The European Spallation Source Council reaffirms the importance of Spain as a partner country and supports its imminent entry in the ERIC Bilbao event, from 5th to 6th December 2016. The European Spallation Source ERIC Council, in a meeting held in Bilbao, has reiterated the importance for the European project of the entry of Spain as a founding member of the European Research Infrastructure Consortium -ERIC- of ESS.