AGREEMENT  
between the European Union and the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria on scientific and 
technological cooperation  
THE EUROPEAN UNION, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Union’,  
of the one part, and  
THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ALGERIA, hereinafter referred to as ‘Algeria’,  
of the other part,  
hereinafter referred to as ‘the Parties’,  
HAVING REGARD TO the importance of science and technology for the economic and social development of the two 
Parties and the reference made in Article 51 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between 
the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, of the 
other part, which came into force on 1 September 2005;  
HAVING REGARD TO the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Union’s strategy for strengthening its relations with 
neighbouring countries;  
WHEREAS the Union and Algeria have undertaken joint research, technological development and demonstration activ ­
ities, in various fields of common interest, and it would be to their mutual advantage for each to take part in the other 
party’s research and development activities, on a reciprocal basis;  
WISHING to establish a formal framework for cooperation in scientific and technological research which would make it 
possible to extend and intensify cooperative efforts in the fields of common interest and to encourage the use of the 
results of this cooperation to further the Parties’ mutual economic and social interests;  
WISHING to open the European Research Area to non-member countries and in particular to the Mediterranean partner 
countries;  
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:  
Article 1  
Scope and principles  
1. The Parties shall encourage, develop and facilitate 
cooperation activities between the Union and Algeria in fields 
of common interest where they are pursuing research and devel ­
opment activities in science and technology.  
2. Cooperation activities shall be conducted on the basis of 
the following principles:  
(a) promotion of a knowledge-based society to foster the social 
and economic development of both Parties;  
(b) mutual benefit based on an overall balance of advantages;  
(c) reciprocal access to the activities of research programmes 
and technological developments undertaken by each Party;  
(d) timely exchange of information which may facilitate 
cooperative activities;  (e) appropriate exchange and protection of intellectual property 
rights;  
(f) participation and funding in compliance with the relevant 
laws and regulations of the Parties.  
Article 2  
Means of cooperation  
1. Legal entities established in Algeria, as defined in Annex I, 
including either physical persons or private or public legal 
persons, shall participate in indirect cooperation activities of 
the Union’s Framework Programme for research and tech ­
nological development and demonstration activities (hereinafter 
referred to as the ‘Framework Programme’), in accordance with 
the terms and conditions established by or referred to in 
Annexes I and II.  
Legal entities established in the Member States of the Union, as 
defined in Annex I, shall participate in Algeria’s research 
programmes and projects in thematic areas equivalent to 
those of the Framework programme under the same terms 
and conditions established by, or referred to in Annexes I 
and II.EN L 99/2 Official Journal of the European Union 5.4.2012
2. Cooperation may also take the following forms:  
(a) regular discussions on the guidelines and priorities for 
research policies and planning in Algeria and the Union;  
(b) discussions on cooperation, developments and future pros ­
pects;  
(c) the timely provision of information concerning the imple ­
mentation of programmes and research projects of Algeria 
and of the Union, and concerning the results of work 
undertaken within the framework of this Agreement;  
(d) joint meetings;  
(e) visits and exchanges of research workers, engineers and 
technicians, including for training purposes;  
(f) exchanges and sharing of equipment, materials and testing 
services;  
(g) contacts between programme or project managers of 
Algeria and the Union;  
(h) participation of experts in seminars, symposia and work ­
shops;  
(i) exchanges of information on practices, laws, regulations, 
and programmes relevant to cooperation under this 
Agreement;  
(j) research and technological development training;  
(k) reciprocal access to scientific and technologic information 
in the framework of this cooperation;  
(l) any other means to be adopted by the European Union- 
Algeria Joint Scientific and Technological Cooperation 
Committee, as defined in Article 4, and deemed in 
conformity with the policies and procedures applicable in 
both Parties;  
(m) supporting the optimum exploitation of the results of 
research and development by innovating companies in 
order to promote the spread of new knowledge and inno ­
vation;  
(n) assisting the management of scientific research and 
supporting the setting up of an information system on 
research;  
(o) examining the possibility of cooperation in setting up incu ­
bators and nurseries and the start-up and creation of 
research centres, including by means of European 
programmes other than the Framework Programme;  
(p) promoting cooperation by means of research and devel ­
opment projects;  (q) access to research infrastructures;  
(r) possibility of co-financing and coordinating research activ ­
ities.  
Article 3  
Enhancement of cooperation  
The Parties shall make every effort, within the framework of 
their applicable legislation, to facilitate the free movement and 
residence of research workers participating in the activities 
covered by this Agreement and to facilitate cross-border 
movement of goods intended for use in such activities.  
