The EUREF Permanent GPS Network is the European densification of the Global Network of the International GNSS Service (IGS).

In January 1996 the International GNSS Service distributed a
"CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AS IGS REGIONAL NETWORK ASSOCIATE ANALYSIS CENTERS (RNAAC) FOR REGIONAL STATION POSITION ANALYSES" (IGS-Mail No 1178) with as principal goal the implementation of the regional densification of the IGS network.

The EUREF Subcommission has responded to this call for participation and has expressed its willingness to act as IGS Regional Associate Analysis Centre who delivers weekly free-network solutions for the European region to the IGS Global Network Associate Analysis Centres.
The free-network solutions delivered by EUREF to the IGS are obtained by combining the weekly solutions from the EUREF Local Analysis Centres. In this way the EUREF permanent network fulfills one of its principal goals, which is to be considered as a true densification of the IGS network.

In May 1996, the IGS has officially accepted the EUREF proposal.