ANNEX U.K. STATUTES OF THE SHARE-ERIC Concerning the Building Up and Operation of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)

Article 2 U.K. Statutory Seat and Working Language

(1) The Statutory Seat of the Organisation shall be in Tilburg, the Netherlands.

(2) The Contracting Parties agree to initiate, as soon as the necessary declaration according to Article 5(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 723/2009 is provided by the German authorities, an amendment of the Statutes in order to transfer the Statutory Seat to Germany. Such amendment shall not enter into force before the end of Phase I as defined in Article 8.

(3) The working language of the Organisation shall be English.