WG Legal Experts

EARTO WG Legal Experts is composed of more than 25 active experts. The WG is looking at the EU legal rules related to Research & Innovation and impacting RTOs. The experts define common positions and organise workshops with key institutional stakeholders to best prepare the legal aspects of related EU policies.  

Key Topics for 2021

 
  • Horizon Europe implementation: Rules for Participation and Model Grant Agreement (legal aspects) & Annotated Grant Agreement
  • Open Science policy, incl. Data Management Plan, FAIR data, European Open Science Cloud, Open access to publications, Plan S
  • Intellectual Property Rights, Standard Essential Patents & Standardisation
  • EU State Aid rules: implementation and revision
  • Pre-Commercial Procurement
Cooperation with EU Institutions & Stakeholders
  • European Commission (DG R&I, DG CONNECT, DG GROW, DG COMP, DG TRADE, DG JRC)
  • EP (ITRE)

Latest Papers Published

31 / 07 / 2020

EARTO Paper: Towards a Balanced Approach Between IPRs and Open Science Policy

In this paper, EARTO asks for right balance between the social benefits of the EU Open Science policy to enhance the accessibility and re-use of RD&I results, and the essential role of IPR to strengthen the collaborative development of knowledge and technology.

17 / 07 / 2020

EARTO Feedback on the EC H2020 Data Management Plan’s Template

EARTO hereby provides RTOs’ feedback on the current EC Horizon 2020 Data Management Plan template, as input towards the future Horizon Europe template.

08 / 07 / 2020

EARTO Joint Contribution to the EC consultation reviewing the GBER

EARTO and Vanguard Initiative published their Joint Contribution to the second European Commission (EC)’s Consultation on targeted review of the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER) and addressed some considerations about assessing this new specific approach as state aid.

05 / 02 / 2020

EARTO Analysis of Recital 5 of Horizon Europe’s Regulation

Ahead of the trilogue discussions on the Recitals of the Horizon Europe’s Regulation, EARTO proposes some recommendations for the Recital 5 on open science, research data and dissemination of scientific publications.

04 / 12 / 2019

EARTO Recommendations for European RDI Policy Post-2020 – legal aspects

EARTO and its members hereby put forward a set of Recommendations for European RD&I policies post-2020.

23 / 09 / 2019

EARTO Answer to the EC Consultation on Horizon Europe – legal aspects

EARTO input on the topics covered by the EC consultation on Horizon Europe Implementation Strategy.

12 / 11 / 2018

Joint Statement on the Revision of the PSI Directive

The co-signatories hereby voice their concerns on the revision of the PSI directive and call on the EU co-legislators to ensure a sound coherence between the different EU legislative texts on research data sharing.

03 / 09 / 2018

EARTO Position on EC Proposal for a revised PSI Directive

In the frame of the EC review of the EU Directive on the re-use of public sector information (PSI) extending the Directive’s scope to research data, EARTO would like to further contribute to the debate with this new position paper.

17 / 07 / 2018

EARTO Analysis of EC Proposal revising the EU PSI Directive

EARTO voices its concerns regarding the EC proposal to revise the directive on the re-use of public sector information (PSI), extending its scope to research data.

25 / 06 / 2018

EARTO Analysis of EC Regulation Proposal: Establishing HEU & its Rules for Participation

EARTO and its members welcome the EC proposal for Horizon Europe, which is in continuity with H2020 and builds on the successes of the previous FPs.