributions referred to in Article 5.

Without prejudice to Article 23(4) of the Statutes, at the earliest four years after the successful acceptance test by the Joint Undertaking of the pre-exascale supercomputers installed in a hosting entity, the ownership of the pre-exascale supercomputer may be transferred to that hosting entity, sold to another entity or decommissioned upon decision of the Governing Board and in accordance with the hosting agreement. In the case of transfer of ownership before full depreciation of a pre-exascale supercomputer, the hosting entity shall reimburse the Joint Undertaking the residual value of the supercomputer that is transferred. If there is no transfer of ownership to the hosting entity but a decision for decommissioning, the relevant costs shall be shared equally by the Joint Undertaking and the hosting entity. The Joint Undertaking shall not be liable for any costs incurred after the transfer of ownership of a pre-exascale supercomputer or after its sale or decommissioning.