Commission Decision 2012/136/EU

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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)^note, and in particular Article 6(1)(a) thereof,Whereas:

(1)On 23 September 2011 the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, the Dutch Language Union, Austria and the Netherlands requested the Commission to set up the Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (hereinafter ‘CLARIN ERIC’).

(2)The Netherlands has provided a declaration recognising CLARIN ERIC as an international body within the meaning of Article 143(1)(g) and Article 151(1)(b) of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax^note and an international organisation within the meaning of the second indent of Article 23(1) of Council Directive 92/12/EEC of 25 February 1992 on the general arrangements for products subject to excise duty and on the holding, movement and monitoring of such products^note as of its setting up.

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

(4)The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up under Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 723/2009,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 #

1.A European Research Infrastructure Consortium for the Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure named CLARIN ERIC is hereby established.

2.The Statutes of CLARIN ERIC as agreed between its members, are annexed to this Decision.

Article 2 #

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Annex 1

List of members and observers

In this Annex the members and observers, and the entities representing them are listed.

Last updated: 20 September 2010

Members
Country or Intergovernmental organisation	Representing entity
The Republic of Austria	Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research (BMWF)
The Republic of Bulgaria	Ministry of Education, Youth and Science
The Czech Republic	Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
The Kingdom of Denmark	Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation (DASTI)
The Dutch Language Union	Secretary General
The Republic of Estonia	Ministry of Education and Research
The Federal Republic of Germany	German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
The Kingdom of the Netherlands	Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
The Republic of Poland

Observers
Country or Intergovernmental organisation	Representing entity

Annex 2

Annual fee

Principles

(a)the initial target budget is EUR 1000000 per year, based on an estimated participation by 2/3 of the 26 countries represented in the CLARIN Preparatory Phase consortium; if more members join, the General Assembly may decide to lower the contributions or to increase the level of activity;

(b)the contribution for year 1 by The Netherlands, as the host country, is EUR 250000;

(c)the maximal contribution by other members for year 1 is EUR 200000;

(d)the minimal contribution by members for year 1 is EUR 11800;

(e)the contribution for each member shall be fixed for five years, with an annual increase of 2 % in order to compensate for inflation and increase of costs. The exact amount for each member is laid down in the table below;

(f)members joining in later years shall pay the indexed contribution fixed for that year;

(g)observers shall pay the minimal indexed membership contribution as specified in the table below;

(h)individual institutions in non member countries shall pay the minimal indexed contribution as specified in the table below;

(i)the contribution by the Dutch Language Union shall be EUR 28600, which is based on the Flemish share in the Union gross domestic product (resulting in EUR 23600), plus an additional amount of EUR 5000, as the specific contribution by the Dutch Language Union (as an international organisation);

(j)the contribution for entities joining in the course of a year shall be proportional to the number of remaining months in that year, starting on the first day of the month of joining;

(k)contributions shall be based on the country’s GDP in 2010 as a percentage of the Union gross domestic product in that year (based on EUROSTAT), according to the following formula:

For the initial five year period the principles as described below shall be used to calculate the annual cash contributions by the members, observers and individual institutions in non-member countries that want to join CLARIN ERIC. The General Assembly may also make special collaboration agreements with third parties. Before the end of the initial five year period it shall decide about the calculation method for subsequent periods.

The principles shall be as follows:

The percentage of Union gross domestic product is rounded to the next integer (UP if less than 5, DOWN otherwise) and multiplied by the minimal contribution, as is shown in the following table:

% of EU GDP	rounded	Contribution in EUR
≤ 1	1	11800
> 1 and ≤ 2	2	23600
> 2 and ≤ 3	3	35400
> 3 and ≤ 4	4	47200
> 5 and ≤ 6	5	59000
> 6 and ≤ 7	6	70800
Etc	…	…
≥ 16 and < 17	16	188800
≥ 17	n/a	200000

The annual fee for members not initially committing for five years shall be raised by 25 %, as long as the commitment for the remaining period has not been made. If a commitment for the remaining part of the five years is made or if the member stays for five years, arrangements shall be made to ensure that the member will not pay more in total than the normal fees for those five years.

The table below and its totals include 33 potential European members.

Resulting figures for members committing themselves for five years
(potential)member	% GDPEU 2010	Base contribution	with annual increase of 2 %	sum
y2012	y2013	y2014	y2015	y2016	y2012-16
Iceland	0,10	11800	11800	12036	12277	12522	12773	61408
Cyprus	0,10	11800	11800	12036	12277	12522	12773	61408
Estonia	0,10	11800	11800	12036	12277	12522	12773	61408
Malta	0,10	11800	11800	12036	12277	12522	12773	61408
Latvia	0,10	11800	11800	12036	12277	12522	12773	61408
Lithuania	0,20	11800	11800	12036	12277	12522	12773	61408
Bulgaria	0,30	11800	11800	12036	12277	12522	12773	61408
Luxembourg	0,30	11800	11800	12036	12277	12522	12773	61408
Slovenia	0,30	11800	11800	12036	12277	12522	12773	61408
Croatia	0,40	11800	11800	12036	12277	12522	12773	61408
Slovakia	0,50	11800	11800	12036	12277	12522	12773	61408
Hungary	0,80	11800	11800	12036	12277	12522	12773	61408
Romania	1,00	11800	11800	12036	12277	12522	12773	61408
Czech Republic	1,20	23600	23600	24072	24553	25045	25545	122815
Ireland	1,30	23600	23600	24072	24553	25045	25545	122815
Portugal	1,40	23600	23600	24072	24553	25045	25545	122815
Finland	1,50	23600	23600	24072	24553	25045	25545	122815
DLU/Flanders	1,68	28600	28600	29172	29755	30351	30958	148836
Denmark	1,90	23600	23600	24072	24553	25045	25545	122815
Greece	1,90	23600	23600	24072	24553	25045	25545	122815
Austria	2,30	35400	35400	36108	36830	37567	38318	184223
Norway	2,60	35400	35400	36108	36830	37567	38318	184223
Belgium	2,90	35400	35400	36108	36830	37567	38318	184223
Sweden	2,90	35400	35400	36108	36830	37567	38318	184223
Poland	2,90	35400	35400	36108	36830	37567	38318	184223
Switzerland	3,30	35400	35400	36108	36830	37567	38318	184223
Turkey	4,70	59000	59000	60180	61384	62611	63863	307038
Netherlands	4,80	250000	250000	255000	260100	265302	270608	1301010
Spain	8,70	94400	94400	96288	98214	100178	102182	491261
Italy	12,80	141600	141600	144432	147321	150267	153272	736892
United Kingdom	14,00	165200	165200	168504	171874	175312	178818	859707
France	16,10	188800	188800	192576	196428	200356	204363	982523
Germany	20,60	200000	200000	204000	208080	212242	216486	1040808
TOTAL	1635000	1635000	1667700	1701054	1735075	1769777	8508606

Commission Decision 2012/136/EU

Commission Decision 2012/136/EU

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Annual fee

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