1. The European Digital Infrastructure Consortium for the Alliance for Language Technologies (ALT-EDIC) is hereby set up.
2. ALT-EDIC shall have legal personality, and it shall enjoy, in each of the Member States, the most extensive legal capacity accorded to legal entities under the law of that Member State. It may, in particular, acquire, own and dispose of movable, immovable and intellectual property, conclude contracts and be a party to legal proceedings.
3. The essential elements of the Statutes of ALT-EDIC, as agreed between its members, are annexed to this Decision.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day it is published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THE STATUTES OF THE ALT-EDIC
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
ANNEX
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THE STATUTES OF THE ALT-EDIC
(1) Corresponding to Article 17(1)(c) of Decision (EU) 2022/2481:
Article 2
Name, seat, location and working language
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2. The name of the EDIC referred to in paragraph (1) shall be ‘Alliance for Language Technologies – ALT-EDIC’, hereinafter referred to as ‘ALT-EDIC’.
3. ALT-EDIC shall have its statutory seat in Villers-Cotterêts, France.
(2) Corresponding to Article 17(1)(d) of Decision (EU) 2022/2481:
Article 27
Duration
ALT-EDIC shall exist for an indefinite period of time.
Article 28
Winding up
1. The winding up of ALT-EDIC shall be decided by the Assembly of Members in accordance with Article 10.
2. Without undue delay and in any event within ten days after adoption of the decision to wind up ALT-EDIC, ALT-EDIC shall notify the European Commission about the decision.
3. Assets remaining after payment of ALT-EDIC debts shall be apportioned among the members in proportion to their accumulated annual contribution to the ALT-EDIC, as specified in Article 9, or transferred to another legal entity, if this entity continues EDIC’s activities.
4. Without undue delay and in any event within ten days of the closure of the winding up procedure, ALT-EDIC shall notify the Commission thereof.
5. ALT-EDIC shall cease to exist on the day on which the European Commission publishes the appropriate notice in the Official Journal of the European Union .
(3) Corresponding to Article 17(1)(e) of Decision (EU) 2022/2481:
Article 19
Liability and insurance
1. ALT-EDIC shall be liable for its debts.
2. The financial liability of the members for the debts of ALT-EDIC shall be limited to their respective contributions provided to EDIC, as specified in Annex III.
3. The European Union shall not be liable for ALT-EDIC’s debts.
4. ALT-EDIC shall take appropriate insurance to cover the risks related to its activities.
(4) Corresponding to Article 17(1)(i) of Decision (EU) 2022/2481:
Article 18
Tax and excise duty exemptions
1. VAT exemptions based on Articles 143(1)(g) and 151(1)(b) of Council Directive 2006/112/EC shall be limited to purchases by ALT-EDIC and by members of ALT-EDIC which are for the official and exclusive use by ALT-EDIC provided that such purchase is made solely for the non-economic activities of ALT-EDIC in line with its activities.
2. VAT exemptions shall be limited to purchases exceeding the value of EUR 300.
3. Excise duty exemptions based on Article 11(1), point (b), of Council Directive (EU) 2020/262 shall be limited to purchases by ALT-EDIC which are for the official and exclusive use by ALT-EDIC provided that (i) such purchase is made solely for the non-economic activities of ALT-EDIC in line with its activities and (ii) that the purchase exceeds the value of EUR 300.
4. The procedure at the national level necessary to register ALT-EDIC as an international organisation will be launched on the day ALT-EDIC is set up.
