2008/148/EC: Council Decision of 22 March 2007 concerning the conclusion of an Ag... (32008D0148)
2008/148/EC: Council Decision of 22 March 2007 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters recording the common understanding renewing and modifying the Agreement on international cooperation on research and development activities in the domain of intelligent manufacturing systems (IMS) between the European Community and Australia, Canada, the EFTA countries of Norway and Switzerland, Korea, Japan and the United States of America
- COUNCIL DECISION
- of 22 March 2007
- concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters recording the common understanding renewing and modifying the Agreement on international cooperation on research and development activities in the domain of intelligent manufacturing systems (IMS) between the European Community and Australia, Canada, the EFTA countries of Norway and Switzerland, Korea, Japan and the United States of America
- (2008/148/EC)
- Article 1
- Article 2
- AGREEMENT
- in the form of an Exchange of Letters recording the common understanding renewing and modifying the agreement on international cooperation on research and development activities in the domain of intelligent manufacturing systems (IMS) between the European Community and Australia, Canada, the EFTA countries of Norway and Switzerland, Korea, Japan and the United States of America
- A. Letter from the European Community
- ANNEX
- TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR A SCHEME FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING FOR INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
- 1. PREAMBLE
- 2. PURPOSE
- 3. RATIONALE
- 4. OPERATING PRINCIPLES
- 5. STRUCTURE AND FUNDING
- 5.1. Funding for the management structure
- 5.2. Funding for the Projects
- 6. MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE
- 6.1. IMS International Steering Committee
- 6.2. Inter-Regional Secretariat
- 6.3. Regional Secretariats
- 7. TRANSITION TO AND COMMENCEMENT OF THE IMS SCHEME
- 7.1. Transition
- 7.2. Commencement
- 8. DURATION OF THE IMS SCHEME
- 9. ADMISSION OF NEW PARTICIPANTS
- 10. FORMATION AND EVALUATION OF PROJECT CONSORTIA AND OTHER COLLABORATIVE INSTRUMENTS
- 11. SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES
- 12. DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS
- Technical Appendix 1
- Intellectual property rights provisions for research and development projects
- OBJECTIVES
- Article 1
- Definitions
- Article 2
- Mandatory provisions
- Written Agreement
- Ownership
- Dissemination of information
- License rights
- Foreground
- Background
- Survival of rights
- Article 3
- Provisions that need to be addressed in the Cooperation Agreement
- Publication of results
- Protection of foreground
- Confidential information
- Dispute settlement and applicable laws
- Article 4
- Optional provisions
- Technical Appendix 1.A
- Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organisation (Stockholm, 14 July 1967)
- Technical Appendix 2
- Financial accountability and principles for setting up and executing the IRS budget
- Technical Appendix 3
- IMS technical themes
- Technical Appendix 4
- Responsibilities of the IMS Inter-Regional Secretariat
- Technical Appendix 5
- Responsibilities of the IMS Regional Secretariats
- Technical Appendix 6
- Admission of new participants
- Technical Appendix 7
- Project consortia formation and evaluation
- A. Basic consortium formation document
- B. International coordinating partner
- C. List of interested entities
- D. Exchange of project proposals
- E. Evaluation, selection and review of projects
- 1.
- Project selection criteria
- 2.
- Consortium SELECTION Criteria
- 3.
- Project endorsement
- F. Project review
- Technical Appendix 8
- Role of IMS vis-à-vis small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), universities and government research institutes
- B. Letter from Australia
- C. Letter from Canada
- D. Letter from Norway
- E. Letter from Switzerland
- F. Letter from Korea
- G. Letter from Japan
- H. Letter from the United States of America
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