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1. The Metrology Partnership Committee shall manage the Metrology Partnership in a transparent way, while ensuring that the Metrology Partnership as executed meets its objectives.

2. The Metrology Partnership Committee shall be composed of one representative and one alternate representative from each Participating State. The voting weights shall be calculated on the basis of the commitments by each Participating State according to the square root of the commitment.

3. The Metrology Partnership Committee shall, in particular:

(a) take decisions on the strategic research and innovation agenda, and make them publicly available;

(b) take decisions on the planning of calls for proposals and on the evaluation review procedure as provided for in Article 30 of Regulation (EU) 2021/695;

(c) adopt the annual work programme after obtaining the Commission’s approval and after consulting the Steering Group referred to in Article 15 and make it publicly available;

(d) take decisions on the selection of the proposals to be funded according to the ranking lists established after evaluations of the proposals following the calls for proposals referred to in Article 6(1), point (a) of this Decision;

(e) adopt measures to attract newcomers;

(f) monitor the progress of the activities of EURAMET referred to in Article 6;

(g) approve the participation in the Metrology Partnership of any third country not associated to Horizon Europe, provided that that third country fulfils the conditions referred to in Article 1(3), points (a) and (c);

(h) by 31 December 2021, establish a harmonised approach, including criteria and processes, for the purpose of valuing the in-kind contributions referred to in Article 5(2). For the purpose of taking decisions in accordance with point (d) of the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the annual work programme may include rules for dealing with ex-aequo proposals in accordance with Article 28(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/695 and the Horizon Europe work programme.

4. The Commission shall have observer status in the meetings of the Metrology Partnership Committee. However, the adoption of the annual work programme by the Metrology Partnership Committee shall require the Commission’s prior approval. The Metrology Partnership Committee shall invite the Commission to its meetings and shall provide the Commission with all relevant documents. The Commission may take part in the Metrology Partnership Committee’s discussions. The agenda, list of participants and decisions of meetings of the Metrology Partnership Committee shall be made publicly available in a timely manner on EURAMET’s website.

5. The Metrology Partnership Committee shall elect its Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson according to the voting weights set out in paragraph 2. The Chairperson of the Metrology Partnership Committee shall represent EURAMET in matters related to the Metrology Partnership.