WG Legal Experts

EARTO WG Legal Experts is composed of 15 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 2020

 

  • Horizon Europe implementation: Rules for Participation and Model Grant Agreement – legal aspects
  • 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 preparing 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

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.