Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2008 (repealed)Show full title

Article 8 IMI States Representatives Group

Composition

The IMI States Representative Group shall consist of one representative of each Member State and of each country associated to the Framework Programme. It shall elect a chairperson among its members.

Role and tasks

The IMI States Representative Group shall have an advisory role for the IMI Joint Undertaking and shall act as an interface between the IMI Joint Undertaking and the relevant stakeholders within their respective countries. It shall in particular:

(a)

advise on the annual scientific priorities, including the synergies with the Framework Programme;

(b)

facilitate the dissemination of information related to the calls for stakeholders within their own countries;

(c)

be informed on the outcome of the evaluation process;

(d)

provide an opinion on the update of the Research Agenda;

(e)

advise on the activities of the IMI Joint Undertaking;

(f)

advise on the changes to the call and the evaluation process and intellectual property rules of the IMI Joint Undertaking;

(g)

inform the IMI Joint Undertaking on relevant activities ongoing at national level.

3. The IMI States Representative Group shall meet at least bi-annually and shall be convened by the Executive Director. Extraordinary meetings can be convened to deal with specific matters of major relevance to IMI Joint Undertaking activities. These meetings shall be called by the Executive Director either on his/her own initiative or upon request from IMI States Representatives Group. The IMI States Representatives Group may issue, on its own initiative, recommendations to the IMI Joint Undertaking. The IMI Joint Undertaking shall inform the IMI States Representatives Group of the follow up it has given to such recommendations.

The Executive Director shall attend the meetings of the IMI States Representatives Group.

The IMI States Representative Group shall adopt its rules of procedure.