Activites

• 2004/02/10 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Decision 2004/127
  • OJ L 037 10.02.2004, p. 0016-0016
• #2556
• 2003/12/22 Council Meeting
• 2003/12/22 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2003/12/22 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 2003/12/04 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T5-0532/2003 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Luis BERENGUER FUSTER (PES, E) and approved the conclusion of the Agreement.�

• 2003/11/03 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A5-0404/2003
• 2003/10/20 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2003/09/19 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2003)0549 summary

    PURPOSE : to conclude the Agreement on scientific and technical cooperation between the EC and the Tunisian Republic. PROPOSED ACT : Council Decision. CONTENT : the Commission has underlined the need to strengthen relations with the Mediterranean partner countries in the fields of science, technology and innovation in order to promote the socio-economic progress of the whole Euro-Mediterranean area. Tunisia has asked for an Agreement in this field. It would be fully in the interest of the Community to respond positively to Tunisia's request. An Agreement on scientific and technological cooperation would be the appropriate instrument for supplementing current cooperation and expanding it at international and regional level. An agreement and the annexes were signed on 26 June 2003 in Thessaloniki. The Agreement is based on the principles of mutual benefit, reciprocal opportunities for access to each other's programmes and activities relevant to the purpose of the draft Agreement, non-discrimination, the effective protection of intellectual property and equitable sharing of intellectual property rights. This Agreement will enable legal entities of Tunisia to participate in all the indirect activities of the specific programmes SP1 and SP2 of the 6th Framework Programme in accordance with the participation rules decided upon by the Council and the European Parliament. It also provides for the organisation and extension of scientific and technological cooperation between the EU and Tunisia. The coordination and promotion of the activities covered by this agreement will be the responsibility of the EC-Tunisia Joint Scientific and Technical Cooperation Committee composed of representatives of both parties. This Joint Committee will monitor the implementation and evaluate the impact of the agreement, and propose any appropriate measure aimed at improving and developing scientific and technological cooperation. Lastly, the Agreement will be concluded for an unlimited period, with the result that it can be implemented on the basis of several Community research and technological development programmes. The dissemination of information and the management, allocation and exercise of intellectual property rights arising from the joint research carried out under the Agreement will be subject to the conditions set out in Annex II to the agreement ("Intellectual property rights"). The Commission asks the Council to approve the Agreement. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: - Budget headings - The costs associated with the activities of monitoring and implementing the agreement will be charged to the specific budget headings of the programmes under the Community RTD framework programme (Chapter B6-6013). -Preparatory activities and review of cooperation activities: meetings of the steering Committee on S&T cooperation, exchanges of information, coordination activities, visits to Tunisia by officials and experts - EUR 40 000; -Scientific and technical workshops/meetings: EUR 60 000; Total: EUR 100 000 per year. The financing of the expenditure provided for only concerns the 6th Framework Programme. - Indicative schedule of appropriations: for each year between 2003 and 2006 inclusive, the amount involved is EUR 0.1 million.�

  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/research/home.cfm', 'title': 'Research and Innovation'}],

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2003)0549
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0404/2003
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0532/2003
• : Decision 2004/127
• : OJ L 037 10.02.2004, p. 0016-0016

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)