On 5 December 1997 the European Union and the United States signed the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the government of the United States of America to promote and develop research cooperation in areas of common interest. The cooperation will take the form of coordinated joint research projects, joint task forces, studies, exchanges of personnel and information, joint organisation of scientific seminars and training of scientists. Each party will finance its own participation in cooperation actions. The areas covered by this agreement include information and communication technologies, telematics and training and mobility of scientists. The agreement will come into force after ratification by the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers, and will run for a period of five years. The agreement may be extended thereafter, depending on the results of a review in the final year.
Created: 20 August 1998
Updated: 20 August 1998