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Keystroke strategy for open access The movement to increase free online access to scientific research will receive a boost today as academics, publishers and librarians thrash out a new plan for open...
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Commission and Slovenia: a proven track record in joint research initiatives
Brussels, 25 Feb 2005 European Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potočnik will today take part in a high-level Round Table on EU-Slovenian research perspectives. The meeting is...
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State of Play Regarding WTO Dispute-Settlement Procedures on the US, Canadian and Argentinian Request Against the EU Concerning Approval and Marketing of Biotechnology Products (link)
Brussels, 25 Feb 2005 Full text of Document 6676/05 Suite of documents 6676/05 Subject: State-of-play regarding WTO dispute-settlement procedures DS 291-292-293: USA, CAN, ARG-EC on measures...
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MoU for the Implementation of COST Action C21 "Urban Ontologies for an Improved Communication in Urban Civil Engineering Projects: Towntology Project" (link)
Brussels, 25 Feb 2005 Full text of Document 229/05 Suite of documents 229/05 Attached is the abovementioned Memorandum of Understanding signed in Brussels on 15 February 2005 by Romania, on 16...
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MoU for the Implementation of COST Action P15 "Advanced Paramagnetic Resonance Methods in Molecular Biophysics" (link)
Brussels, 25 Feb 2005 Full text of Document 230/05 Suite of documents 230/05 Attached is the abovementioned Memorandum of Understanding signed in Brussels on 16 February 2005 by Belgium, France,...
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MoU for the Implementation of COST Action 732 "Quality Assurance and Improvement of Micro-Scale Meteorological Models" (link)
Brussels, 25 Feb 2005 Full text of Document 228/05 Suite of documents 228/05 Attached is the abovementioned Memorandum of Understanding signed in Brussels on 15 February 2005 by Romania, on 16...
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MoU for the Implementation of COST Action 731 "Propagation of Uncertainty in Advanced Meteo-Hydrological Forecast Systems" (link)
Brussels, 25 Feb 2005 Full text of Document 2/05 Suite of documents 2/05 Attached is the abovementioned Memorandum of Understanding signed in Brussels on 16 February 2005 by France, Germany, Ireland...
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Agenda of the 161st Meeting of the COST Committee of Senior Officials, 15-16 March 2005
Brussels, 25 Feb 2005 Full text of Document 723/05 Information Items Adoption of the agenda Welcome address and presentation - Mr. Jyrki Myllyvirta, Member of the Committee of the Regions...
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Progress Report on the Proposed Council Decision Approving Accession to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (link)
Brussels, 25 Feb 2005 Full text of Document 6692/05 Suite of documents 6692/05 No. Cion prop.: 163/04 Subject: Proposal for a Council Decision approving the accession of the European Community to the...
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Finalised Text of Council Directive on Protective Measures Against the Introduction Into the Community of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products and Against Their Spread Within the Community (l
Brussels, 25 Feb 2005 Full text of Document 6558/05 Suite of documents 6558/05 Subject: COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Annex IV to Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction...
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New R&D statistics show small growth in investment
Brussels, 25 Feb 2005 The latest figures on research and development (R&D) expenditure from Eurostat show that overall investment is now nudging the two per cent mark. In 2002, R&D...
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IST project helps Parkinson's sufferers to walk again
Brussels, 25 Feb 2005 Around one in twenty people that are currently paralysed as a result of Parkinson's disease could walk again, thanks to a device developed during an EU funded Fifth Framework...
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Spain approves embryonic stem cell projects
Brussels, 25 Feb 2005 The Spanish government has announced that it will give the go-ahead to four research projects involving embryonic stem cells The government issued a decree on 29 October 2004 to...
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Finland to host international biotechnology congress
Brussels, 25 Feb 2005 BioFinland 05 is an international biotechnology congress focusing on genomic drug discovery. The event will take place on 26 and April in Helsinki, Finland. The congress will...
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Prior notification of a call for various studies in the field of information society technologies
Brussels, 25 Feb 2005 The European Commission has published prior information of a planned call for various studies in the field in information society technologies (IST). The 41 studies identified...