EC/Israel agreement: scientific and technical cooperation agreement

PURPOSE: The conclusion of a scientific and technical Agreement between the EU and Israel.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision 2004/576 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation between the European Community and the State of Israel.

CONTENT: This Council Decision approves the Agreement on Scientific and Technical co-operation between the European Community and the State of Israel, which was signed in June 2003. The Agreement specifies that Israel shall be associated, under the terms and conditions established by, or referred to, in this Agreement and its Annexes, to the European Community’s sixth Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2002 to 2006). It shall enter into force on the date on which both Parties have notified each other of the completion of their procedures for that purpose and shall take effect on 16 December 2002.