Article 1
1
The Euro-Argo Research Infrastructure as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (Euro-Argo ERIC) is hereby established.
2
The Statutes of Euro-Argo ERIC are set out in the Annex. The Statutes shall be kept up to date and made publicly available on the website of Euro-Argo ERIC and at its statutory seat.
3
The essential elements of the Statutes for which amendments shall require approval by the Commission in accordance with Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 723/2009 are provided for in Articles 1, 3, 4, 13, 23-31.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 5 May 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel Barroso