Article 4  
Management of the Agreement  
European Union-Algeria Joint Scientific and Technological 
Cooperation Committee  
1. The coordination and facilitation of activities under this 
Agreement shall be performed on behalf of Algeria, by the 
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and, on 
behalf of the Union, by the European Commission, acting as 
executive agents of the Parties (hereinafter referred to as 
‘executive agents’).  
2. The executive agents shall establish a joint committee 
called the ‘European Union-Algeria Joint Scientific and Tech ­
nological Cooperation Committee’ (hereinafter ‘the Joint 
Committee’), whose functions shall include:  
(a) ensuring, evaluating and reviewing the implementation of 
this Agreement, as well as modifying its Annexes or 
adopting new ones to take account of developments in 
the Parties’ scientific policies, subject to the fulfilment by 
each of the Parties of its internal procedures for that 
purpose;  
(b) identifying, on an annual basis, potential sectors where 
cooperation should be developed and improved and 
examine any measure which could be taken to that end;  
(c) regularly examining the future orientations and priorities of 
research policies and research planning in Algeria and the 
Union and the prospects for future cooperation within the 
framework of this Agreement;  
(d) making recommendations to the Parties with regard to the 
implementation of this Agreement, including the identifi ­
cation and recommendation of additions to the activities 
referred to in Article 2(2) and specific measures to 
improve the mutual access provided for under Article 1(2);  
(e) making, subject to each Party’s domestic approval processes, 
technical amendments to this Agreement as may be 
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3. The Joint Committee, which shall be formed of represen ­
tatives of the Executive Agents, shall adopt its rules of 
procedure.  
4. The Joint Committee shall normally meet once a year, 
with the location of that meeting alternating between the 
Union and Algeria. Extraordinary meetings shall be held 
whenever necessary and agreed between the Parties. The 
conclusions and recommendations of the Joint Committee 
shall be sent for information to the Association Committee of 
the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association 
between the European Community and its Member States, of 
the one part, and the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, 
of the other part.  
Article 5  
Financing  
The level of participation in research activities under this 
Agreement is set according to the conditions defined in 
Annex I and is subject to the legislation, regulations, policies 
and conditions of implementation of the programmes in force 
in the territory of each Party.  
When one Party grants financial support to participants of the 
other Party in connection with indirect cooperative activities, 
any grants and financial or other contributions made by the 
funding Party to participants of the other Party in support of 
those activities shall be granted tax and customs duty 
exemption in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations 
in force in the territory of each Party at the time such grants 
and financial or other contributions are made.  
Article 6  
Dissemination and use of the results and information  
The dissemination and the use of the results and information 
obtained and/or exchanged and the management, allocation and 
exercise of intellectual property rights resulting from the 
research activities undertaken under this Agreement shall be 
subject to the conditions provided for in Annex II.  
Article 7  
Final provisions  
1. Annexes I and II shall form an integral part of this 
Agreement. Any questions or disputes relating to the interpre ­
tation or implementation of this Agreement shall be settled by 
mutual agreement of the Parties.  
2. This Agreement shall enter into force once the Parties 
have notified each other of the completion of their internal procedures for its conclusion. Pending the completion of 
these procedures by the Parties, the Parties shall provisionally 
apply this Agreement upon its signature. Should a Party notify 
the other that it will not conclude the Agreement, the projects 
and activities commenced during the period of provisional 
application and which are still ongoing at the time of the afore ­
mentioned notification shall continue until their completion 
under the conditions laid down in this Agreement.  
3. Either of the Parties may terminate this Agreement at any 
time by giving six months’ notice. Projects and activities in 
progress at the time of termination of the Agreement shall 
continue until their completion under the conditions laid 
down therein.  
4. This Agreement shall remain in force after the initial 
period until such time as either Party gives notice in writing 
to the other Party of its intention to terminate it. In this event, 
the Agreement shall cease to have effect six months after the 
receipt of such notification.  
5. If one of the Parties decides to modify its research 
programmes or projects referred to in Article 1(1), the 
executive agent of that Party shall notify the executive agent 
of the other Party of the precise content of the amendments in 
question. By way of derogation from paragraph 3 of this 
Article, this Agreement may be terminated under mutually 
agreed conditions should either of the Parties notify the other 
within one month after the adoption of the amendments 
referred to in this paragraph of its intention to terminate this 
Agreement.  
6. This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the terri ­
tories in which the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty 
on the Functioning of the European Union apply and under the 
conditions laid down in these Treaties, and, on the other hand, 
to the territory of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria. 
This shall not prevent the conduct of cooperative activities on 
the high seas, in space, or the territory of third countries, in 
accordance with international law.  
IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned, being duly authorised 
to that end by the European Union and the People’s Democratic 
Republic of Algeria respectively, have signed this agreement.  
