European Research Area Committee (ERAC)
The Committee is a strategic policy advisory body whose main mission is to provide timely strategic input to the Council, the Commission and the Member States on any research and innovation issue relevant to the development of the ERA.
The mandate of ERAC is set out in ANNEX to the Council Resolution on "Developments in the Governance of the European Research Area (ERA) as adopted by the Competitiveness Council on 26 May 2010 (10255/10).
This new ERAC mandate has replaced the Council Resolution of 28 September 1995 on the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (CREST) (OJ C 264, 11.10.1995, p. 4-5).