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Commission Decision of 29 February 2012 setting up the Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (CLARIN ERIC) (notified under document C(2012) 1018) (2012/136/EU)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.(1) A European Research Infrastructure Consortium for the Common Language...

  3. Article 2.This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

  4. Signature

    1. ANNEX

      STATUTES OF THE CLARIN ERIC

      1. CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

        1. Article 1 Name, seat, location and working language

          1. 1.1. There shall be a European Research Infrastructure called the ‘Common...

          2. 1.2. CLARIN shall have the legal form of a European Research...

          3. 1.3. CLARIN shall be a distributed research infrastructure located in all...

          4. 1.4. CLARIN ERIC shall have its statutory seat in Utrecht, the...

          5. 1.5. The working language of CLARIN ERIC is English.

        2. Article 2 Objectives and activities

          1. 2.1. The ultimate objective of CLARIN ERIC is to advance research...

          2. 2.2. To this end CLARIN ERIC shall undertake and coordinate a...

          3. 2.3. CLARIN ERIC shall construct and operate CLARIN on a non-economic...

      2. CHAPTER 2 MEMBERSHIP

        1. Article 3 Membership and representing entity

          1. 3.1. The following entities may become members of CLARIN ERIC or...

          2. 3.2. CLARIN ERIC shall have at least three Member States as...

          3. 3.3. Member States shall jointly hold the majority of the voting...

          4. 3.4. Any member or observer may be represented by one public...

          5. 3.5. The current members, observers and their representing entities are listed...

        2. Article 4 Admission of members and observers

          1. 4.1. The terms for admission of new members are the following:...

          2. 4.2. Entities listed in Article 3.1 who are willing to contribute...

        3. Article 5 Withdrawal of a member or an observer/Termination of membership or...

          1. 5.1. Within the first five years of the establishment of CLARIN...

          2. 5.2. After the first five years of the establishment of CLARIN...

          3. 5.3. Observers may withdraw at the end of a financial year,...

          4. 5.4. Financial and other obligations must be fulfilled before a withdrawal...

          5. 5.5. The General Assembly shall have the power to terminate the...

      3. CHAPTER 3 RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE MEMBERS AND OBSERVERS

        1. Article 6 Members

          1. 6.1. Rights of members shall include:

          2. 6.2. Each member shall:

          3. 6.3. Members who have joined CLARIN ERIC reserving the right to...

          4. 6.4. Contributions other than the annual fee to CLARIN ERIC may...

          5. 6.5. A member shall empower its representing entity or an entity...

        2. Article 7 Observers

          1. 7.1. Rights of observers shall include:

          2. 7.2. Each observer shall:

          3. 7.3. Contributions other than the annual fee to CLARIN ERIC may...

          4. 7.4. An observer shall empower its representing entity to carry out...

      4. CHAPTER 4 GOVERNANCE OF CLARIN ERIC

        1. Article 8 General Assembly

          1. 8.1. The General Assembly shall be the body of CLARIN ERIC...

          2. 8.2. The General Assembly shall convene at least once a year,...

          3. 8.3. The General Assembly shall be convened by the President with...

          4. 8.4. The General Assembly shall elect a President by simple majority...

          5. 8.5. The General Assembly shall elect a Vice President by simple...

          6. 8.6. If an official representative cannot attend the General Assembly, the...

          7. 8.7. The General Assembly shall be chaired by the President, and...

          8. 8.8. All decisions shall be passed by simple majority of the...

          9. 8.9. Decisions concerning the following shall require two thirds of the...

          10. 8.10. The decision to terminate a membership or observer status shall...

          11. 8.11. Voting shall be conducted by secret ballot if requested by...

          12. 8.12. The quorum of the General Assembly shall be two thirds...

          13. 8.13. The President may decide to use a written procedure for...

        2. Article 9 Scientific Advisory Board

          1. 9.1. The members of the Scientific Advisory Board shall be appointed...

          2. 9.2. The number of members of the Scientific Advisory Board shall...

          3. 9.3. The term for the Scientific Advisory Board members shall be...

          4. 9.4. The Scientific Advisory Board shall provide input to the General...

          5. 9.5. The Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board shall be appointed...

        3. Article 10 National Coordinators’ Forum

          1. 10.1. It shall be the duty of each member being a...

          2. 10.1.1. It shall be the duty of each member being an...

          3. 10.2. The National Coordinators’ Forum shall consist of all national coordinators....

          4. 10.3. The Chair of the National Coordinators’ Forum shall be elected...

          5. 10.4. The by-laws of the National Coordinators’ Forum shall be based...

        4. Article 11 Executive Director

          1. 11.1. The General Assembly shall appoint the Executive Director of CLARIN...

          2. 11.2. The term for the Executive Director shall be five years,...

        5. Article 12 Board of Directors

          1. 12.1. The General Assembly shall appoint high-level individuals to form the...

          2. 12.2. The General Assembly shall appoint one of the members of...

          3. 12.3. The term for the Board members shall be three years,...

          4. 12.4. The Board of Directors shall be, together with the Executive...

          5. 12.5. The Board of Directors shall establish a general scheme for...

          6. 12.6. The Executive Director shall be the Chair of the Board...

        6. Article 13 Standing Committee for CLARIN technical centres

          1. 13.1. There shall be a Standing Committee for CLARIN technical centres....

