Press Release: Competitiveness Council meeting (internal market, industry and research), Brussels, 1 and 2 December 2008

Amongst items discussed: Response to the economic crisis; "Small business act" for Europe; European private Company; Clusters in Europe; Intellectual property; Enhancing the patent system in Europe; Duration of related rights on sound recordings, and of co-authors' rights; Gambling and betting: legal framework in EU Member States; "2020 vision" for the European Research Area; Joint Programming of Research; International Science and Technology cooperation; European Research Infrastructure;
Marine and maritime research; Researchers' careers and mobility; Global monitoring for environment and security (GMES) space programme;