ANNEX I U.K. STATUTES OF THE BIOBANKING AND BIOMOLECULAR RESOURCES RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES EUROPEAN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE CONSORTIUM (‘BBMRI-ERIC’)

CHAPTER III U.K. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Article 16 U.K. Scientific and Ethical Advisory Board

1. The activities of BBMRI-ERIC shall be periodically evaluated by an independent Scientific and Ethical Advisory Board (SEAB). The SEAB shall also advise the Assembly of Members with regard to proposals of the Director-General on the implementation of the Work Programme.

2. The SEAB shall be composed of distinguished scientists or experts appointed in their own right, not as representatives of their respective background organisations or of Members.

3. The Assembly of Members shall appoint the SEAB members and decide on their rotation and on the terms of reference of SEAB.