Brussels, 23 rd September 2003
The Council adopted a set of conclusions on the initiative "Life sciences and biotechnology a strategy for Europe. The Council welcomed the Commission's first progress report on the implementation of the European biotechnology strategy and agreed with the broad lines of its analysis.
The Council:
- stressed the need for significant efforts to be made to move from the conceptional and planning stage to the implementation of the biotechnology strategy and of the "roadmap" in order to contribute effectively to the achievement of the EU competitiveness objectives set by the Lisbon European Council;
- underlined the need to encourage overall coherence in policy making and to envisage, at EU level, the development of appropriate means for closer co-operation among Member States together with the Commission , in implementing the biotechnology strategy, in particular, for improving conditions for access for finance for biotechnology companies.
DN: MEMO/03/181 Date: 23/09/2003
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