COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2019/1854

of 29 October 2019

setting up the European Research Infrastructure for Imaging Technologies in Biological and Biomedical Sciences — Euro-BioImaging European Research Infrastructure Consortium (Euro-BioImaging ERIC)

(notified under document C(2019) 7612)

(Only the Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese and Swedish texts are authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 723/2009 of 25 June 2009 on the Community legal framework for a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) (1), and in particular point (a) of Article 6(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, France, Israel, Italy, Hungary, the Netherlands, Austria, Norway, Portugal, Finland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory submitted to the Commission an application to set up the European Research Infrastructure for Imaging Technologies in Biological and Biomedical Sciences — Euro-BioImaging European Research Infrastructure Consortium (Euro-BioImaging ERIC) (‘the application’). Belgium has made known its decision to participate in Euro-BioImaging ERIC initially as an observer. The applicants have agreed that Finland would be the host Member State of Euro-BioImaging ERIC.

(2) Regulation (EC) No 723/2009 has been incorporated in the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 72/2015 (2).

(3) On 29 March 2017, the United Kingdom submitted the notification of its intention to withdraw from the Union pursuant to Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. The Treaties will cease to apply to the United Kingdom from the date of entry into force of a withdrawal agreement, or failing that, and subject to European Council Decision (EU) 2019/584 (3), on 1 November 2019, unless the European Council, in agreement with the United Kingdom, unanimously decides to extend that period.

(4) After its withdrawal from the Union, and without prejudice to the provisions of a withdrawal agreement, the United Kingdom will be considered a third country within the meaning of point (b) of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 723/2009.

(5) The Commission has, pursuant to Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 723/2009, assessed the application and concluded that it meets the requirements set out in that Regulation.

(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 723/2009,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1. The European Research Infrastructure for Imaging Technologies in Biological and Biomedical Sciences — Euro-BioImaging European Research Infrastructure Consortium (Euro-BioImaging ERIC) is set up.

2. The essential elements of the Statutes of Euro-BioImaging ERIC are set out in the Annex.