Answer
Article 187 TFEU — public–private partnership structures that implement EU research & innovation programmes.
💡Within the R&D framework (Arts 179–190 TFEU); set up by Council regulation. They have legal personality but no regulatory authority.
Consolidated TFEU (EUR-Lex) — eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:12016E/TXT