Press Release: Switzerland renews association with European Union research programme

The European Commission renewed its Scientific and Technological Co-operation Agreement with Switzerland on 16 January 2004. The new agreement covers Swiss participation in the Sixth Research Framework Programme 2002-2006 of the European Union from 1 January 2004. Switzerland will contribute €400 million to the overall budget (which is around €20 billion), which also covers its participation in the Euratom programme.

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http://ec.europa.eu/comm/research/fp6/index_en.html http://ec.europa.eu/comm/research/fp6/index_en.html

http://www.euresearch.ch/ http://www.euresearch.ch/

http://consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/en/er/78738.pdf http://consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/en/er/78738.pdf

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