AGREEMENT  
between the European Community and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on Scientific and 
Technological Cooperation  
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Community’,  
of the one part, and  
THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN, hereinafter referred to as ‘Jordan’,  
of the other part,  
hereinafter referred to as the ‘Parties’,  
CONSIDERING the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 170 in conjunction with 
Article 300(2), first subparagraph, first sentence, and paragraph 3, first subparagraph, thereof;  
CONSIDERING the importance of science and technology for the economic and social development of the Parties and the 
reference which was made in Article 43 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the 
European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other 
part, which entered into force on 1 May 2002;  
CONSIDERING the European Neighbourhood Policy and the EU strategy to strengthen the relations with the neigh ­
bourhood countries, in the framework of which the Parties have met and agreed on an Action Plan, one of which 
priorities was ‘to strengthen cooperation in science and technology’. The Joint Action Plan of the European Neigh ­
bourhood Policy is in line with the Government of Jordan’s Executive Programme (2007 to 2009) for Kuluna Al 
Urdun/the National Agenda, which aims to develop a sustainable socioeconomic reform process;  
WHEREAS the Community and Jordan undertook common research, technological development and demonstration 
activities, in various fields of common interest, and that it would be to their mutual advantage that each of them 
takes part in the activities of research and development of the other, on a reciprocity 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 considering their 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 coop ­
erative activities between the Community and Jordan in fields of 
common interest where they are pursuing research and devel ­
opment activities in science and technology.  
2. Cooperative activities shall be conducted on the basis of 
the following principles:  
— Promotion of a knowledge based society to foster the social 
and economic development of both Parties;  
— Mutual benefit based on an overall balance of advantages;  
— Reciprocal access to the activities of research programmes 
and projects undertaken by each Party;  — Timely exchange of information which may facilitate coop ­
erative activities;  
— Appropriate exchange and protection of intellectual 
property rights;  
— Participation and funding in compliance with the relevant 
laws and regulations of the Parties.  
Article 2  
Means of cooperation  
1. Legal entities established in Jordan, as defined in Annex I, 
including either physical persons or private or public legal 
persons, shall participate in indirect cooperative activities of 
the European Community’s Framework programme for 
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activities (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Framework 
programme’), subject to the terms and conditions established 
by, or referred to in Annexes I and II.  
Legal entities established in the Member States of the 
Community, as defined in Annex I, shall participate in 
Jordan’s research programmes and projects in themes equivalent 
to those of the Framework programme under the same 
conditions as those applicable to legal entities of Jordan, 
subject to the terms and conditions established by, or referred 
to in Annexes I and II.  
2. Cooperation may also take the following forms and 
means:  
— Regular discussions on the orientations and priorities for 
research policies and planning in Jordan and the 
Community;  
— Discussions on cooperation, developments and prospects;  
— Timely provision of information concerning the implemen ­
tation of programmes and research projects of Jordan and of 
the Community, and concerning the results of work 
undertaken within the framework of this Agreement;  
— Joint meetings;  
— Visits and exchanges of research workers, engineers and 
technicians, including for training purposes;  
— Exchanges and sharing of equipment, materials and testing 
services;  
— Contacts between programme or project managers of Jordan 
and the Community;  
— Participation of experts in seminars, symposia and 
workshops;  
— Exchanges of information on practices, laws, regulations, 
and programmes relevant to cooperation under this 
Agreement;  
— Research and technological development training;  
— Reciprocal access to scientific and technological information 
within the scope of this cooperation;  — Any other modality that would be adopted by the European 
Community-Jordan Joint Scientific and Technological Coop ­
eration Committee, as defined in Article 4, and deemed in 
conformity with the policies and procedures applicable in 
both Parties.  
Article 3  
Enhancement of cooperation  
1. The Parties will 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.  
2. Where in accordance with its own rules the Community 
unilaterally grants funding to a legal entity of Jordan partici ­
pating in a Community indirect cooperative activity, Jordan will 
ensure that no charge or levy shall be imposed upon that trans ­
action.  
Article 4  
Management of the Agreement  
European Community-Jordan Joint Scientific and 
Technological Cooperation Committee  
1. The coordination and facilitation of activities under this 
Agreement shall be performed on behalf of Jordan, by the 
Higher Council for Science and Technology and, on behalf of 
the Community, 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 ‘European Community-Jordan Joint Scientific and Tech ­
nological Cooperation Committee’ (hereinafter ‘the Joint 
Committee’), whose functions shall include:  
— Ensuring, evaluating and reviewing the implementation of 
this Agreement, as well as modifying its Annexes or 
adopting new ones to take into consideration evolutions 
of the Parties’ scientific policies, subject to the fulfilment 
by each of the Parties of its internal procedures for that 
purpose;  
— Identifying, on an annual basis, potential sectors where 
cooperation should be developed and improved and 
examine any measure to that end;  
— Regularly discussing the future orientations and priorities of 
research policies and research planning in Jordan and the 
Community and the prospects for future cooperation within 
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— 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, paragraph 2 and concrete 
measures to improve the mutual access provided for 
under Article 1, paragraph 2.  
