Council and Commission Decision of 22 December 2003 on the signature on behalf of the European Community and of the European Atomic Energy Community of the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the European Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part

AGREEMENT on Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the European Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, acting on behalf of the European Community, and THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (hereinafter referred to as `the Commission'), acting on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, hereinafter referred to collectively as `the Communities', of the one part, and THE SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL, acting on behalf of the Swiss Confederation, hereinafter referred to as `Switzerland', of the other part, hereinafter referred to as `the Parties',

CONSIDERING that the close relationship between Switzerland and the Communities is of benefit to the Parties;

CONSIDERING the importance of scientific and technological research for the Communities and for Switzerland and their mutual interest in cooperating in this matter in order to make better use of resources and to avoid unnecessary duplication;

WHEREAS Switzerland and the Communities are currently implementing research programmes in fields of common interest;

WHEREAS the Communities and Switzerland have an interest in cooperating on these programmes to their mutual benefit;

CONSIDERING the interest of the Parties in encouraging the mutual access of their research entities to research and technological development activities in Switzerland, on the one hand, and to the Communities' Framework Programmes for research and technological development, on the other;

WHEREAS the European Atomic Energy Community and Switzerland concluded a Cooperation Agreement in 1978 in the field of controlled thermonuclear fusion and plasma physics (hereinafter referred to as the `Fusion Agre...

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