To prepare for the construction of a pan-European Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRI) for biomedical and biological research in Europe and worldwide, building on existing infrastructures, resources and technologies, specifically complemented with innovative components and properly embedded into European ethical, legal and societal frameworks.

• To benefit European health-care, medical research, and, ultimately, the health of the citizens of the European Union.
• To have a sustainable legal and financial conceptual framework for a pan-European Biobank infrastructure.
• To increase scientific excellence and efficacy of European research in the life sciences, especially in biomedical research.
• To expand and secure competitiveness of European research and industry in a global context, especially in the field of medicine and biology.