DONE  in duplicate at Algiers, on the nineteenth day of March in 
the year two thousand and twelve, in the Bulgarian, Czech, 
Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, 
Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, 
Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and 
Arabic languages, each text being equally authentic.EN L 99/4 Official Journal of the European Union 5.4.2012
За Европейския  съюз  
Por la Unión Europea  
Za Evropskou unii  
For Den Europæiske Union  
Für die Europäische Union  
Euroopa Liidu nimel  
Για την Ευρωπαϊκή  Ένωση  
For the European Union  
Pour l’Union européenne  
Per l’Unione europea  
Eiropas Savien ības v ārd ā – 
Europos S ąjungos vardu  
Az Európai Unió részér ől 
Għall-Unjoni Ewropea  
Voor de Europese Unie  
W imieniu Unii Europejskiej  
Pela União Europeia  
Pentru Uniunea European ă 
Za Európsku úniu  
Za Evropsko unijo  
Euroopan unionin puolesta  
För Europeiska unionen
  
За правителството  на Алжирската  демократична  народна  република  
Por el Gobierno de la República Argelina Democrática y Popular  
Za vládu Alžírské demokratické a lidové republiky  
For regeringen for Den Demokratiske Folkerepublik Algeriet  
Für die Regierung der Demokratischen Volksrepublik Algerien  
Alžeeria Demokraatliku Rahvavabariigi valitsusele  
Για την κυβέρνηση  της Λαϊκής  Δημοκρατίας  της Αλγερίας  
For the Government of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria  
Pour le gouvernement de la République algérienne démocratique et populaire  
Per il governo della Repubblica algerina democratica e popolare  
Alž īrijas Tautas Demokr ātisk ās Republikas vald ības v ārd ā – 
Alžyro Liaudies Demokratin ės Respublikos Vyriausyb ės vardu  
Az Algériai Demokratikus és Népi Köztársaság kormánya részér ől 
Għall-Gvern tar-Repubblika Demokratika Popolari tal-Al ġerija  
Voor de regering van de Democratische Volksrepubliek Algerije  
W imieniu rz ądu Algierskiej Republiki Ludowo-Demokratycznej  
Pelo Governo da República Argelina Democrática e Popular  
Pentru Guvernul Republicii Algeriene Democratice și Populare  
Za vládu Alžírskej demokratickej ľudovej republiky  
Za Vlado Ljudske demokrati čne republike Alžirije  
Algerian demokraattisen kansantasavallan hallituksen puolesta  
För Demokratiska folkrepubliken Algeriets regering
EN 5.4.2012 Official Journal of the European Union L 99/5
ANNEX I  
Terms and conditions for the participation of legal entities established in Member States of the Union and in 
Algeria  
For the purpose of this Agreement, a ‘legal entity’ means any natural person, or any legal person created under the 
national law of its place of establishment or under Union law or international law, having legal personality and being 
entitled to have rights and obligations of any kind in its own name.  
I. Terms and conditions for the participation of legal entities established in Algeria in indirect actions of the Framework 
Programme  
1. The participation of legal entities established in Algeria in indirect actions of the Framework Programme shall 
follow the conditions laid down by the European Parliament and the Council according to Article 183 of the 
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.  
2. The Union may grant funding to legal entities established in Algeria participating in the indirect actions referred to 
in paragraph 1 in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down by the decision(s) taken by the European 
Parliament and the Council in accordance with Article 183 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European 
Union, the Union’s Financial Regulation and other applicable Union legislation.  
3. Provision must be made for the performance of controls and audits carried out by, or under the authority of, the 
European Commission and the European Court of Auditors in either a grant agreement or contract entered into by 
the Union with a legal entity established in Algeria in order to conduct indirect action or in the grant decision 
issued by the Union.  
In the spirit of cooperation and mutual interest, the relevant Algerian authorities shall provide any reasonable and 
feasible assistance as may be necessary or helpful in order to perform such controls and audits and recovery measures.  
II. Terms and conditions for the participation of legal entities established in Member States of the Union in Algerian 
research programmes and projects  
1. Any legal entity established in the Union, created under the national law of one of the Member States of the Union 
or under Union law, may participate in Algerian research and development programmes and projects jointly with 
Algerian legal entities.  
2. The rights and obligations of legal entities established in the Union participating in Algerian research projects in 
the context of research and development programmes, as well as the terms and conditions applicable for the 
submission and evaluation of proposals and for the granting and conclusion of contracts in such projects shall be 
subject to Algerian laws, regulations and government directives governing the implementation of research and 
development programmes, as applicable to Algerian legal entities and ensuring equal treatment, taking into 
account the nature of the cooperation between Algeria and the Union in this area.  
