The Member States 25 March 1957, Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union#PART THREE - UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS#TITLE XIX - RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND SPACE#Article 187(ex Article 171 TEC)

Article 185 (ex Article 169 TEC) In implementing the multiannual framework programme, the Union may make provision, in agreement with the Member States concerned, for participation in research and development programmes undertaken by several Member States, including participation in the structures created for the execution of those programmes.