Despite different legal forms and structures, research organisations across Member States generally have in common that they act either on a not for profit non-commercial basis or in the context of a public-interest mission recognised by the State.
Raziskovalnim organizacijam v vseh državah članicah je kljub različnim pravnim oblikam in strukturam v splošnem skupno to, da delujejo bodisi na nepridobitni nekomercialni osnovi ali v javnem interesu, priznanem s strani države.