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No C 273/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 22. 10. 88

FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT

for scientific and technical cooperation between the European Communities and the Republic of

Iceland

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, acting on behalf of the European
Economic Community, and

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, acting on behalf of the European
Atomic Energy Community, hereinafter called 'the Commission',

of the one part,

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ICELAND, acting on behalf of the Republic of
Iceland hereinafter called 'Iceland',

of the other part,

both hereinafter called 'the Contracting Parties',

WHEREAS, without prejudice to the relevant provisions of the Treaties establishing the
European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, this
Framework Agreement and any activities entered into under it will in no way affect the powers
vested in the Member States of the European Communities to undertake bilateral activities with
Iceland in the field of science, technology, research and development and to conclude, where
appropriate, agreements to that end;

CONSIDERING the importance of scientific and technical research for Iceland and the
European Communities, hereinafter called 'the Communities', and their mutual interest in
cooperation in this field in order better to utilize resources and avoid wasteful duplications;

WHEREAS, on the occasion of the meeting in Luxembourg on 9 April 1984, the ministers of
the Member States of the Communities, the ministers of the Member States of the European
Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the Commission considered that the growing economic
interdependence between the Communities and the EFTA countries justifies, in particular,
cooperation in the field of research and development and stressed the necessity to increase
these efforts, in particular with the aim of promoting mobility of researchers; whereas, in
addition, the ministers wished that particular attention should be given to certain industrial and
technical fields of the future;

WHEREAS Iceland and the European Economic Community cooperate in the framework of a
COST project (Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research), and whereas
they intend to continue their involvement in this project;

WHEREAS Iceland and the Communities are pursuing research programmes in areas of
common interest;

WHEREAS Iceland and the Communities have an interest in cooperation within the framework
of these programmes;

WHEREAS, in order to achieve this, it is desirable to establish a framework encompassing the
total cooperation between Iceland and the Communities in the field of research, with which
organizations and private enterprises could be associated; whereas, in addition, this framework
should provide simple and efficient procedures and be dynamic in character,

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HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

A. Objective of the Agreement

_Article 1_

This Agreement defines a framework for the development of scientific and technical cooperation between
Iceland and the Communities in fields of common

interest which are the subject of research and development programmes of the Contracting Parties.

_Article 2_

The cooperation may be carried out by public or private
organizations and undertakings participating in the
research programmes in Iceland and the European
Communities as referred to in Article 1.

_Article 3_

The cooperation may take the following forms:

— regular exchanges of views on the direction and
priorities of research policies and planning in Iceland
and the European Communities,

— exchanges of views on the prospects and on the
development of cooperation,

— transmission of information resulting from the
cooperation provided by this Agreement,

— coordination of programmes and projects carried out
in Iceland and in the European Communities,

— participation in joint programmes or sub-programmes
and the carrying out of joint actions in Iceland and
in the European Communities.

_Article 4_

The cooperation may be implemented in the following

ways:

— joint meetings,

— visits and exchanges of researchers, engineers and
technical staff,

— regular contacts between programmes or project
planners and managers,

— participation by experts in seminars, symposia and
workshops,

— participation in joint programmes or sub-programmes
and joint actions,

— availability of documents and communication of the
results of work carried out in the framework of the

cooperation.

_Article 5_

The cooperation may be adapted and developed at any
time by common agreement of the Contracting Parties.

B. Implementation of the cooperation

_Article 6_

The cooperation covered by this Agreement shall be
carried out through appropriate agreements.

_Article 7_

The agreements referred to in Article 6 shall specify the
form of, and arrangements for, cooperation in each case,
as well as:

— objectives of scientific and technical content,

— rules concerning dissemination of knowledge and
intellectual property,

— provisions concerning staff and mobility and the
participation of one Contracting Party's representatives in the organizations of the other Party,

— procedures for financial participation in agreements,

— any other appropriate procedures.

_Article 8_

The agreements as referred to in Article 6 shall be
concluded in accordance with procedures in force for
each Contracting Party.

_Article 9_

The Contracting Parties shall communicate to each other
the names of the organizations and undertakings, as
referred to in Article 2, taking part in the cooperation.

C. Joint Committee

_Article 10_

A Joint Committee called 'the Iceland/Communities

Research Committee' shall be set up to:

— identify likely areas of cooperation and examine any
measures to improve and develop the cooperation,

— carry out regular exchanges of views on the direction
and priorities of research policies and planning in
Iceland and the Communities and on cooperation
prospects,

— seek to ensure the proper execution of this
Agreement.

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_Article 11_

The Joint Committee, composed of representatives of the
Commission and Iceland, shall adopt its own rules of
procedure.

It shall meet at the request of any of the Contracting
Parties, and at least once a year.

D. European Coal and Steel Community

_Article 12_

A separate Protocol may be concluded between the
European Coal and Steel Community and its Member
States, of the one part, and Iceland, of the other part, if
it proved mutually advantageous to cooperate in areas
covered by the Treaty establishing the European Coal
and Steel Community.

E. Final provisions

_Article 13_

This Agreement shall be approved by the Contracting
Parties in accordance with their existing procedures. It
shall enter into force on the date on which the

Contracting Parties have notified each other of the
completion of the procedures necessary for this purpose.

_Article 14_

This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the
territories in which the Treaties establishing the
European Economic Community and the European
Atomic Energy Community are applied and under the
conditions laid down in those Treaties and, on the other
hand, to the territory of the Republic of Iceland.

_Article 15_

This Agreement shall be of an indefinite duration. Each
Contracting Party shall be able at any time to denounce
this Agreement or request a review thereof subject to
12 months' notice.

_Article 16_

This Agreement shall be drawn up in duplicate in the
Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian,
Portuguese, Spanish and Icelandic languages, each of
these texts being equally authentic.

_For the Council and the Commission_

_of the European Communities_

_For the Republic of Iceland_