Research, Legal Research and Explore in Europe
Research in this Pages:
Conduct Research
- Primary Law (“primary authority”)
- Research Guides
- U.S. Government
- International Law
- Comparative Law
- Selected Topics
- Find Books
- Find Law Journals and Law Reviews
- Find Articles
- Writing a Paper or Article
R & D agreement in the Competition Law
Definition of R & D agreement based on the Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy (Antitrust and control of concentrations, 2002):Agreement between firms to jointly undertake research and develop-ment (R & D) activities, in order to pool know-how and to share the costs and risks of inventing new products. An R & D agreement normally covers the acquisition of know-how relating to products or processes; the carrying out of theoretical analysis, systematic study or experimentation, including experimental production, technical testing of products or processes; and the establishment of the necessary Agreement between firms to jointly undertake research and develop-ment (R & D) activities, in order to pool know-how and to share the costs and risks of inventing new products. An R & D agreement normally covers the acquisition of know-how relating to products or processes; the carrying out of theoretical analysis, systematic study or experimentation, including experimental production, technical testing of products or processes; and the establishment of the necessary
Description of Research
The Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union describes research in the following terms: [1] The Treaty of Rome reflects the Commission’s belief in a Community policy to make European industry more competitive in high technology by subsidising basic research. There was no greater enthusiast for spending public money on such activity than Commission president Jacques Delors, and no greater sceptic than Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (see more in this European encyclopedia). The current 1998-2002 programme, amounting to some 614 billion over four years, focuses mainly on information technology, the environment and ‘the promotion of growth’. (See also CERN, European Space Agency and JET.)
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Notas y References
- Based on the book “A Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union from Aachen to Zollverein”, by Rodney Leach (Profile Books; London)