The financing of legal entities established in the Union participating in Algerian projects as part of research and 
development programmes shall be subject to Algerian laws, regulations and government directives governing the 
operation of these programmes, as applicable to non-Algerian legal entities.  
III. Information on participation opportunities  
Algeria and the European Commission shall regularly make available information on current programmes and 
participation opportunities for the benefit of legal entities established in the two Parties.EN L 99/6 Official Journal of the European Union 5.4.2012
ANNEX II  
PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE ALLOCATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS  
I. Scope  
For the purposes of this Agreement, ‘intellectual property’ shall have the meaning given in Article 2 of the Convention 
establishing the World Intellectual Property Organisation, signed at Stockholm on 14 July 1967.  
For the purposes of this Agreement, ‘knowledge’ shall mean the results, including information, irrespective of whether 
or not it can be protected, as well as copyrights or rights pertaining to such information, resulting from applications 
for, or the issue of, patents, designs, plant varieties, supplementary protection certificates or similar forms of 
protection.  
II. Intellectual property rights of legal entities of the Parties participating in indirect cooperation activities  
1. Each Party shall ensure that its treatment of the intellectual property rights and obligations of legal entities 
established in the other Party’s territories participating in indirect cooperation activities carried out pursuant to 
this Agreement, and the related rights and obligations arising from such participation, is consistent with the 
relevant laws and regulations and international conventions that are applicable to the Parties, including the 
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Annex 1C to the Marrakech Agreement 
Establishing the World Trade Organisation as well as the Paris Act of 24 July 1971 of the Berne Convention 
for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and the Stockholm Act of 14 July 1967 of the Paris Convention 
for the Protection of Industrial Property.  
2. Each Party shall ensure that the participants in indirect cooperation activities of the other Party have the same 
treatment with regard to intellectual property as is accorded to the participants of the first Party under the rules of 
participation of each research programme or project, or its applicable laws and regulations.  
III. Intellectual property rights of the Parties  
1. Unless otherwise specifically agreed by the Parties, the following rules shall apply to knowledge generated by the 
Parties in the course of activities carried out in accordance with Article 2 of this Agreement:  
(a) The Party generating such knowledge shall be the owner of that knowledge. Where their respective share of the 
work cannot be ascertained, the Parties shall have joint ownership of such knowledge;  
(b) The Party owning that knowledge shall grant access rights to it to the other Party for carrying out activities 
referred to in Article 2 of this Agreement. Such access rights shall be granted on a royalty-free basis.  
2. Unless otherwise agreed between the Parties, the following rules shall apply to scientific literature from the Parties:  
(a) Where a Party publishes data, information and technical or scientific results arising from the activities 
undertaken under this Agreement in journals, articles, reports and books, including audiovisual works and 
software, a worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable royalty-free licence to translate, reproduce, adapt, transmit 
and publicly distribute the works in question shall be granted to the other Party;  
(b) All copies of data and information, protected by copyright, which have to be publicly distributed and prepared 
under this section, shall indicate the name(s) of the author(s) of the work unless an author explicitly declines to 
be named. Each copy shall also bear a clearly visible acknowledgement of the cooperative support of the 
Parties.  
3. Unless otherwise specifically agreed by the Parties, the following rules shall apply to confidentiality information of 
the Parties:  
(a) When communicating to the other Party information relating to activities carried out pursuant to this 
Agreement, each Party shall identify the information it wishes to remain undisclosed through confidential 
insignias or legends;  
(b) The receiving Party may under its own responsibility communicate undisclosed information to bodies or 
persons under its authority for the specific purposes of implementing this Agreement;EN 5.4.2012 Official Journal of the European Union L 99/7
(c) With the prior written consent of the Party providing undisclosed information, the receiving Party may 
disseminate such undisclosed information more widely than otherwise permitted in point (b). The Parties 
shall cooperate in developing procedures for requesting and obtaining prior written consent for such wider 
dissemination, and each Party shall provide such approval to the extent permitted by its domestic policies, 
regulations and laws;  
(d) Non-documentary undisclosable or other confidential information provided in seminars and other meetings 
between representatives of the Parties arranged under this Agreement, or information arising from the 
secondment of staff, use of facilities or indirect cooperation activities, shall remain confidential when the 
recipient of such undisclosable or other confidential or privileged information was made aware of the 
confidential character of the information communicated prior to such communication being made, 
pursuant to point (a);  
(e) Each Party shall endeavour to ensure that the undisclosed information received by it under points (a) and (d) is 
protected as provided herein. If one of the Parties becomes aware that it will be, or may become, unable to 
comply with the non-dissemination provisions laid down in points (a) and (d), it shall immediately inform the 
other Party thereof. The Parties shall thereafter consult to define an appropriate course of action.EN L 99/8 Official Journal of the European Union 5.4.2012