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DECISIONS
COMMISSION DECISION
of 12 January 2011
amending Decision 2007/134/EC establishing the European Research Council
(2011/12/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
aims for the second phase of the ERC’s development. It
includes a number of specific actions to improve the
ERC’s operations to ensure the effective and efficient
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
implementation of the ‘Ideas’ Specific Programme.
Union,
(4) In
accordance
with
that
Communication,
it
is
necessary
Having regard to Decision No 1982/2006/EC of the European
to ensure a single clear and transparent vision and
Parliament and the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning
seamless liaison between the ERC’s strategy and oper
the Seventh Framework Programme of the European
ational implementation, reflecting the activities of both
Community for research, technological development and
the European Research Council Executive Agency
demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) ( 1 ) and in particular
(ERCEA), established by Commission Decision
Articles 2 and 3 thereof,
2008/37/EC ( 5 ) and the Scientific Council, and to
develop and implement a coherent and integrated
communication strategy.
Having regard to Council Decision 2006/972/EC of
19 December 2006 concerning the Specific Programme:
‘Ideas’ implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of
the European Community for research, technological devel
(5) In
order
to
recognise
the
personal
commitment
of
the
opment and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) (
members of the Scientific Council, and especially the

2 ) and
in particular Article 4(2) and (3) thereof,
Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons, it is appropriate to
introduce an honorarium for their attendance at the
Scientific Council plenary meetings. The honorarium
should reflect their responsibilities and be benchmarked
Whereas:
against similar provisions in similar entities and Member
States. It is also appropriate to provide for the financing
of a standing Identification Committee for the
(1) The
European
Research
Council
(ERC)
was
established
by
identification of future Scientific Council members.
Commission Decision 2007/134/EC ( 3 ).
(6)
It is necessary to continue the arrangements for the local
(2) According
to
the
Specific
Programme
‘Ideas’,
an
inde
support to the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairpersons of
pendent review was carried out of the ERC’s structures
the Scientific Council, using the ‘Coordination and
and mechanisms, against the criteria of scientific
Support Action’ grant funding scheme of the Seventh
excellence, autonomy, efficiency and transparency and
Framework Programme.
with the full involvement of the Scientific Council. The
Review Panel suggested a number of adjustments in
order to ensure a more effective European Research
Council and a coherent presentation of the ERC’s
(7)
The term of office of the founding members of the
activities to stakeholders.
Scientific Council expires on 1 February 2011 and
there is a need for the staged renewal of the Scientific
Council, as provided for in Article 4(6) of Decision
2007/134/EC. The identification of new members was
(3)
On the basis of the review and the ambition to make the
ERC fully sustainable, the Communication from the
carried out by means of an independent Identification
Commission to the Council and the European Parliament:
Committee and in accordance with the provisions of
‘The European Research Council — meeting the
Article 4(4) of Decision 2007/134/EC, including a
challenge of world class excellence’ (
report to Parliament and Council. This Committee

4 ), sets out the
made recommendations for the staged renewal of the
Scientific Council and these recommendations have
( 1 ) OJ L 412, 30.12.2006, p. 1.
been accepted.
( 2 ) OJ L 400, 30.12.2006, p. 243.
( 3 ) OJ L 57, 24.2.2007, p. 14.
( 4 ) COM(2009) 552 final.
( 5 ) OJ L 9, 12.1.2008, p. 15.

