The Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (CERIC-ERIC) is hereby established.

The Statutes of CERIC-ERIC are set out in the Annex. These Statutes shall be kept up to date and made publicly available on the website of CERIC-ERIC and at its statutory seat.

The essential elements of the Statutes of CERIC-ERIC for which amendments require approval by the Commission in accordance with Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 723/2009 are provided for in Articles 1, 5, 8, 9, 18, 19, 21, 24, 26 and 27.