Common use of Contracting Parties may be Clause in Contracts

Contracting Parties may be. (a) the government of a country; (b) the European Commission1; (c) an intergovernmental organisation; and (d) any national agency, public organisation, private corporation or other entity designated by one of the above to participate on its behalf. 2.4.1 Prior approval by the CERT is required before an intergovernmental organisation or a country that is not an IEA Member, Accession, or Association country may join as a Contracting Party, including when designating an entity to participate on its behalf pursuant to 2.4(d). Once a country or intergovernmental organisation has been approved to join one collaboration as a Contracting Party, CERT approval is not required if that country or organisation wishes to join others as a Contracting Party. 2.4.2 The CERT will consider an application in the context of a proposal for the country or intergovernmental organisation to join a specific collaboration. The application to CERT should include: 1 Either on its own behalf or on behalf of the European Union. (a) evidence that the Executive Committee of a collaboration has voted in favour of the applicant to join as a Contracting Party; (b) a copy of the terms and conditions of the applicant’s participation; and (c) a letter from the applicant expressing the applicant’s desire to join, its acceptance of the terms and conditions of participation, and the name of its designated entity if it is not the applicant itself. 2.4.3 If any IEA Member country considers an application to be sensitive, the CERT will refer the decision to the Governing Board. 2.4.4 Contracting Parties from countries that are not IEA Member, Accession, or Association countries or by intergovernmental organisation shall not have greater rights or benefits than IEA Member, Accession, or Association countries.