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(8) Decision
2007/134/EC
should
therefore
be
amended
‘4. The
Scientific
Council
shall
be
accountable
to
the
accordingly,
Commission, maintain continuous close liaison with it
and the European Research Council Executive Agency,
and establish any necessary arrangements for this.’;
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
(b) paragraph 6 is replaced by the following:
Decision 2007/134/EC is amended as follows:
‘6. The
Commission
shall
provide
information
and
assistance necessary for the work of the Scientific
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
Council allowing it to operate under conditions of
autonomy and independence. A Coordination and
‘Article 1
Support Action as referred to in Annex III to Decision
No 1982/2006/EC may be used to provide local admin
Establishment
istrative or advisory support to the Chairperson and
Vice-Chairpersons of the Scientific Council.’;
The European Research Council is hereby established for the
period from 2 February 2007 to 31 December 2013 for the
implementation of the Specific Programme “Ideas”. It shall be
(c) the following paragraph 8 is added:
composed of a Scientific Council and the European Research
Council Executive Agency as established by Commission
Decision 2008/37/EC (*).
‘8. The
Scientific
Council
is
provided
access
to
documents and data in possession of the European
Research Council Executive Agency in accordance with
___________
the procedure set out in Annex III.’
(*) OJ L 9, 12.1.2008, p. 15.’
5. Article 6 is amended as follows:
2. In Article 3 the following paragraph 3 is added:
(a) paragraphs 3 and 4 are replaced by the following:
‘3. The
Scientific
Council
shall
cooperate
with
the
European Research Council Executive Agency to ensure
‘3. The
Scientific
Council
shall
adopt
its
rules
of
coherent and efficient implementation of the Specific
procedure which shall include detailed provisions for
Programme “Ideas” and close alignment of the scientific
the elections referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article,
and administrative aspects of the ERC’s operations. That
as well as a code of conduct on confidentiality, potential
cooperation shall include a coherent communication of the
conflict of interest, and processing of personal data in
ERC’s activities and the setting up of a common website
accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.
covering the different aspects of the ERC’s operations.’
4. The
Scientific
Council
shall
meet
in
plenary
up
to
3. Article 4 is amended as follows:
five times a year as required by its work. A summary
minute of the plenary meetings shall be published on the
ERC website.’;
(a) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
(b) the following paragraph 6 is added:
‘4. Future
members
shall
be appointed
by
the
Commission based on the factors and criteria set out
in Annex I and following an independent and trans
‘6. The
Scientific
Council
may
set
up,
from
amongst
parent procedure for their identification, agreed with
its members, Standing Committees, Working Groups and
the Scientific Council, including a consultation of the
other structures addressing specific tasks of the Scientific
scientific community and a report to the European
Council.’
Parliament and the Council. The appointment of future
members shall be published in accordance with Regu
lation (EC) No 45/2001. For this purpose, a high level
6. Article 8 is replaced by the following:
standing Identification Committee of independent
experts may be set up as an expert group with
honoraria paid under the operational budget of the
‘Article 8
Specific Programme “Ideas”.’;
Honoraria and meeting expenses
1. The
Scientific
Council
members
shall
be
compensated
(b) paragraph 9 is deleted.
for the tasks they perform by means of an honorarium
for their attendance at Scientific Council plenary meetings.
4. Article 5 is amended as follows:
The honoraria and travel and subsistence expenses shall
be charged to the operational budget allocated to the
Specific Programme “Ideas”. The honoraria and related
(a) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
implementation rules are set out in Annex IV.

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2. For other meetings than plenary meetings, the 8. Annexes III and IV, as set out in the Annex to this Decision,
European Research Council Executive Agency shall
are added.
reimburse travel expenses and, where appropriate,
subsistence expenses of the members of the Scientific
Article 2
Council necessary for carrying out their activities, in
accordance with the Commission’s rules on the compen
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
sation of external experts (*). Subject to prior approval of
the European Research Council Executive Agency, travel
and subsistence expenses related to such other meetings,
necessary for the conduct of the Scientific Council’s work
Done at Brussels, 12 January 2011.
may be also covered.
___________
(*) Commission Decision C(2007) 5858.’
For the Commission
Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN
7. Annex II is replaced as set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX
‘ANNEX II
MEMBERS OF THE ERC SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL
Name and Institute
End of term of office
Claudio BORDIGNON, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan 1
February
2013
Nicholas CANNY, National University of Ireland, Galway 31
December
2013
Sierd A.P.L. CLOETINGH, Free University of Amsterdam 26
April
2013
Mathias DEWATRIPONT, Université Libre de Bruxelles 1
February
2013
Tomasz DIETL, Polish Academy of Sciences 31
December
2013
Daniel DOLEV, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 31
December
2013
Carlos M. DUARTE, Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Majorca 26
April
2013
Daniel ESTEVE, CEA Saclay 31
December
2013
Pavel EXNER, Doppler Institute, Prague 31
December
2013
Hans-Joachim FREUND, Fritz-Haber-Institute, Berlin 1
February
2013
Timothy HUNT, London Research Institute 31
December
2013
Carl-Henrik HELDIN, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research 31
December
2013
Norbert KROO, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1
February
2013
Maria Teresa LAGO, University of Porto 1
February
2013
Henrietta L. MOORE, University of Cambridge 26
April
2013
Helga NOWOTNY, Wissenschaftszentrum, Wien 31
December
2013
Christiane NSSLEIN-VOLHARD, Max-Planck-Institute for Developmental Biology,
1 February 2013
Tübingen
Alain PEYRAUBE, CNRS, Paris 31
December
2013
Jens ROSTRUP-NIELSEN, Haldor Topsoe A/S 1
February
2013
Mart SAARMA, University of Helsinki 31
December
2013
Anna TRAMONTANO, University of Rome La Sapienza 31
December
2013
Isabelle VERNOS, Centre Regulació Genómica, Barcelona 31
December
2013