          2. 13.2. The Standing Committee for CLARIN centres shall have the task...

          3. 13.3. The Standing Committee shall serve as a forum for CLARIN...

          4. 13.4. The by-laws of the Standing Committee shall be based on...

        7. Article 14 Working Groups

          1. 14.1. The Board of Directors may create and terminate Working Groups...

          2. 14.2. The by-laws of the Working Groups shall be based on...

      5. CHAPTER 5 FINANCE

        1. Article 15 Budgetary principles and accounts

          1. 15.1. The financial year of CLARIN ERIC shall begin on 1...

          2. 15.2. All items of revenue and expenditure of CLARIN ERIC shall...

          3. 15.3. The accounts of CLARIN ERIC shall be accompanied by a...

          4. 15.4. CLARIN ERIC shall be subject to the requirements of the...

          5. 15.5. CLARIN ERIC shall ensure that the appropriations are used in...

          6. 15.6. CLARIN ERIC shall record the costs and revenues of its...

        2. Article16 Liability

          1. 16.1. CLARIN ERIC shall be liable for its debts.

          2. 16.2. The members are not jointly liable for the debts of...

          3. 16.3. The members’ financial liability towards CLARIN ERIC’s debts shall be...

          4. 16.4. CLARIN ERIC shall take appropriate insurance to cover the risks...

      6. CHAPTER 6 REPORTING TO THE COMMISSION

        1. Article 17 Reporting to the Commission

          1. 17.1. CLARIN ERIC shall produce an annual activity report, containing in...

          2. 17.2. CLARIN ERIC shall inform the Commission of any circumstances which...

      7. CHAPTER 7 POLICIES

        1. Article 18 Agreements with third parties

          1. 18.1. In cases where CLARIN ERIC deems it beneficial, it may...

          2. 18.2. If institutions from non-member countries or other parties as described...

        2. Article 19 Access policies for users

          1. 19.1. Where access for researchers in CLARIN member countries is concerned,...

          2. 19.2. Where access for researchers in non-member countries is concerned, the...

          3. 19.3. Access for other institutions, industry and similar types of specific...

          4. 19.4. Access for the general public shall be granted unless the...

          5. 19.5. Even if access is granted according to Article 19.1 to...

        3. Article 20 Scientific evaluation policy

          1. 20.1. CLARIN ERIC shall be a facilitator of research and shall...

          2. 20.2. Evaluation of CLARIN ERIC and its results shall be the...

        4. Article 21 Dissemination policy

          1. 21.1. CLARIN ERIC shall promote CLARIN and encourage researchers to embark...

          2. 21.2. CLARIN ERIC shall generally encourage researchers to make their research...

          3. 21.3. The dissemination policy shall describe the various target groups, and...

        5. Article 22 Intellectual property rights policy

          1. 22.1. Intellectual property rights of results created by CLARIN ERIC shall...

          2. 22.2. Generally Open Source and Open Access principles shall be favoured....

          3. 22.3. CLARIN ERIC shall provide guidance (including via website) to researchers...

          4. 22.4. CLARIN ERIC shall ensure that users agree to the terms...

          5. 22.5. CLARIN ERIC shall have in place well defined arrangements for...

        6. Article 23 Employment policy, including equal opportunities

          1. 23.1. CLARIN ERIC shall be an equal opportunity employer. Employment contracts...

          2. 23.2. For each task CLARIN ERIC shall select the best candidate,...

        7. Article 24 Procurement policy and tax exemption

          1. 24.1. CLARIN ERIC shall treat procurement candidates and tenderers equally and...

          2. 24.2. The Board of Directors shall be responsible for all CLARIN...

          3. 24.3. Procurement by members and observers concerning CLARIN activities shall be...

          4. 24.4. Tax exemptions based on Article 143(1)(g) and Article 151(1)(b) of...

        8. Article 25 Data policy

          1. 25.1. Generally Open Source and Open Access principles shall be favoured...

          2. 25.2. CLARIN ERIC shall make all language resources and tools publicly...

      8. CHAPTER 8 DURATION, WINDING UP, DISPUTES, SET UP PROVISIONS

        1. Article 26 Duration

          1. 26.1. CLARIN ERIC shall exist for an indefinite period of time....

        2. Article 27 Winding up

          1. 27.1. The winding up of CLARIN ERIC shall follow a decision...

          2. 27.2. Without undue delay and in any event within 10 days...

          3. 27.3. Assets remaining after payment of CLARIN ERIC debts shall be...

          4. 27.4. Without undue delay and in any event within 10 days...

          5. 27.5. CLARIN ERIC shall cease to exist on the day on...

        3. Article 28 Applicable law

          1. 28.1. CLARIN ERIC shall be governed, by precedence:

        4. Article 29 Disputes

          1. 29.1. The Court of Justice of the European Union shall have...

          2. 29.2. Union legislation on jurisdiction shall apply to disputes between CLARIN...

        5. Article 30 Availability of statutes

          1. 30.1. At any point in time the valid version of the...

        6. Article 31 Setting-up provisions

          1. 31.1. A constitutional meeting of the General Assembly shall be called...

          2. 31.2. The host country shall notify the founding members of any...

      9. Annex 1 LIST OF MEMBERS AND OBSERVERS

      10. Annex 2 ANNUAL FEE

        1. Principles

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