1.A European Research Infrastructure Consortium for the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe named SHARE-ERIC is hereby set up according to Regulation (EC) No 723/2009.
SHARE-ERIC shall have legal personality as of the date this Decision takes effect and it shall enjoy, in each of the Member States, the most extensive legal capacity accorded to legal entities under the law of that Member State. It may, in particular, acquire, own and dispose of movable, immovable and intellectual property, conclude contracts and be a party to legal proceedings.
2.The statutes of SHARE-ERIC, as agreed between its members, are annexed to this Decision. Their amendment is subject to the provisions in the statutes and to Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 723/2009. The Statutes shall be publicly available on the website of the ERIC and at its statutory seat.
3.This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
4.It shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.