This document is an excerpt from the EUR-Lex website
Scientific and technological cooperation between the EU and India
Scientific and technological cooperation between the EU and India
Scientific and technological cooperation between the EU and India
Activities conducted under the agreement are based on a number of principles:
Fields of cooperation
The agreement covers all areas of research, technological development and demonstration (RTD).
Activities
Cooperative activities may include the following:
The agreement entered into force on 14 October 2002 for an initial period of 5 years. It has been renewed three times, most recently in 2020 for an additional period of 5 years.
The basis of broader political cooperation between the EU and India is the 1994 Cooperation Agreement which first took relations beyond trade and economic cooperation.
For more information, see:
For more information about Research & Innovation (R&I) cooperation with India, see:
Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India (OJ L 213, 9.8.2002, pp. 30-37)
Council Decision 2002/648/EC of 25 June 2002 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India (OJ L 213, 9.8.2002, p. 29)
Agreement renewing the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India (OJ L 171, 1.7.2009, pp. 19-26)
Council Decision 2009/501/EC of 19 January 2009 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement renewing the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India (OJ L 171, 1.7.2009, pp. 17-18)
Council Decision (EU) 2015/1788 of 1 October 2015 concerning the renewal of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India (OJ L 260, 7.10.2015, pp. 18-19)
Council Decision (EU) 2020/789 of 9 June 2020 on the renewal of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India (OJ L 193, 17.6.2020, pp. 3-4)
Information concerning the entry into force of the renewal of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India (OJ L 89, 6.4.2016, p. 1)
Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of India on partnership and development - Declaration of the Community concerning tariff adjustments — Declarations of the Community and India (OJ L 223, 27.8.1994, pp. 24-34)
last update 25.06.2020