3. The Joint Committee, which shall be composed of repre ­
sentatives of the Executive Agents, shall adopt its rules of 
procedure.  
4. The Joint Committee shall normally meet once a year, 
alternatively in the Community and in Jordan. Extraordinary 
meetings shall be held whenever necessary and agreed 
between the Parties. The conclusions and recommendations of 
the Joint Committee will be sent for information to the 
Association Committee of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement 
between the European Union and the Hashemite Kingdom of 
Jordan.  
Article 5  
Financing  
The reciprocal participations in research activities under this 
Agreement are set according to the conditions defined in 
Annex I and are subject to the legislation, regulations, policies 
and conditions of implementation of the programmes in force 
in the territory of each Party.  
When one Party provides financial support to Participants of 
the other Party in connection with indirect cooperative 
activities, any grants and financial or other contributions from 
the funding Party to Participants of the other Party in support 
of those activities shall be granted tax and customs exemption.  
Article 6  
Dissemination and use of the results and information  
The dissemination and the use of the achieved and/or 
exchanged results as well as those of information, management, 
attribution and exercise of intellectual property rights resulting 
from the research activities undertaken under this Agreement 
are subject to the conditions provided for in Annex II.  
Article 7  
Final provisions  
1. Annexes I and II form an integral part of this Agreement. 
All questions or disputes related to the interpretation or imple ­
mentation of this Agreement shall be settled by mutual 
agreement of the Parties.  2. This Agreement shall enter into force when the Parties will 
have notified to each other the completion of their internal 
procedures for its conclusion. Pending the completion by the 
Parties of said procedures, the Parties shall provisionally apply 
this Agreement upon its signature. Should a Party notify the 
other that it shall not conclude the Agreement, it is hereby 
mutually agreed that projects and activities launched under 
this provisional application and that are still in progress at 
the time of the abovementioned 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 upon 6 months’ notice. Projects and activities in progress 
at the time of termination of this Agreement shall continue 
until their completion under the conditions laid down in this 
Agreement.  
4. This Agreement shall remain in force until such time as 
either Party gives notice in writing to the other Party of its 
intention to terminate this Agreement. In such case this 
Agreement shall cease to have effect 6 months after the 
receipt of such notification.  
5. Should one of the Parties decide to revise its research 
programmes and projects referred to in paragraph 1 of 
Article 1 that Party’s Executive Agent shall notify the 
Executive Agent of the other Party of the exact content of 
these revisions. By 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 1 month after the adoption of the revisions 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 establishing the European 
Community is applied and under the conditions laid down in 
that Treaty and, on the other hand, to the territory of the 
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. This shall not prevent the 
conduct of cooperative activities on the high seas, outer 
space, or the territory of third countries, in accordance with 
international law.  
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the undersigned, being duly authorised 
thereto by the European Community and the Hashemite 
Kingdom of Jordan respectively, have signed this Agreement.  
Done in duplicate at Brussels, this thirtieth day of November 
2009 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 159/110 Official Journal of the European Union 17.6.2011
За Европейската  общност  
Por la Comunidad Europea  
Za Evropské spole čenství  
For Det Europæiske Fællesskab  
Für die Europäische Gemeinschaft  
Euroopa Ühenduse nimel  
Για την Ευρωπαϊκή  Κοινότητα  
For the European Community  
Pour la Communauté européenne  
Per la Comunità europea  
Eiropas Kopienas v ārd ā – 
Europos bendrijos vardu  
Az Európai Közösség részér ől 
Għall-Komunità Ewropea  
Voor de Europese Gemeenschap  
W imieniu Wspólnoty Europejskiej  
Pela Comunidade Europeia  
Pentru Comunitatea European ă 
Za Európske spolo čenstvo  
Za Evropsko skupnost  
Euroopan yhteisön puolesta  
För Europeiska gemenskapen
  
За Хашемитското  кралство  Йордания  
Por el Reino Hachemí de Jordania  
Za Jordánské hášimovské království  
For Det Hashemitiske Kongerige Jordan  
Für das Haschemitische Königreich Jordanien  
Jordaania Hašimiidi Kuningriigi nimel  
Για το Χασεμιτικό  Βασίλειο  της Ιορδανίας  
For the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan  
Pour le Royaume hachémite de Jordanie  
Per il Regno Hashemita di Giordania  
Jord ānijas H āšim ītu Karalistes v ārd ā – 
Jordanijos Hašimit ų Karalyst ės vardu  
A Jordán Hasimita Királyság részér ől 
Għar-Renju Ħaxemita tal- Ġordan  
Voor het Hasjemitisch Koninkrijk Jordanië  
W imieniu Jorda ńskiego Królestwa Haszymidzkiego  
Pelo Reino Hachemita da Jordânia  
Pentru Regatul Ha șemit al Iordaniei  
Za Jordánske hašimovské král’ovstvo  
Za Hašemitsko kraljevino Jordanijo  
Jordanian hašemiittisen kuningaskunnan puolesta  
För Hashemitiska konungariket Jordanien
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ANNEX I  
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF LEGAL ENTITIES ESTABLISHED IN MEMBER 
STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND IN JORDAN  
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 Community 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 Jordan in indirect actions of the 
Framework programme  
1. Participation of legal entities established in Jordan in indirect actions of the Framework programme shall follow the 
conditions laid down by the European Parliament and the Council according to Article 167 of the Treaty establishing 
the European Community.  
