ANNEX IVSupplementary provisions
ANNEX IV SELECTION PROCEDURE FOR HOSTING COMMON SERVICES The following selection procedure shall be applied to all Common Services where the benefits accrue to the entire scientific community and which are remunerated by the BBMRI-ERIC: 1. The hosts of Common Services shall be selected by an open call procedure. A description of the service to be selected shall be prepared by the Director-General and approved by the Assembly of Members. This will be made publicly available when the open call for a Common Service is launched. Only applicants from BBMRI-ERIC Members are eligible to answer to the call. 2. The Assembly of Members shall define the composition of an ad hoc committee to evaluate the applications as well as a set of objective and non-discriminatory evaluation criteria that the ad hoc committee shall apply. 3. The Assembly of Members shall decide on the selection of a Common Service based on the results of the ad hoc committee and after positive recommendation by the Finance Committee.