The European Cluster Alliance, which currently more than 70 partner organisations across Europe, was a first step towards cluster policy cooperation across the EU.

Moreover, the Consortium has established, beyond the four managing think tanks, a network more than 60 think tanks and research centres combining almost the entire non-governmental expertise in the Union.

The committee will staff with the requisite scientific/technical and legal expertise.

Two workshops or conferences (one in the United States, one in Europe) which European innovation support providers with expatriate scientists or entrepreneurs to further develop an approach for a joint delivery of support to young companies with growth potential.

Two workshops or conferences (one in the United States, one in Europe) which European innovation support providers with expatriate scientists or entrepreneurs to further develop an approach for a joint delivery of support to young companies with growth potential.

To experts to discuss the proposal for an international Code of Conduct.

In such a comprehensive review, previous lessons learned and evaluation reports from IAU and CI exercises (both table-top and field) will be analysed, and a workshop will be held to experts involved in such exercises in order to share best practice, and to inform future exercises, especially in relation to investigations of alleged use.

Making regional RTD innovation and education supply more efficient and accessible to firms, in particular SMEs, for example by establishing poles of excellence, high technology SMEs around research and technological institutions, or by developing and creating regional clusters around large companies.

The section ‘Information proving that the product originates from the geographical area’ has been consolidated and in particular the declarative requirements and the requirements regarding the keeping of registers on the traceability of the product and the monitoring of production conditions.

In the recent proposal for a regulation on European standardisation, the Commission proposed to in a single legal act the actions in the field of standardisation financed by specific programmes.

First, Axens states that it was set up in 2001 to in a single commercial entity IFP’s activities relating to refining and petrochemicals processes and those of the subsidiary relating to the production of catalysts.

Now that new amendments are being made to the said Directives, it is desirable, for reasons of clarity, that the provisions in question should be recast by in a single text the main provisions existing in this field as well as certain developments arising out of the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities (hereinafter referred to as the Court of Justice).

It is therefore appropriate to simplify and to in one Regulation, the types and quantities of products of animal origin for which an exemption from the veterinary checks laid down for commercial imports may be granted.

It is therefore appropriate to simplify and to in one Regulation, the types and quantities of products of animal origin for which an exemption from the veterinary checks laid down for commercial imports may be granted.

In the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a competitiveness and innovation framework programme (2007 to 2013), a framework programme for Community action in the field of competitiveness and innovation, covering the period 2007 to 2013, is proposed which specific Community measures contributing to entrepreneurship, SMEs, industrial competitiveness, innovation, information and communication technology, environmental technologies and intelligent energy, including those measures provided for in Decision No 2256/2003/EC.

In this regard, strong links with the EIT are also needed to produce and promote entrepreneurial top talents and to speed up innovation by people from different countries, disciplines and organisations.

people from local communities across Europe to share and exchange experiences, opinions and values, to learn from history and to build for the future;

A coordination group Europe Direct, Enterprise Europe Network, Eurojus, European Consumer Centre (ECC Net) and FIN-NET contact points;

an OCTs-EU forum for dialogue (the ‘OCTs-EU Forum’), shall meet annually to OCTs authorities, representatives of the Member States and the Commission.

Regulation (EC) No 2729/2000 establishes an analysis databank at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) for the purpose of contributing to the harmonisation of analytical controls throughout the Community and analysis samples and reports from Member States.