In addition, legal entities established in Jordan may participate in indirect actions undertaken according to Article 164 
of the Treaty establishing the European Community.  
2. The Community may grant funding to legal entities established in Jordan participating in indirect actions referred to 
in point 1 under the terms and conditions laid down by the decision taken by the European Parliament and the 
Council (Regulation (EC) No 1906/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006) laying 
down the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and universities in actions under the Seventh 
Framework Programme and for the dissemination of research results (2007 to 2013) (  1 ) according to Article 167 of 
the Treaty establishing the European Community, the European Community’s Financial Regulations and any other 
applicable Community legislation.  
3. A grant agreement or contract concluded by the Community with any legal entity established in Jordan in order to 
perform an indirect action shall provide for controls and audits to be carried out by, or under the authority of, the 
European Commission or the Court of Auditors of the European Communities.  
In a spirit of cooperation and mutual interest, the relevant Authorities of Jordan shall provide any reasonable and 
feasible assistance as may be necessary or helpful under the circumstances to perform such controls and audits.  
II. Terms and conditions for the participation of legal entities established in Member States of the European 
Union in Jordan research programmes and projects  
1. Any legal entity established in the Community, created under the national law of one of the Member States of the 
European Union or under Community law, may participate in projects of Jordan research and development 
programmes jointly with Jordan legal entities.  
2. Subject to point 1 and to Annex II, the rights and obligations of legal entities established in the Community 
participating in Jordan research projects within research and development programmes, 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 Jordanian laws, regulations and government directives governing the operation of research 
and development programmes, as applicable to Jordan’s legal entities and assuring equitable treatment, taking into 
account the nature of the cooperation between Jordan and the Community in this field.  
Funding of legal entities established in the Community participating in the relevant Jordanian projects within research 
and development programmes shall be subject to Jordan’s laws, regulations and government directives governing the 
operation of said programmes, as applicable to non-Jordanian legal entities.  
III. Information on participation opportunities  
Jordan and the European Commission will regularly make available information on current programmes and partici ­
pation opportunities for the benefits of legal entities established in the two Parties.EN L 159/112 Official Journal of the European Union 17.6.2011  
( 1 ) OJ L 391, 30.12.2006, p. 1.
ANNEX II  
PRINCIPLES ON THE ALLOCATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS  
I. Application  
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, done at Stockholm on 14 July 1967.  
For the purposes of this Agreement, ‘knowledge’ shall mean the results, including information, whether or not they 
can be protected, as well as copyrights or rights pertaining to such information following 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 cooperative 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 cooperative activities carried out pursuant to this Agreement 
and the related rights and obligations arising from such participation, shall be 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 of 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 cooperative activities of the other Party shall have the same 
treatment with regard to Intellectual Property as is accorded to the participants of the first Party under the relevant 
rules of participation of each research programme or project, or its applicable laws and regulations.  
III. Intellectual property rights of the Parties  
1. Except if otherwise specifically agreed by the Parties, the following rules shall apply to knowledge generated by the 
Parties in the course of activities carried out within 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, they 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. Except if otherwise specifically agreed by the Parties, the following rules shall apply to scientific literary works of the 
Parties:  
(a) in the case where a Party publishes scientific and technical data, information and results, by means of journals, 
articles, reports, books, including video and software, arising and relating to activities carried out pursuant to this 
Agreement, a worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free license shall be granted to the other Party to 
translate, reproduce, adapt, transmit and publicly distribute such works;  
(b) all copies of data and information, protected by copyright, that have to be publicly distributed and prepared under 
this section shall indicate the names of the author(s) of the work unless an author explicitly declines to be named. 
They shall also bear a clearly visible acknowledgement of the cooperative support of the Parties.  
3. Except if otherwise specifically agreed by the Parties, the following rules shall apply to undisclosed 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;  
(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 dissemi ­
nation, and each Party will provide such approval to the extent permitted by its domestic policies, regulations and 
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(d) non-documentary undisclosed or other confidential information provided in seminars and other meetings between 
representatives of the Parties arranged under this Agreement, or information arising from the attachment of staff, 
use of facilities or indirect actions, shall remain confidential when the recipient of such undisclosed or other 
confidential or privileged information was made aware of the confidential character of the information 
communicated at the time such communication was made, according to point (a);  
(e) each Party shall endeavour to ensure that undisclosed information received by it under points (a) and (d) is 
controlled as provided herein. If one of the Parties becomes aware that it will be, or may be reasonably expected 
to become, unable to meet the non-dissemination provisions laid down in points (a) and (d), it shall immediately 
inform the other Party. The Parties shall thereafter consult to define an appropriate course of action.EN L 159/114 Official Journal of the European Union 17.6.2011