European Research Council
Article 8
1. The Commission shall establish a European Research Council (the 'ERC') to implement the actions under Pillar I 'Excellent Science' which relate to the ERC. The ERC shall succeed the European Research Council set up by Commission Decision of 12 December 2013 ( 15 ) . 2. The ERC shall be composed of the independent ERC Scientific Council provided for in Article 9 and the ERC dedicated implementation structure provided for in Article 10. 3. The ERC shall have a President who shall be chosen from among senior and internationally respected scientists. The ERC President shall be appointed by the Commission following a transparent recruitment process involving an independent dedicated search committee. The recruitment process and the candidate selected shall have the approval of the ERC Scientific Council. The term of office of the ERC President shall be limited to four years, renewable once. The ERC President shall chair the ERC Scientific Council. The ERC President shall ensure the leadership of the ERC Scientific Council and its liaison with the ERC dedicated implementation structure and shall represent the ERC Scientific Council in the world of science. 4. The ERC shall operate according to its core principles which are scientific excellence, open science, autonomy, efficiency, effectiveness, transparency, accountability and research integrity. It shall ensure continuity with ERC actions conducted under Decision of 12 December 2013. 5. Through its activities, the ERC shall support, in a bottom-up manner, frontier research carried out across all fields by principal investigators and their teams in competition at European level, including early-stage career researchers. 6. The Commission shall act as the guarantor of the autonomy and integrity of the ERC and shall ensure the proper execution of the tasks entrusted to it. The Commission shall ensure that the implementation of ERC actions is in accordance with the principles set out in paragraph 4 of this Article as well as with the overall strategy for the ERC, referred to in point (a) of Article 9(2), established by the ERC Scientific Council.