EU/USA agreement for scientific and technological cooperation: extension
PURPOSE: to renew the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the United States of America.
NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision (EU) 2018/1578 concerning the extension of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the United States of America.
CONTENT: the Council decided to approve, on behalf of the EU, the extension of the Agreement on scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the United States of America for an additional period of five years.
The Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the United States of America was signed on 5 December 1997 and entered into force on 14 October 1998. Since then, it has been renewed three times, in 2003, 2008 and 2013. The agreement was due to expire on 14 October 2018.
The areas of cooperation activities are as follows:
- environment (in particular climate research),
- biomedicine and health (in particular research on AIDS, infectious diseases and drug abuse),
- agriculture,
- fisheries science,
- engineering,
- non-nuclear energy,
- natural resources,
- materials sciences and metrology,
- information and communication technologies,
- telematics,
- biotechnologies,
- marine science and technology,
- social sciences,
- transport,
- science and technology policy and management, training and mobility of researchers.
The Parties may amend this list upon recommendation of the Joint Advisory Group, in accordance with the procedures in force for each Party. They may jointly carry out cooperative activities with third parties.
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 18.9.2018.