Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the renewal of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India

The Agreement on scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India was signed in New Delhi on 23 November 2001. Article 11(b) of the Agreement provides as follows: "This Agreement shall be concluded for an initial period of five years and may be renewed by mutual agreement between the Parties after evaluation during the last year of each successive period".

By its Decision 2009/501/EC of 19 January 2009, the Council approved the renewal of the Agreement for a further period of five years, until 17 May 2015.

Renewal of the Agreement for five more years would be in the interest of both Parties so as to maintain continuity in the scientific and technological relations between India and the European Union.

EUR-Lex: COM(2014)677: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2014:677:FIN

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