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3. Mary Kavanagh: The EU-US Science and Technology Agreement. Bridges, Vol. 4, 12.04.2004

4. In EU terminology, third countries are countries that are not members of the EU and countries that are not associated to the EU Framework Programme for Research, Technological Cooperation

5. http://ec.europa.eu/research/press/2008/pdf/com_2008_588_en.pdf

6. Elias E. Zerhouni and Janez Potoznik, "European Union and NIH Collaborate." http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/pdf_extract/322/5904/1048a

7. http://erc.europa.eu/

8. e.g., as portrayed in the brochure: "EC-US Scientific and Technological Cooperation: Reaching New Frontiers," edited by Mary Minch, Director for International Cooperation, Directorate General Research, European Commission, and Jeff Miotke, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Science, Space and Health, United States Department of State (November 2007).

9. See, e.g., the provisions regarding IPR in the recently signed cooperation agreement between France and the US.  http://www.france-science.org/spip.php?article1049

10. "International Science and Engineering Partnerships: A Priority for US Foreign Policy and Our Nation's Innovation Enterprise," National Science Board, National Science Foundation. NSB-08-4 (February 14, 2008).
http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/publications/2008/nsb084.pdf

11. http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2134

12. COM(2008) 588 final, Brussels, 24.09.2008

13. E. Th. Rietschel et al., "Evaluation of the Sixth Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development 2002-2006. Report of the Expert Group" (February 2009). http://ec.europa.eu/research/reports/2009/pdf/fp6_evaluation_final_report_en.pdf#view=fit&pagemode=none


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