Press Release: Enlargement becomes an early reality as candidate countries sign 6th EU Research Framework Programme

The European Commission and Candidate Countries (CCs) signed association agreements on 29 October 2002 on the €17.5 billion 6th EU Research Framework Programme (FP6 2003-2006). Commission President Romano Prodi, Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin and Enlargement Commissioner Günther Verheugen welcomed Research Ministers from Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Turkey, to sign Memoranda of Understanding. Participants also discussed the role and opportunities for Candidate Countries in FP6. Candidate countries will have the same rights and obligations as EU Member States within FP6. Research will therefore be the first area in which EU enlargement becomes a reality

http://www.cordis.lu/fp5/enlargement.htm http://www.cordis.lu/fp5/enlargement.htm

http://www.cordis.lu/national_service/en/candidate_countries.htm http://www.cordis.lu/national_service/en/candidate_countries.htm

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

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