Article 12 Use of supercomputers

The use of supercomputers shall be primarily for research and innovation purposes falling under public funding programmes, shall be open to users from the public and private sectors and shall have an exclusive focus on civil applications.

The Governing Board shall define the general access conditions to use the supercomputers in accordance with Article 13 and may define specific access conditions for different types of users or applications. The quality of service shall be the same for all users.

Without prejudice to international agreements concluded by the Union, only users residing, established or located in a Member State or in a country associated to Horizon 2020, shall be granted access time, except if decided otherwise by the Governing Board in duly justified cases, taking into account the interests of the Union.