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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/7 of 7 January 2025 setting up the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory ERIC (CTAO ERIC) is available on the [Official Journal of the European Union](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202500007).
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## About the CTAO
The CTAO (Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory; [www.ctao.org](https://www.ctao.org/)) will be the world’s largest and most powerful [observatory for gamma-ray astronomy](https://www.ctao.org/emission-to-discovery/science/how-ctao-works/). The CTAO’s unparalleled accuracy and broad energy range (20 GeV- 300 TeV) will help to address some of the most perplexing questions in astrophysics, falling under [three major themes](https://www.ctao.org/emission-to-discovery/science/study-themes/): understanding the origin and role of relativistic cosmic particles; probing extreme environments, such as black holes or neutron stars; and exploring frontiers in physics, searching for dark matter or deviations from Einstein’s theory of relativity. Additionally, the CTAO will play a key role in both multi-wavelength and multi-messenger fields in the coming decades thanks to its enhanced performance, which will allow it to provide fundamental gamma-ray information in the quest to probe the most extreme scenarios.
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The [CTAO Central Organisation](https://www.ctao.org/organisation/) (legally, the CTAO ERIC) is in charge of the construction and operations of the Observatory. This group works in close cooperation with partners from around the world toward the development of the Observatory. Major partners include [In-Kind Contribution Collaborations](https://www.ctao.org/partners/in-kind-contributors/) that are developing essential hardware and software, in addition to the [CTAO Consortium](https://www.ctao.org/partners/ctao-consortium/), an international group of researchers who works in the scientific exploitation of the Observatory.
## About the ERIC
The [European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC)](https://www.eric-forum.eu/) is a specific legal form under EU law that facilitates the establishment and operation of [Research Infrastructures](https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-europe/research-infrastructures_en) with a European interest. A European Commission decision is required to set up a new ERIC. The CTAO is the 29th ERIC created since 2009 and proves that the ERIC legal instrument facilitates pan-European and international scientific collaboration.
The members of an ERIC are EU Member States, associated countries within the EU framework programme for research and innovation and, under certain conditions, other non-EU countries and intergovernmental organisations.
## Press release and support materials
Read the press release by the European Commission on [their dedicated webpage](https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-research-and-innovation-news/commission-facilitates-worlds-largest-and-most-powerful-ground-based-gamma-ray-observatory-2025-01-08_en?prefLang=es).
> Lee y descarga la nota de prensa en español aquí: “[El CTAO se convierte en un Consorcio Europeo de Infraestructuras de Investigación](https://www.ctao.org/wp-content/uploads/CTAOERIC_NotadePrensa.pdf)“.
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> CTAO Telescopes rendering: [Link to Download](https://www.flickr.com/photos/ctao-universe/53482410243/in/album-72157672713462861).
## Media contact
For further information and interview inquiries (both in person and online), please contact:
Dr. Alba Fernández-Barral