Article 1
1
The Joint Institute for Very Long Baseline Interferometry as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (JIV-ERIC) is hereby established.
2
The Statutes of JIV-ERIC are set out in the Annex. The Statutes shall be kept up to date and made publicly available on the website of JIV-ERIC and at its statutory seat.
3
The essential elements of the Statutes for which amendments shall require approval by the Commission in accordance with Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 723/2009 are provided for in Articles 1, 2, 18, 20-25, 27 and 28.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 12 December 2014.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude Juncker