European Research Area and Innovation Committee (ERAC)
The Committee is a strategic policy advisory committee whose principal mission is to provide timely strategic input to the Council, the Commission and Member States on research and innovation issues that are relevant to the development of the European Research Area.
The mandate of the Committee is set out in an annex to the Council resolution on the advisory work for the European Research Area" of 31 May 2013 (doc. 10331/13).