European Research Infrastructure Consortium

Key points:

The EESC:

• supports the proposed amendment to Article 9 of the ERIC Regulation in order to eliminate discrimination between Member States and associated countries and boost more active participation of associated countries in setting up and operating future ERICs;
• believes that the Community can retain enough control over essential elements of ERIC activities;
• is concerned about the slow pace at which the ERIC legal instrument is being applied;
• urges the Commission to provide maximum support to potential partners;
• recommends that the Community contributes more to the co-financing of ERIC projects, by ensuring better synergies between the Structural Funds and the Horizon 2020 Framework programme.

Other EESC opinions:

• European Research Infrastructure (ERI) (CESE 40/2009, INT/450)
• on Research and development and Innovation

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