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ANNEX III
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS AND DATA
Access to documents and data
1. In order to perform the tasks entrusted to it, the Scientific Council may request access to documents and to process
data which are in possession of the European Research Council Executive Agency.
2. Beyond the material to which they have the right of access under the regime related to public access to
documents ( 1 ), the European Research Council Executive Agency shall provide the Scientific Council with documents
and data necessary for the performance of the tasks entrusted to the Scientific Council as long as this is done in
compliance with and within the limits of the obligations on confidentiality, security and protection of personal data
as provided by the European Union law.
3.
The members of the Scientific Council shall use such documents and data only for the purposes and tasks for which
they are provided and shall be bound by an obligation of confidentiality.
4. Appropriate organisational and technical measures to ensure the security and confidentiality of access and
processing shall be set out, in order to prevent any unauthorised disclosure or access, accidental or unlawful destruction,
loss or alteration of data and documents.
Access to personal data
5. For the processing of personal data, the members of the Scientific Council who receive these personal data shall
guarantee the level of protection of personal data in accordance with the provisions of the Regulation (EC) No 45/2001
and the Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 2 ).
6. The members of the Scientific Council shall not process any personal data in a way incompatible with the purposes
and tasks for which they are transmitted.
7. The members of the Scientific Council shall give due care to the legitimacy, adequacy, relevance, accuracy, necessity
and the limitation in time of personal data collected and processed.
Information
8. In case access to documents and data or access to personal data may not be granted because of protection of
personal data, confidentiality, security or public interest reasons, the European Research Council Executive Agency shall
provide the Scientific Council with a written explanation of the reasons why access may not be granted, as well as any
information on the topic in question that it considers possible to provide within the provisions of the regulations.
( 1 ) Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents, OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43.
( 2 ) OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31.

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ANNEX IV
Honoraria and implementation rules for the participation of the ERC Scientific Council members at Scientific
Council plenary meetings
Honoraria, travel expenses and subsistence expenses for the participation in up to five plenary meetings per year shall be
implemented via an ad-hoc appointment-letter according to the following modalities.
The Scientific Council plenary meeting is normally of 1,5 days duration.
The honoraria of the members of the Scientific Council members shall be EUR 2 000 for full attendance at a plenary
meeting of the Scientific Council or EUR 1 000 for partial attendance.
The honoraria of Vice-Chairpersons of the Scientific Council shall be EUR 3 500 for full attendance at a plenary meeting
of the Scientific Council or EUR 1 750 for partial attendance.
The honorarium of the Chairperson of the Scientific Council shall be EUR 5 000 for full attendance at a plenary meeting
of the Scientific Council or EUR 2 500 for partial attendance.
Payment will be authorised by the Director of the European Research Council Executive Agency or his/her duly authorised
deputy on the basis of an attendance list validated by the Chairperson of the Scientific Council and the Director of the
European Research Council Executive Agency or their duly authorised deputies. The attendance list will indicate if each
member’s attendance covered the full extent of the meeting (full attendance) or otherwise (partial attendance).’

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