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Document 31996D0219
Scientific and technological cooperation between the EU and Canada
Agreement for Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the European Community and Canada
The agreement establishes a formal framework for cooperation aiming at encouraging and facilitating activities in science and technology fields of common interest.
The decision adopts the agreement on behalf of the European Community (now the EU).
Activities conducted under the agreement are based on:
Fields of cooperation
For the EU, these include all research and technological development and demonstration activities covered by:
For Canada, these include all non-defence science and technology activities funded or performed by departments or agencies of the Government of Canada, and may include such activities funded or performed by the provincial or territorial governments of Canada, where the relevant provincial or territorial government agrees.
Activities
Cooperation activities may include:
The agreement entered into force on 27 February 1996 and it has indefinite duration.
The agreement builds on cooperation established between the EU and Canada under the 1976 framework agreement for commercial and economic cooperation.
Broader economic and trade relations between the EU and Canada are governed by the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA).
For more information, see:
For more information about research and innovation (R&I) cooperation with Canada, see:
Agreement for Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the European Community and Canada (OJ L 74, 22.3.1996, pp. 26-33)
Council Decision 96/219/EC of 26 February 1996 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement for Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the European Community and Canada (OJ L 74, 22.3.1996, p. 25)
Agreement amending the Agreement for Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the European Community and Canada (OJ L 156, 23.6.1999, pp. 24-25)
Consolidated version of the amended agreement (this document is meant purely as a documentation tool).
Council Decision 1999/408/EC of 29 April 1999 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement amending the Agreement for Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the European Community and Canada (OJ L156, 23.6.1999, p. 23)
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada, of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part (OJ L 11, 14.1.2017, pp. 23-1079)
Framework Agreement for commercial and economic cooperation between the European Communities and Canada (OJ L 260, 24.9.1976, pp. 2-5)
last update 11.01.2019