Article 1 
1. The European Clinical Research Infrastructure Network as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium named ECRIN-ERIC is hereby established. 2. The Statutes of ECRIN-ERIC are set out in the Annex. These Statutes shall be kept up to date and made publicly available on the website of ECRIN-ERIC and at its statutory seat. 3. The essential elements of the ECRIN-ERIC 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, 3, 11, 12, 14, 15, 19 and 20.
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .