Research RTD, 6th framework programme 2002-2006: funding for projects on stem cells

The Council examined a text put forward by the Presidency, following the Council's deliberations at its meeting on 26 November, on the establishment of implementing provisions for Community funding of research projects involving the use of human embryos and human embryonic stem cells. At the end of the discussion, the President concluded that no agreement could be reached either on the Commission's amended proposal or on the Presidency text. The Commission, for its part, could not support the Presidency text.